Business rates in City of London

1,768 retail, hospitality and leisure premises across 304 streets, each checked against the 2026 rating list. Pick your street below.

LondonCity of London
Premises assessed
1,768
Median rateable value
£73,500
Streets covered
304
WHAT THE PUBLIC RECORD SHOWS FOR CITY OF LONDON
Premises typeCountShare
Retail 1,042 58.9%
Hospitality 629 35.6%
Leisure 97 5.5%

Flags across City of London

FlagPremisesShare
Rateable value inside the full small business relief band 45 2.5%
Rateable value inside the tapered band 26 1.5%
Rate per m² above the street median for comparable use 118 6.7%
Valuation rose 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 126 7.1%
Valuation fell 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 25 1.4%
Nothing flagged from public data. Needs the bill 1,457 82.4%

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.

Rateable values in City of London

The spread of rateable values across City of London, 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 typePremises Lower quartileMedian Upper quartile
All retail, hospitality and leisure 1,756 £39,500 £73,500 £132,000
Retail 1,033 £33,000 £61,500 £101,000
Hospitality 626 £56,000 £95,500 £173,000
Leisure 97 £43,750 £121,000 £219,000

Value per square metre in City of London

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 typeWith published area Lower quartileMedian Upper quartile
All retail, hospitality and leisure 1,513 £570 £1,045 £1,500
Retail 1,035 £895 £1,265 £1,550
Hospitality 392 £430 £578 £870
Leisure 86 £186 £348 £446

Per square metre of floor area (NIA), from the published detailed valuations. Premises without a published area are not counted.

The most valuable retail streets in City of London

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. 97 of 304 qualify.

#Street Premises Median £/m² Median RV
1 Royal Exchange EC3V 32 £2,100 £60,500
2 Royal Exchange EC3Y 9 £2,100 £57,000
3 Blomfield Street EC2M 8 £2,075 £91,000
4 Old Broad Street EC2M 13 £2,065 £114,000
5 Moorgate EC2M 15 £1,995 £98,500
6 Bow Lane EC4M 24 £1,960 £58,500
7 London Wall EC2M 26 £1,850 £92,250
8 Bank Station EC3V 5 £1,830 £15,250
9 Bishopsgate EC2M 26 £1,770 £170,000
10 Eldon Street EC2M 8 £1,730 £122,000
11 Cannon Street EC4N 43 £1,695 £88,250
12 Cornhill EC3V 15 £1,650 £100,000
13 Liverpool Street Station EC2M 32 £1,635 £104,000
14 Moorgate EC2R 13 £1,615 £78,000
15 Throgmorton Street EC2N 7 £1,570 £59,500
16 Cheapside Passage EC2V 5 £1,530 £133,000
17 New Change Passage EC4M 12 £1,530 £95,000
18 Paternoster Row EC4M 8 £1,530 £158,000
19 Eastcheap EC3M 23 £1,520 £77,500
20 Cheapside EC2V 52 £1,500 £97,000
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Questions this data tends to raise

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