Best areas to open members / social club in London
32 London local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a licensed members or social club in London?
In London, the best area to open a licensed members or social club is Redbridge, with a Gera Business Location Score of 63.6/100: premises at £38/m²/yr and local median pay £28,125. Westminster ranks lowest of 32 London authorities at 20.7/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top London area for members / social club: Redbridge.
How this is calculatedLondon ranked for members / social club
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redbridge | 63.6/100 | £38 | £28,125 | £1,642 |
| 2 | Barnet | 63.5/100 | £35 | £30,926 | £1,512 |
| 3 | Haringey | 63.4/100 | £53 | £27,716 | £2,290 |
| 4 | Bexley | 63.3/100 | £42 | £27,441 | £1,814 |
| 5 | Waltham Forest | 62.9/100 | £45 | £28,880 | £1,944 |
| 6 | Greenwich | 62.4/100 | £38 | £30,787 | £1,642 |
| 7 | Havering | 62.2/100 | £33 | £31,874 | £1,426 |
| 8 | Enfield | 61.8/100 | £44 | £31,252 | £1,901 |
| 9 | Harrow | 61.8/100 | £38 | £32,208 | £1,642 |
| 10 | Richmond upon Thames | 61.7/100 | £41 | £35,263 | £1,771 |
| 11 | Barking and Dagenham | 61.6/100 | £32 | £32,433 | £1,382 |
| 12 | Merton | 61.6/100 | £38 | £32,983 | £1,642 |
| 13 | Bromley | 61.4/100 | £40 | £33,520 | £1,728 |
| 14 | Brent | 61/100 | £44 | £32,335 | £1,901 |
| 15 | Ealing | 60.3/100 | £45 | £33,592 | £1,944 |
| 16 | Croydon | 59.8/100 | £41 | £34,987 | £1,771 |
| 17 | Sutton | 59.6/100 | £42 | £35,113 | £1,814 |
| 18 | Lewisham | 59.5/100 | £47 | £34,965 | £2,030 |
| 19 | Kingston upon Thames | 58.9/100 | £45 | £36,898 | £1,944 |
| 20 | Hillingdon | 58.6/100 | £38 | £37,941 | £1,642 |
| 21 | Hounslow | 58.2/100 | £40 | £38,422 | £1,728 |
| 22 | Hackney | 56.9/100 | £74 | £37,736 | £3,197 |
| 23 | Newham | 56.7/100 | £47 | £39,117 | £2,030 |
| 24 | Wandsworth | 56.3/100 | £66 | £37,534 | £2,851 |
| 25 | City of London | 52/100 | £223 | £67,064 | £9,634 |
| 26 | Southwark | 50.8/100 | £74 | £47,136 | £3,197 |
| 27 | Lambeth | 47.6/100 | £122 | £42,039 | £5,270 |
| 28 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 46.1/100 | £136 | £44,042 | £5,875 |
| 29 | Tower Hamlets | 44.9/100 | £63 | £59,974 | £2,722 |
| 30 | Camden | 43.4/100 | £185 | £48,822 | £7,992 |
| 31 | Kensington and Chelsea | 30/100 | £318 | £38,541 | £13,738 |
| 32 | Westminster | 20.7/100 | £418 | £49,973 | £18,058 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for members / social club premises in London?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in London is £32/m²/yr in Barking and Dagenham. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Redbridge ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for members / social club in Redbridge?
- For a 100 m² unit in Redbridge, business rates are roughly £1,642/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £3,800/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).