Business rates in Kingston upon Thames

1,759 retail, hospitality and leisure premises across 170 streets, each checked against the 2026 rating list. Pick your street below.

London›Kingston upon Thames
Premises assessed
1,759
Median rateable value
£20,000
Streets covered
170

In Kingston upon Thames, 460 of 1,759 shops, cafés, restaurants and leisure premises (26.2%) 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).

364 (20.7%) 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.

How much are business rates in Kingston upon Thames?

A typical Kingston upon Thames shop or restaurant on the 2026 list has a rateable value of £20,000. At the 2026/27 small retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier of 38.2p that is about £7,640 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.

How many shops in Kingston upon Thames pay no business rates?

364 of the 1,757 retail, hospitality and leisure premises in Kingston upon Thames (20.7%) 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 13.5% sit in the tapered band. The bill shows whether the relief has been claimed.

How much did rateable values change in Kingston upon Thames at the 2026 revaluation?

The typical change against the 2023 list is +10.3%. 26.2% of premises rose by 25% or more and 12.1% fell. 172 premises moved from £12,000 or below to above it, which is what supporting small business relief 2026 is for.

Which reliefs should a Kingston upon Thames shop or café check in 2026/27?

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 Kingston upon Thames, the 15% pubs and live music venues relief. Send the address and we tell you which apply, free.

WHAT THE PUBLIC RECORD SHOWS FOR KINGSTON UPON THAMES
Premises typeCountShare
Retail 1,313 74.6%
Hospitality 373 21.2%
Leisure 73 4.2%

Flags across Kingston upon Thames

FlagPremisesShare
Rateable value inside the full small business relief band 364 20.7%
Rateable value inside the tapered band 222 12.6%
Rate per m² above the street median for comparable use 78 4.4%
Valuation rose 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 460 26.2%
Valuation fell 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 22 1.3%
Nothing flagged from public data. Needs the bill 821 46.7%

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 Kingston upon Thames

The spread of rateable values across Kingston upon Thames, 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 1,757 £13,000 £20,000 £44,000
Retail 1,311 £12,375 £18,750 £37,250
Hospitality 373 £15,750 £25,250 £54,500
Leisure 73 £13,000 £32,750 £93,500

Value per square metre in Kingston upon Thames

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 1,655 £350 £425 £500
Retail 1,304 £370 £440 £515
Hospitality 290 £371 £425 £500
Leisure 61 £46 £70 £145

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 Kingston upon Thames

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. 63 of 170 qualify.

#Street Premises Median £/m² Median RV
1 Clarence Street KT1 60 £1,475 £120,000
2 Church Street KT1 21 £1,325 £65,250
3 Thames Street KT1 17 £800 £41,125
4 Castle Street KT1 23 £755 £27,750
5 Victoria Road KT6 69 £750 £31,750
6 Wood Street KT1 90 £702 £89,000
7 Fife Road KT1 41 £665 £33,750
8 Market Place KT1 35 £640 £45,750
9 Maple Road KT6 10 £600 £19,125
10 Apple Market KT1 9 £560 £21,250
11 Union Street KT1 7 £525 £36,500
12 Brighton Road KT6 48 £500 £21,250
13 High Street KT3 96 £500 £29,000
14 Park Road KT2 21 £500 £13,000
15 Eden Street KT1 33 £495 £29,500
16 Kingston Hill KT2 11 £480 £22,500
17 Richmond Road KT2 59 £475 £16,500
18 St Marks Hill KT6 14 £475 £22,375
19 Wheatfield Way KT1 7 £475 £44,250
20 Claremont Road KT6 18 £470 £17,500
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Questions this data tends to raise

One flat fee: 15% of the savings we secure, confirmed in writing by the council. Nothing saved, nothing to pay.

If there's nothing to save, we say so.