Best areas to open workshop / warehouse in Yorkshire and The Humber
13 Yorkshire and The Humber 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 Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a workshop or small warehouse is North East Lincolnshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 65.8/100: premises at £30/m²/yr and local median pay £26,631. York ranks lowest of 13 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 57.7/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for workshop / warehouse: North East Lincolnshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for workshop / warehouse
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North East Lincolnshire | 65.8/100 | £30 | £26,631 | £1,296 |
| 2 | North Lincolnshire | 65.6/100 | £23 | £29,973 | £994 |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 65.4/100 | £27 | £29,355 | £1,166 |
| 4 | Kirklees | 65.3/100 | £30 | £28,821 | £1,296 |
| 5 | Calderdale | 64.8/100 | £29 | £30,451 | £1,253 |
| 6 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 64.2/100 | £30 | £29,790 | £1,296 |
| 7 | Rotherham | 63.6/100 | £35 | £29,088 | £1,512 |
| 8 | Doncaster | 63.5/100 | £34 | £28,928 | £1,469 |
| 9 | North Yorkshire | 63.4/100 | £38 | £29,288 | £1,642 |
| 10 | Bradford | 63.1/100 | £35 | £29,745 | £1,512 |
| 11 | Wakefield | 60/100 | £48 | £30,950 | £2,074 |
| 12 | Leeds | 59.2/100 | £45 | £32,953 | £1,944 |
| 13 | York | 57.7/100 | £53 | £32,151 | £2,290 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for workshop / warehouse premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £23/m²/yr in North Lincolnshire. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North East Lincolnshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for workshop / warehouse in North East Lincolnshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North East Lincolnshire, business rates are roughly £1,296/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £3,000/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).