Best areas to open takeaway in East Midlands
21 East 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 takeaway food outlet in East Midlands?
In East Midlands, the best area to open a takeaway food outlet is Derbyshire Dales, with a Gera Business Location Score of 82.6/100: premises at £107/m²/yr and local median pay £28,874. Broxtowe ranks lowest of 21 East Midlands authorities at 61/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top East Midlands area for takeaway: Derbyshire Dales.
How this is calculatedEast Midlands ranked for takeaway
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derbyshire Dales | 82.6/100 | £107 | £28,874 | £4,622 |
| 2 | East Lindsey | 76.3/100 | £109 | £26,724 | £4,709 |
| 3 | High Peak | 71.3/100 | £89 | £28,463 | £3,845 |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 67.3/100 | £77 | £30,962 | £3,326 |
| 5 | Newark and Sherwood | 66.3/100 | £108 | £26,911 | £4,666 |
| 6 | Amber Valley | 65.9/100 | £85 | £31,100 | £3,672 |
| 7 | Bolsover | 65.7/100 | £51 | £30,441 | £2,203 |
| 8 | Mansfield | 65.5/100 | £80 | £26,761 | £3,456 |
| 9 | West Lindsey | 64.6/100 | £84 | £30,000 | £3,629 |
| 10 | Bassetlaw | 64.5/100 | £118 | £26,888 | £5,098 |
| 11 | Ashfield | 63.7/100 | £78 | £29,136 | £3,370 |
| 12 | North East Derbyshire | 63.4/100 | £83 | £29,544 | £3,586 |
| 13 | Leicester | 62.2/100 | £134 | £29,411 | £5,789 |
| 14 | West Northamptonshire | 62.1/100 | £100 | £33,147 | £4,320 |
| 15 | Gedling | 62/100 | £138 | £26,135 | £5,962 |
| 16 | Nottingham | 61.9/100 | £144 | £29,144 | £6,221 |
| 17 | North Northamptonshire | 61.6/100 | £100 | £31,027 | £4,320 |
| 18 | Rushcliffe | 61.6/100 | £126 | £28,689 | £5,443 |
| 19 | Derby | 61/100 | £84 | £35,179 | £3,629 |
| 20 | South Holland | 61/100 | £125 | £27,809 | £5,400 |
| 21 | Broxtowe | 61/100 | £153 | £27,113 | £6,610 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for takeaway premises in East Midlands?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East Midlands is £51/m²/yr in Bolsover. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Derbyshire Dales ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for takeaway in Derbyshire Dales?
- For a 100 m² unit in Derbyshire Dales, business rates are roughly £4,622/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £10,700/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).