Best areas to open tyre & exhaust centre in East
29 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 tyre and exhaust centre in East?
In East, the best area to open a tyre and exhaust centre is North Norfolk, with a Gera Business Location Score of 86.6/100: premises at £38/m²/yr and local median pay £26,296. Cambridge ranks lowest of 29 East authorities at 25.5/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top East area for tyre & exhaust centre: North Norfolk.
How this is calculatedEast ranked for tyre & exhaust centre
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Norfolk | 86.6/100 | £38 | £26,296 | £1,642 |
| 2 | Babergh | 81.5/100 | £52 | £25,785 | £2,246 |
| 3 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 79.2/100 | £57 | £30,544 | £2,462 |
| 4 | Maldon | 78.6/100 | £77 | £25,496 | £3,326 |
| 5 | Breckland | 75.7/100 | £59 | £28,303 | £2,549 |
| 6 | Tendring | 75.6/100 | £62 | £27,067 | £2,678 |
| 7 | Peterborough | 72.5/100 | £84 | £31,062 | £3,629 |
| 8 | West Suffolk | 71.9/100 | £68 | £29,613 | £2,938 |
| 9 | East Cambridgeshire | 70/100 | £64 | £30,232 | £2,765 |
| 10 | East Suffolk | 69.7/100 | £61 | £30,821 | £2,635 |
| 11 | Ipswich | 67.8/100 | £68 | £30,605 | £2,938 |
| 12 | Bedford | 66.8/100 | £79 | £33,148 | £3,413 |
| 13 | Braintree | 64.3/100 | £84 | £32,175 | £3,629 |
| 14 | Colchester | 64/100 | £72 | £31,056 | £3,110 |
| 15 | Norwich | 62.9/100 | £79 | £28,457 | £3,413 |
| 16 | Luton | 62.8/100 | £79 | £29,640 | £3,413 |
| 17 | Central Bedfordshire | 61.1/100 | £85 | £30,963 | £3,672 |
| 18 | Chelmsford | 61.1/100 | £89 | £32,010 | £3,845 |
| 19 | Southend-on-Sea | 60.7/100 | £77 | £26,955 | £3,326 |
| 20 | North Hertfordshire | 60.4/100 | £84 | £33,409 | £3,629 |
| 21 | Harlow | 60.3/100 | £79 | £32,320 | £3,413 |
| 22 | East Hertfordshire | 57.4/100 | £93 | £32,293 | £4,018 |
| 23 | Thurrock | 56.7/100 | £103 | £34,388 | £4,450 |
| 24 | Basildon | 49.1/100 | £112 | £32,050 | £4,838 |
| 25 | Dacorum | 44.2/100 | £159 | £18,675 | £6,869 |
| 26 | Hertsmere | 39.3/100 | £125 | £36,000 | £5,400 |
| 27 | Watford | 39.1/100 | £137 | £31,833 | £5,918 |
| 28 | St Albans | 25.8/100 | £156 | £33,468 | £6,739 |
| 29 | Cambridge | 25.5/100 | £110 | £40,266 | £4,752 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for tyre & exhaust centre premises in East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East is £38/m²/yr in North Norfolk. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North Norfolk ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for tyre & exhaust centre in North Norfolk?
- For a 100 m² unit in North Norfolk, business rates are roughly £1,642/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £3,800/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).