Best areas to open storage depot in Yorkshire and The Humber
10 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 storage depot in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a storage depot is Doncaster, with a Gera Business Location Score of 76.6/100: premises at £14/m²/yr and local median pay £28,928. Leeds ranks lowest of 10 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 39.8/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for storage depot: Doncaster.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for storage depot
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doncaster | 76.6/100 | £14 | £28,928 | £605 |
| 2 | Rotherham | 61.3/100 | £19 | £29,088 | £821 |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 59.1/100 | £23 | £29,355 | £994 |
| 4 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 56.6/100 | £26 | £29,790 | £1,123 |
| 5 | Wakefield | 51.7/100 | £35 | £30,950 | £1,512 |
| 6 | North Yorkshire | 49.4/100 | £37 | £29,288 | £1,598 |
| 7 | Bradford | 48.6/100 | £38 | £29,745 | £1,642 |
| 8 | Kirklees | 48.1/100 | £42 | £28,821 | £1,814 |
| 9 | York | 41.6/100 | £39 | £32,151 | £1,685 |
| 10 | Leeds | 39.8/100 | £49 | £32,953 | £2,117 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for storage depot premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £14/m²/yr in Doncaster. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Doncaster ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for storage depot in Doncaster?
- For a 100 m² unit in Doncaster, 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).