4,021 retail, hospitality and leisure premises across 281 streets, each checked against the 2026 rating list. Pick your street below.
In Barnet, 781 of 4,021 shops, cafés, restaurants and leisure premises (19.4%) saw their rateable value rise by 25% or more at the April 2026 revaluation, according to our analysis of the 2026 rating list (data as of August 2026).
680 (16.9%) have a rateable value of £12,000 or less, the band where small business rate relief can take the bill to nil, on rateable value alone.
A typical Barnet shop or restaurant on the 2026 list has a rateable value of £20,250. At the 2026/27 small retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier of 38.2p that is about £7,736 a year before any relief. Small business rate relief, transitional relief and supporting small business relief can reduce it, in some cases to nil. What is actually on a bill only the bill shows.
680 of the 4,014 retail, hospitality and leisure premises in Barnet (16.9%) have a 2026 rateable value of £12,000 or below. That is the band where small business rate relief can take the bill to nil, for an occupier of one property. A further 13.7% sit in the tapered band. The bill shows whether the relief has been claimed.
The typical change against the 2023 list is +14.0%. 19.5% of premises rose by 25% or more and 1.3% fell. 414 premises moved from £12,000 or below to above it, which is what supporting small business relief 2026 is for.
Four. Small business rate relief, which has to be claimed. The retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier, which depends on how the council has coded the property. Transitional relief and supporting small business relief, which cap the rise after the revaluation and should appear automatically. And for the 68 pubs in Barnet, the 15% pubs and live music venues relief. Send the address and we tell you which apply, free.
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| Premises type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Retail | 3,465 | 86.2% |
| Hospitality | 408 | 10.1% |
| Leisure | 148 | 3.7% |
| Flag | Premises | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rateable value inside the full small business relief band | 680 | 16.9% |
| Rateable value inside the tapered band | 508 | 12.6% |
| Rate per m² above the street median for comparable use | 257 | 6.4% |
| Valuation rose 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation | 781 | 19.4% |
| Valuation fell 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation | 8 | 0.2% |
| Nothing flagged from public data. Needs the bill | 2,114 | 52.6% |
A flag records where a premises sits in the public record. It is not a finding that a bill is wrong. The bill itself shows which reliefs and which multiplier were applied. Source: 2026 rating list, data as of August 2026.
The spread of rateable values across Barnet, by type of premises. If yours sits well outside the range for its type, that is worth understanding. On its own it is not evidence of an error.
| Premises type | Premises | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All retail, hospitality and leisure | 4,014 | £13,750 | £20,250 | £31,750 |
| Retail | 3,459 | £13,500 | £19,500 | £30,000 |
| Hospitality | 407 | £18,250 | £28,000 | £51,500 |
| Leisure | 148 | £11,250 | £23,375 | £73,625 |
Rateable values are largely built from a rate per square metre applied to the trading area. That rate is what decides your valuation. It is published only in the detailed valuations, premises by premises. The summary below is ours.
| Premises type | With published area | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All retail, hospitality and leisure | 3,879 | £380 | £480 | £570 |
| Retail | 3,442 | £400 | £480 | £570 |
| Hospitality | 309 | £400 | £495 | £590 |
| Leisure | 128 | £45 | £100 | £195 |
Per square metre of floor area (NIA), from the published detailed valuations. Premises without a published area are not counted.
Streets ranked by the median value per square metre of their retail, hospitality and leisure premises. Only streets with at least five premises with a published area are ranked. 113 of 281 qualify.
| # | Street | Premises | Median £/m² | Median RV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Cross Regional Shopping Centre NW4 | 110 | £2,000 | £136,500 |
| 2 | The Broadway NW7 | 97 | £700 | £30,250 |
| 3 | High Road N2 | 116 | £610 | £22,750 |
| 4 | Finchley Road NW11 | 179 | £600 | £26,250 |
| 5 | Monkville Parade NW11 | 11 | £600 | £16,750 |
| 6 | Golders Green Road NW11 | 157 | £590 | £33,250 |
| 7 | High Road N20 | 106 | £590 | £25,250 |
| 8 | High Road N12 | 193 | £575 | £28,250 |
| 9 | North End Road NW11 | 23 | £570 | £22,500 |
| 10 | Totteridge Lane N20 | 20 | £570 | £20,750 |
| 11 | High Street EN5 | 198 | £560 | £26,250 |
| 12 | Cricklewood Broadway NW2 | 31 | £550 | £20,875 |
| 13 | Finchley Road NW2 | 35 | £550 | £15,500 |
| 14 | Station Road NW7 | 5 | £550 | £21,250 |
| 15 | Union Street EN5 | 7 | £550 | £9,700 |
| 16 | Watling Avenue HA8 | 96 | £550 | £22,250 |
| 17 | Ballards Lane N3 | 152 | £540 | £26,250 |
| 18 | Hale Lane NW7 | 15 | £530 | £17,125 |
| 19 | St Albans Road EN5 | 8 | £528 | £14,625 |
| 20 | Bittacy Hill NW7 | 19 | £515 | £13,750 |
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