Best areas to open post office in Yorkshire and The Humber
12 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 post office in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a post office is Kirklees, with a Gera Business Location Score of 64.7/100: premises at £44/m²/yr and local median pay £28,821. York ranks lowest of 12 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 35.6/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for post office: Kirklees.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for post office
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirklees | 64.7/100 | £44 | £28,821 | £1,901 |
| 2 | North East Lincolnshire | 64.5/100 | £56 | £26,631 | £2,419 |
| 3 | North Yorkshire | 61.6/100 | £68 | £29,288 | £2,938 |
| 4 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 61.1/100 | £57 | £29,355 | £2,462 |
| 5 | North Lincolnshire | 58.3/100 | £69 | £29,973 | £2,981 |
| 6 | Doncaster | 58.3/100 | £77 | £28,928 | £3,326 |
| 7 | Rotherham | 55.8/100 | £85 | £29,088 | £3,672 |
| 8 | Wakefield | 55.6/100 | £78 | £30,950 | £3,370 |
| 9 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 54/100 | £93 | £29,790 | £4,018 |
| 10 | Calderdale | 52.7/100 | £110 | £30,451 | £4,752 |
| 11 | Leeds | 48.3/100 | £117 | £32,953 | £5,054 |
| 12 | York | 35.6/100 | £207 | £32,151 | £8,942 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for post office premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £44/m²/yr in Kirklees. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Kirklees ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for post office in Kirklees?
- For a 100 m² unit in Kirklees, business rates are roughly £1,901/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £4,400/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).