Best areas to open office-based business 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 an office-based business in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open an office-based business is North East Lincolnshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 64.9/100: premises at £60/m²/yr and local median pay £26,631. Leeds ranks lowest of 13 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 55.5/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for office-based business: North East Lincolnshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for office-based business
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North East Lincolnshire | 64.9/100 | £60 | £26,631 | £2,592 |
| 2 | North Lincolnshire | 63.7/100 | £54 | £29,973 | £2,333 |
| 3 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 63.5/100 | £57 | £29,790 | £2,462 |
| 4 | Bradford | 63.4/100 | £59 | £29,745 | £2,549 |
| 5 | Rotherham | 63.3/100 | £64 | £29,088 | £2,765 |
| 6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 63/100 | £69 | £29,355 | £2,981 |
| 7 | Kirklees | 62.5/100 | £77 | £28,821 | £3,326 |
| 8 | Doncaster | 62.3/100 | £78 | £28,928 | £3,370 |
| 9 | Calderdale | 61.8/100 | £77 | £30,451 | £3,326 |
| 10 | Wakefield | 61.8/100 | £72 | £30,950 | £3,110 |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | 61.2/100 | £94 | £29,288 | £4,061 |
| 12 | York | 57.2/100 | £125 | £32,151 | £5,400 |
| 13 | Leeds | 55.5/100 | £141 | £32,953 | £6,091 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for office-based business premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £54/m²/yr in North Lincolnshire. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North East Lincolnshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for office-based business in North East Lincolnshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North East Lincolnshire, business rates are roughly £2,592/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £6,000/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).