Best areas to open workshop / warehouse in North East
12 North 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 North East?
In North East, the best area to open a workshop or small warehouse is Hartlepool, with a Gera Business Location Score of 65.9/100: premises at £23/m²/yr and local median pay £28,204. Newcastle upon Tyne ranks lowest of 12 North East authorities at 60.5/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top North East area for workshop / warehouse: Hartlepool.
How this is calculatedNorth East ranked for workshop / warehouse
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartlepool | 65.9/100 | £23 | £28,204 | £994 |
| 2 | Redcar and Cleveland | 64.9/100 | £28 | £28,356 | £1,210 |
| 3 | South Tyneside | 64.9/100 | £35 | £25,490 | £1,512 |
| 4 | County Durham | 64.7/100 | £27 | £29,393 | £1,166 |
| 5 | Northumberland | 64.7/100 | £32 | £27,769 | £1,382 |
| 6 | Darlington | 64.6/100 | £25 | £29,692 | £1,080 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 63.5/100 | £30 | £29,502 | £1,296 |
| 8 | Stockton-on-Tees | 63.5/100 | £32 | £29,537 | £1,382 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 63.5/100 | £35 | £28,214 | £1,512 |
| 10 | Gateshead | 62.7/100 | £39 | £28,507 | £1,685 |
| 11 | North Tyneside | 61.9/100 | £40 | £29,311 | £1,728 |
| 12 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 60.5/100 | £39 | £31,786 | £1,685 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for workshop / warehouse premises in North East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in North East is £23/m²/yr in Hartlepool. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Hartlepool ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for workshop / warehouse in Hartlepool?
- For a 100 m² unit in Hartlepool, business rates are roughly £994/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £2,300/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).