Best areas to open storage / store unit in East
45 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 or trade store unit in East?
In East, the best area to open a storage or trade store unit is Great Yarmouth, with a Gera Business Location Score of 63.2/100: premises at £29/m²/yr and local median pay £26,484. Cambridge ranks lowest of 45 East authorities at 34.9/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top East area for storage / store unit: Great Yarmouth.
How this is calculatedEast ranked for storage / store unit
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Yarmouth | 63.2/100 | £29 | £26,484 | £1,253 |
| 2 | Fenland | 62.9/100 | £31 | £27,005 | £1,339 |
| 3 | Breckland | 62.9/100 | £29 | £28,303 | £1,253 |
| 4 | North Norfolk | 62/100 | £35 | £26,296 | £1,512 |
| 5 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 61.6/100 | £29 | £30,544 | £1,253 |
| 6 | East Suffolk | 61.1/100 | £29 | £30,821 | £1,253 |
| 7 | Norwich | 60.8/100 | £34 | £28,457 | £1,469 |
| 8 | South Norfolk | 60.6/100 | £34 | £29,114 | £1,469 |
| 9 | Tendring | 60.4/100 | £37 | £27,067 | £1,598 |
| 10 | Babergh | 60.2/100 | £43 | £25,785 | £1,858 |
| 11 | Ipswich | 59.7/100 | £34 | £30,605 | £1,469 |
| 12 | Maldon | 59/100 | £48 | £25,496 | £2,074 |
| 13 | Mid Suffolk | 58.9/100 | £35 | £32,413 | £1,512 |
| 14 | West Suffolk | 58.5/100 | £42 | £29,613 | £1,814 |
| 15 | Broadland | 58.3/100 | £36 | £32,576 | £1,555 |
| 16 | Rochford | 57.9/100 | £47 | £26,706 | £2,030 |
| 17 | Uttlesford | 56.8/100 | £45 | £32,124 | £1,944 |
| 18 | Peterborough | 56.5/100 | £46 | £31,062 | £1,987 |
| 19 | Braintree | 56.4/100 | £45 | £32,175 | £1,944 |
| 20 | Bedford | 55.8/100 | £44 | £33,148 | £1,901 |
| 21 | Colchester | 55.7/100 | £47 | £31,056 | £2,030 |
| 22 | Huntingdonshire | 55.5/100 | £47 | £32,441 | £2,030 |
| 23 | East Cambridgeshire | 55.1/100 | £51 | £30,232 | £2,203 |
| 24 | Castle Point | 54.4/100 | £57 | £27,524 | £2,462 |
| 25 | Central Bedfordshire | 54.1/100 | £53 | £30,963 | £2,290 |
| 26 | Basildon | 53.7/100 | £54 | £32,050 | £2,333 |
| 27 | Chelmsford | 53.5/100 | £54 | £32,010 | £2,333 |
| 28 | Epping Forest | 52.4/100 | £64 | £30,038 | £2,765 |
| 29 | Brentwood | 52.2/100 | £62 | £30,607 | £2,678 |
| 30 | Southend-on-Sea | 51.6/100 | £67 | £26,955 | £2,894 |
| 31 | Luton | 50.8/100 | £66 | £29,640 | £2,851 |
| 32 | North Hertfordshire | 50.4/100 | £63 | £33,409 | £2,722 |
| 33 | Dacorum | 49.7/100 | £90 | £18,675 | £3,888 |
| 34 | South Cambridgeshire | 49.3/100 | £52 | £41,348 | £2,246 |
| 35 | East Hertfordshire | 49/100 | £69 | £32,293 | £2,981 |
| 36 | Harlow | 47.4/100 | £75 | £32,320 | £3,240 |
| 37 | Stevenage | 46.3/100 | £61 | £41,224 | £2,635 |
| 38 | Broxbourne | 44.4/100 | £89 | £29,980 | £3,845 |
| 39 | Hertsmere | 44.4/100 | £82 | £36,000 | £3,542 |
| 40 | St Albans | 42.7/100 | £89 | £33,468 | £3,845 |
| 41 | Thurrock | 41/100 | £91 | £34,388 | £3,931 |
| 42 | Welwyn Hatfield | 39.4/100 | £88 | £39,794 | £3,802 |
| 43 | Watford | 38.9/100 | £105 | £31,833 | £4,536 |
| 44 | Three Rivers | 37.4/100 | £91 | £43,202 | £3,931 |
| 45 | Cambridge | 34.9/100 | £99 | £40,266 | £4,277 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for storage / store unit premises in East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East is £29/m²/yr in Great Yarmouth. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Great Yarmouth ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for storage / store unit in Great Yarmouth?
- For a 100 m² unit in Great Yarmouth, business rates are roughly £1,253/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £2,900/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).