Business rates in Lewisham

2,995 retail, hospitality and leisure premises across 225 streets, each checked against the 2026 rating list. Pick your street below.

London›Lewisham
Premises assessed
2,995
Median rateable value
£12,750
Streets covered
225

In Lewisham, 658 of 2,995 shops, cafés, restaurants and leisure premises (22.0%) 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).

1,361 (45.4%) 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 Lewisham?

A typical Lewisham shop or restaurant on the 2026 list has a rateable value of £12,750. At the 2026/27 small retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier of 38.2p that is about £4,871 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 Lewisham pay no business rates?

1,361 of the 2,966 retail, hospitality and leisure premises in Lewisham (45.9%) 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 14.3% sit in the tapered band. The bill shows whether the relief has been claimed.

How much did rateable values change in Lewisham at the 2026 revaluation?

The typical change against the 2023 list is +10.2%. 22.2% of premises rose by 25% or more and 1.2% fell. 316 premises moved from £12,000 or below to above it, which is what supporting small business relief 2026 is for.

Which reliefs should a Lewisham 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 85 pubs in Lewisham, the 15% pubs and live music venues relief. Send the address and we tell you which apply, free.

WHAT THE PUBLIC RECORD SHOWS FOR LEWISHAM
Premises typeCountShare
Retail 2,584 86.3%
Hospitality 334 11.2%
Leisure 77 2.6%

Flags across Lewisham

FlagPremisesShare
Rateable value inside the full small business relief band 1,361 45.4%
Rateable value inside the tapered band 396 13.2%
Rate per m² above the street median for comparable use 157 5.2%
Valuation rose 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 658 22.0%
Valuation fell 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 2 0.1%
Nothing flagged from public data. Needs the bill 854 28.5%

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 Lewisham

The spread of rateable values across Lewisham, 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 2,966 £9,100 £12,750 £21,500
Retail 2,561 £8,900 £12,250 £18,750
Hospitality 332 £11,688 £18,250 £36,000
Leisure 73 £20,250 £29,500 £82,500

Value per square metre in Lewisham

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 2,872 £262 £320 £400
Retail 2,567 £265 £325 £400
Hospitality 241 £265 £330 £400
Leisure 64 £48 £89 £181

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 Lewisham

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. 88 of 225 qualify.

#Street Premises Median £/m² Median RV
1 Lewisham Shopping Centre SE13 6 £1,100 £12,625
2 Tranquil Vale SE3 47 £910 £32,000
3 Montpelier Vale SE3 33 £830 £33,250
4 Blackheath Village SE3 11 £750 £25,500
5 Royal Parade SE3 7 £630 £32,500
6 Lewis Grove SE13 17 £575 £26,250
7 Riverdale SE13 57 £495 £34,750
8 Honor Oak Park SE23 33 £450 £15,500
9 Deptford High Street SE8 173 £440 £16,000
10 Ladywell Road SE13 27 £425 £12,250
11 Algernon Road SE13 10 £400 £9,950
12 Brockley Cross SE4 19 £400 £11,750
13 Brockley Road SE4 112 £400 £14,500
14 New Cross Road SE14 186 £390 £12,750
15 Sydenham Road SE26 165 £390 £14,625
16 Catford Broadway SE6 31 £380 £18,500
17 London Road SE23 31 £380 £16,500
18 Burnt Ash Hill SE12 33 £375 £11,500
19 Lewisham Way SE4 28 £375 £17,625
20 Catford Road SE6 8 £370 £12,875
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Questions this data tends to raise

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