Best areas to open storage depot in West Midlands
16 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 storage depot in West Midlands?
In West Midlands, the best area to open a storage depot is Staffordshire Moorlands, with a Gera Business Location Score of 57.9/100: premises at £28/m²/yr and local median pay £26,204. Stratford-on-Avon ranks lowest of 16 West Midlands authorities at 37.9/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top West Midlands area for storage depot: Staffordshire Moorlands.
How this is calculatedWest Midlands ranked for storage depot
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 57.9/100 | £28 | £26,204 | £1,210 |
| 2 | Herefordshire, County of | 57.1/100 | £25 | £28,366 | £1,080 |
| 3 | Shropshire | 56.6/100 | £24 | £28,397 | £1,037 |
| 4 | Wychavon | 55.4/100 | £38 | £32,022 | £1,642 |
| 5 | Wolverhampton | 54.7/100 | £38 | £32,053 | £1,642 |
| 6 | Dudley | 54.5/100 | £29 | £29,071 | £1,253 |
| 7 | South Staffordshire | 54/100 | £30 | £28,259 | £1,296 |
| 8 | Sandwell | 53.5/100 | £53 | £28,766 | £2,290 |
| 9 | Stoke-on-Trent | 53.3/100 | £39 | £30,767 | £1,685 |
| 10 | Rugby | 52/100 | £47 | £36,417 | £2,030 |
| 11 | Stafford | 48.9/100 | £38 | £28,523 | £1,642 |
| 12 | Walsall | 47.7/100 | £55 | £28,691 | £2,376 |
| 13 | Birmingham | 43.5/100 | £44 | £33,374 | £1,901 |
| 14 | North Warwickshire | 43.4/100 | £58 | £34,564 | £2,506 |
| 15 | Coventry | 43.3/100 | £48 | £35,124 | £2,074 |
| 16 | Stratford-on-Avon | 37.9/100 | £30 | £42,929 | £1,296 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for storage depot premises in West Midlands?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in West Midlands is £24/m²/yr in Shropshire. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Staffordshire Moorlands ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for storage depot in Staffordshire Moorlands?
- For a 100 m² unit in Staffordshire Moorlands, business rates are roughly £1,210/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £2,800/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).