Best areas to open storage depot in East
14 East local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a storage depot in East?
In East, the best area to open a storage depot is Thurrock, with a Gera Business Location Score of 77.8/100: premises at £21/m²/yr and local median pay £34,388. Basildon ranks lowest of 14 East authorities at 21.6/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
East ranked for storage depot
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thurrock | 77.8/100 | £21 | £34,388 | £907 |
| 2 | Great Yarmouth | 66.5/100 | £10 | £26,484 | £432 |
| 3 | North Norfolk | 65.7/100 | £10 | £26,296 | £432 |
| 4 | South Norfolk | 62.1/100 | £14 | £29,114 | £605 |
| 5 | Babergh | 59.6/100 | £25 | £25,785 | £1,080 |
| 6 | West Suffolk | 59.2/100 | £18 | £29,613 | £778 |
| 7 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 58.6/100 | £19 | £30,544 | £821 |
| 8 | Breckland | 55.5/100 | £30 | £28,303 | £1,296 |
| 9 | Dacorum | 49.1/100 | £65 | £18,675 | £2,808 |
| 10 | Central Bedfordshire | 46.1/100 | £45 | £30,963 | £1,944 |
| 11 | Braintree | 37.4/100 | £56 | £32,175 | £2,419 |
| 12 | Chelmsford | 37.1/100 | £54 | £32,010 | £2,333 |
| 13 | South Cambridgeshire | 30.6/100 | £47 | £41,348 | £2,030 |
| 14 | Basildon | 21.6/100 | £99 | £32,050 | £4,277 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for storage depot premises in East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East is £10/m²/yr in Great Yarmouth. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Thurrock ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for storage depot in Thurrock?
- For a 100 m² unit in Thurrock, business rates are roughly £907/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £2,100/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).