Best areas to open workshop / warehouse 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 workshop or small warehouse in East?
In East, the best area to open a workshop or small warehouse is North Norfolk, with a Gera Business Location Score of 66.1/100: premises at £32/m²/yr and local median pay £26,296. Three Rivers ranks lowest of 45 East authorities at 42.5/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top East area for workshop / warehouse: North Norfolk.
How this is calculatedEast ranked for workshop / warehouse
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Norfolk | 66.1/100 | £32 | £26,296 | £1,382 |
| 2 | Babergh | 65.1/100 | £39 | £25,785 | £1,685 |
| 3 | Fenland | 64.8/100 | £36 | £27,005 | £1,555 |
| 4 | Maldon | 64.6/100 | £44 | £25,496 | £1,901 |
| 5 | Breckland | 63.9/100 | £38 | £28,303 | £1,642 |
| 6 | Great Yarmouth | 63.9/100 | £39 | £26,484 | £1,685 |
| 7 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 63.6/100 | £32 | £30,544 | £1,382 |
| 8 | Tendring | 62.9/100 | £43 | £27,067 | £1,858 |
| 9 | South Norfolk | 62.8/100 | £40 | £29,114 | £1,728 |
| 10 | East Suffolk | 62.4/100 | £36 | £30,821 | £1,555 |
| 11 | West Suffolk | 62.2/100 | £42 | £29,613 | £1,814 |
| 12 | Mid Suffolk | 61.8/100 | £38 | £32,413 | £1,642 |
| 13 | East Cambridgeshire | 61.7/100 | £43 | £30,232 | £1,858 |
| 14 | Castle Point | 61.1/100 | £51 | £27,524 | £2,203 |
| 15 | Rochford | 61/100 | £57 | £26,706 | £2,462 |
| 16 | Norwich | 60.9/100 | £47 | £28,457 | £2,030 |
| 17 | Broadland | 60.8/100 | £41 | £32,576 | £1,771 |
| 18 | Southend-on-Sea | 60.6/100 | £54 | £26,955 | £2,333 |
| 19 | Ipswich | 60.1/100 | £45 | £30,605 | £1,944 |
| 20 | Huntingdonshire | 58.9/100 | £52 | £32,441 | £2,246 |
| 21 | Peterborough | 58.8/100 | £52 | £31,062 | £2,246 |
| 22 | Central Bedfordshire | 57.6/100 | £61 | £30,963 | £2,635 |
| 23 | Brentwood | 57.4/100 | £64 | £30,607 | £2,765 |
| 24 | Colchester | 57.4/100 | £60 | £31,056 | £2,592 |
| 25 | Epping Forest | 57.4/100 | £66 | £30,038 | £2,851 |
| 26 | Braintree | 57.2/100 | £62 | £32,175 | £2,678 |
| 27 | Bedford | 57/100 | £57 | £33,148 | £2,462 |
| 28 | Uttlesford | 56.8/100 | £66 | £32,124 | £2,851 |
| 29 | North Hertfordshire | 56.5/100 | £62 | £33,409 | £2,678 |
| 30 | Dacorum | 56.2/100 | £100 | £18,675 | £4,320 |
| 31 | Luton | 55.5/100 | £71 | £29,640 | £3,067 |
| 32 | Basildon | 55.4/100 | £70 | £32,050 | £3,024 |
| 33 | Chelmsford | 54.9/100 | £71 | £32,010 | £3,067 |
| 34 | Harlow | 54.9/100 | £71 | £32,320 | £3,067 |
| 35 | Broxbourne | 54.5/100 | £79 | £29,980 | £3,413 |
| 36 | East Hertfordshire | 53.5/100 | £80 | £32,293 | £3,456 |
| 37 | Thurrock | 53.2/100 | £73 | £34,388 | £3,154 |
| 38 | South Cambridgeshire | 52.3/100 | £63 | £41,348 | £2,722 |
| 39 | St Albans | 47.8/100 | £103 | £33,468 | £4,450 |
| 40 | Stevenage | 47.8/100 | £82 | £41,224 | £3,542 |
| 41 | Watford | 47.2/100 | £110 | £31,833 | £4,752 |
| 42 | Cambridge | 46.4/100 | £89 | £40,266 | £3,845 |
| 43 | Welwyn Hatfield | 46.1/100 | £95 | £39,794 | £4,104 |
| 44 | Hertsmere | 45.9/100 | £108 | £36,000 | £4,666 |
| 45 | Three Rivers | 42.5/100 | £108 | £43,202 | £4,666 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for workshop / warehouse premises in East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East is £32/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 workshop / warehouse in North Norfolk?
- For a 100 m² unit in North Norfolk, business rates are roughly £1,382/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £3,200/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).