Best areas to open post office in West Midlands
15 West Midlands local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a post office in West Midlands?
In West Midlands, the best area to open a post office is Herefordshire, County of, with a Gera Business Location Score of 65.3/100: premises at £52/m²/yr and local median pay £28,366. Coventry ranks lowest of 15 West Midlands authorities at 46.1/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top West Midlands area for post office: Herefordshire, County of.
How this is calculatedWest Midlands ranked for post office
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herefordshire, County of | 65.3/100 | £52 | £28,366 | £2,246 |
| 2 | Walsall | 64.2/100 | £38 | £28,691 | £1,642 |
| 3 | Dudley | 60.3/100 | £62 | £29,071 | £2,678 |
| 4 | Stoke-on-Trent | 59.4/100 | £59 | £30,767 | £2,549 |
| 5 | Malvern Hills | 58.9/100 | £84 | £27,744 | £3,629 |
| 6 | Shropshire | 58/100 | £87 | £28,397 | £3,758 |
| 7 | Sandwell | 57.3/100 | £83 | £28,766 | £3,586 |
| 8 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 55/100 | £77 | £31,319 | £3,326 |
| 9 | Birmingham | 54.7/100 | £83 | £33,374 | £3,586 |
| 10 | North Warwickshire | 54.1/100 | £68 | £34,564 | £2,938 |
| 11 | Warwick | 51.9/100 | £96 | £33,616 | £4,147 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton | 50.2/100 | £114 | £32,053 | £4,925 |
| 13 | Solihull | 49.9/100 | £97 | £35,794 | £4,190 |
| 14 | South Staffordshire | 46.7/100 | £140 | £28,259 | £6,048 |
| 15 | Coventry | 46.1/100 | £116 | £35,124 | £5,011 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for post office premises in West Midlands?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in West Midlands is £38/m²/yr in Walsall. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Herefordshire, County of ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for post office in Herefordshire, County of?
- For a 100 m² unit in Herefordshire, County of, business rates are roughly £2,246/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £5,200/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).