Best areas to open retail warehouse 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 retail warehouse / foodstore in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a retail warehouse / foodstore is North East Lincolnshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 72.5/100: premises at £75/m²/yr and local median pay £26,631. Rotherham ranks lowest of 13 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 60.2/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for retail warehouse: North East Lincolnshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for retail warehouse
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North East Lincolnshire | 72.5/100 | £75 | £26,631 | £3,240 |
| 2 | North Yorkshire | 69.4/100 | £105 | £29,288 | £4,536 |
| 3 | Bradford | 69.3/100 | £86 | £29,745 | £3,715 |
| 4 | Calderdale | 69.2/100 | £82 | £30,451 | £3,542 |
| 5 | Doncaster | 67.6/100 | £86 | £28,928 | £3,715 |
| 6 | North Lincolnshire | 66.5/100 | £82 | £29,973 | £3,542 |
| 7 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 65.2/100 | £102 | £29,355 | £4,406 |
| 8 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 64.7/100 | £87 | £29,790 | £3,758 |
| 9 | Wakefield | 64.4/100 | £87 | £30,950 | £3,758 |
| 10 | Kirklees | 64.2/100 | £129 | £28,821 | £5,573 |
| 11 | York | 61.2/100 | £132 | £32,151 | £5,702 |
| 12 | Leeds | 61/100 | £113 | £32,953 | £4,882 |
| 13 | Rotherham | 60.2/100 | £126 | £29,088 | £5,443 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for retail warehouse premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £75/m²/yr in North East 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 retail warehouse in North East Lincolnshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North East Lincolnshire, business rates are roughly £3,240/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £7,500/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).