Best areas to open storage depot in Wales
12 Wales 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 Wales?
In Wales, the best area to open a storage depot is Powys, with a Gera Business Location Score of 65.2/100: premises at £14/m²/yr and local median pay £26,839. Conwy ranks lowest of 12 Wales authorities at 43.9/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Wales ranked for storage depot
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powys | 65.2/100 | £14 | £26,839 | £605 |
| 2 | Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot | 61.3/100 | £11 | £30,055 | £475 |
| 3 | Gwynedd | 60.9/100 | £21 | £25,217 | £907 |
| 4 | Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn | 60.8/100 | £12 | £29,867 | £518 |
| 5 | Blaenau Gwent | 57.9/100 | £25 | £26,241 | £1,080 |
| 6 | Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin | 57.7/100 | £21 | £29,835 | £907 |
| 7 | Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro | 57.1/100 | £26 | £26,535 | £1,123 |
| 8 | Swansea / Abertawe | 54.7/100 | £21 | £31,348 | £907 |
| 9 | Flintshire / Sir y Fflint | 52.5/100 | £28 | £34,480 | £1,210 |
| 10 | Cardiff / Caerdydd | 51.5/100 | £19 | £33,599 | £821 |
| 11 | Caerphilly / Caerffili | 45.4/100 | £46 | £28,187 | £1,987 |
| 12 | Conwy | 43.9/100 | £52 | £26,961 | £2,246 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for storage depot premises in Wales?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Wales is £11/m²/yr in Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Powys ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for storage depot in Powys?
- For a 100 m² unit in Powys, business rates are roughly £605/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £1,400/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).