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Small Business Rates Relief Calculator

Enter your property's rateable value to see your 2026/27 business rates bill in England and how much small business rate relief takes off it.

Your property

Find it on your business rates bill or on GOV.UK's "Find a business rates valuation".

Your 2026/27 business rates

Enter your property's rateable value to see your bill and relief.

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Business rates multipliers 2026/27 (England)

Rateable value Most properties Retail, hospitality and leisure
Rateable value below £51,000 43.2p 38.2p
£51,000 to £499,999 48p 43p
£500,000 or more 50.8p

Retail, hospitality and leisure multipliers apply to eligible properties such as shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs, cinemas, music venues, gyms, spas and hotels. They replace the retail, hospitality and leisure rates relief of the 2025/26 billing year. Your council may use a different multiplier for your property, so check with it.

Small business rate relief at a glance

Rateable value of the property Relief
£12,000 or less 100%: no business rates on a sole property
£12,001 to £15,000 Goes down gradually from 100% to 0%
£15,000 or more No small business rate relief

Relief is calculated on the property's rateable value, not on your profit or turnover, and your council applies it. Changes such as getting another property, an empty property or a higher rateable value can change what you are due, so report them to your council.

Frequently asked questions

What is small business rate relief?
Small business rate relief takes money off the business rates bill of a property in England with a rateable value below £15,000 when the business uses only that one property. You pay no business rates on a sole property with a rateable value of £12,000 or less. From £12,001 to £15,000 the rate of relief goes down gradually from 100% to 0%.
How do I work out my business rates?
Multiply your property's rateable value by the multiplier for your property to get the year's bill before relief, then take off any relief you are entitled to. Use the calculator above to do both steps.
What are the business rates multipliers for 2026/27?
For a property that is not retail, hospitality or leisure, the multiplier is 43.2p below £51,000 of rateable value and 48p from £51,000. Eligible retail, hospitality and leisure properties use 38.2p below £51,000 and 43p from £51,000. At £500,000 or more the multiplier is 50.8p.
What if my business uses more than one property?
When you get a second property you keep relief on your main property for 36 months if you got it on or after 27 November 2025, or 12 months if you got it before. After that you can still get relief on the main property if none of your other properties has a rateable value above £2,899 and the total rateable value of all your properties is less than £20,000 (£28,000 in London).
Can I get small business rate relief and charitable rate relief together?
No. You cannot get small business rate relief and charitable rate relief at the same time. Your local council decides which type of relief you are eligible for.
How do I claim small business rate relief?
Contact your local council. It will check whether you are eligible, tell you how to get the relief and whether you can get any other business rates relief on top.
Does this apply in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
No. This calculator uses the England multipliers. Business rates are calculated a different way in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and Wales and the City of London use different multipliers.

Sources

An estimate for properties in England. The taper is modelled as a straight line from 100% to 0%, which matches GOV.UK's examples; your council's bill is final.

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