Best areas to open large food store in Yorkshire and The Humber
13 Yorkshire and The Humber local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a large food store in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a large food store is North East Lincolnshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 63.9/100: premises at £141/m²/yr and local median pay £26,631. Leeds ranks lowest of 13 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 56.6/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for large food store: North East Lincolnshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for large food store
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North East Lincolnshire | 63.9/100 | £141 | £26,631 | £6,091 |
| 2 | Bradford | 62.6/100 | £130 | £29,745 | £5,616 |
| 3 | Kirklees | 62.4/100 | £139 | £28,821 | £6,005 |
| 4 | North Yorkshire | 61.6/100 | £154 | £29,288 | £6,653 |
| 5 | Doncaster | 60.9/100 | £143 | £28,928 | £6,178 |
| 6 | Rotherham | 60.6/100 | £135 | £29,088 | £5,832 |
| 7 | North Lincolnshire | 59.8/100 | £141 | £29,973 | £6,091 |
| 8 | Calderdale | 59.7/100 | £152 | £30,451 | £6,566 |
| 9 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 58.9/100 | £146 | £29,790 | £6,307 |
| 10 | York | 58.7/100 | £146 | £32,151 | £6,307 |
| 11 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 58.4/100 | £164 | £29,355 | £7,085 |
| 12 | Wakefield | 58.4/100 | £143 | £30,950 | £6,178 |
| 13 | Leeds | 56.6/100 | £150 | £32,953 | £6,480 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for large food store premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £130/m²/yr in Bradford. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North East Lincolnshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for large food store in North East Lincolnshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North East Lincolnshire, business rates are roughly £6,091/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £14,100/yr rent — before Small Business Rate Relief.
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Contains public sector information published by Valuation Office Agency and Office for National Statistics and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: VOA Business Floorspace + ONS Business Counts + ONS ASHE (work geography) + ONS population estimates (2025 (VOA 31 March 2025; ASHE 2025 provisional; Business Counts 2025; population mid-2024), published December 2025).