1,812 retail, hospitality and leisure premises across 159 streets, each checked against the 2026 rating list. Pick your street below.
In Merton, 695 of 1,812 shops, cafés, restaurants and leisure premises (38.4%) 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).
624 (34.4%) 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.
A typical Merton shop or restaurant on the 2026 list has a rateable value of £15,500. At the 2026/27 small retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier of 38.2p that is about £5,921 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.
624 of the 1,807 retail, hospitality and leisure premises in Merton (34.5%) 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 14.2% sit in the tapered band. The bill shows whether the relief has been claimed.
The typical change against the 2023 list is +20.0%. 38.5% of premises rose by 25% or more and 3.6% fell. 238 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 46 pubs in Merton, 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 | 1,431 | 79.0% |
| Hospitality | 293 | 16.2% |
| Leisure | 88 | 4.9% |
| Flag | Premises | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rateable value inside the full small business relief band | 624 | 34.4% |
| Rateable value inside the tapered band | 233 | 12.9% |
| Rate per m² above the street median for comparable use | 126 | 7.0% |
| Valuation rose 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation | 695 | 38.4% |
| Valuation fell 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation | 5 | 0.3% |
| Nothing flagged from public data. Needs the bill | 536 | 29.6% |
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 Merton, 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 | 1,807 | £10,500 | £15,500 | £39,250 |
| Retail | 1,426 | £9,900 | £14,250 | £31,250 |
| Hospitality | 293 | £13,500 | £24,500 | £66,500 |
| Leisure | 88 | £16,438 | £36,125 | £134,500 |
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 | 1,732 | £300 | £375 | £525 |
| Retail | 1,421 | £300 | £375 | £525 |
| Hospitality | 234 | £305 | £410 | £550 |
| Leisure | 77 | £45 | £110 | £175 |
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. 65 of 159 qualify.
| # | Street | Premises | Median £/m² | Median RV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wimbledon Bridge SW19 | 32 | £1,400 | £35,250 |
| 2 | High Street SW19 | 93 | £1,300 | £60,500 |
| 3 | Worple Road SW19 | 11 | £1,200 | £34,500 |
| 4 | The Broadway SW19 | 104 | £1,000 | £58,000 |
| 5 | Church Road SW19 | 20 | £850 | £26,250 |
| 6 | Ridgway SW19 | 19 | £830 | £29,500 |
| 7 | Queens Road SW19 | 28 | £800 | £66,750 |
| 8 | Arthur Road SW19 | 30 | £750 | £19,625 |
| 9 | Wimbledon Hill Road SW19 | 23 | £725 | £74,000 |
| 10 | Worple Road SW20 | 13 | £650 | £25,750 |
| 11 | Lambton Road SW20 | 8 | £550 | £19,500 |
| 12 | Leopold Road SW19 | 24 | £550 | £16,500 |
| 13 | Approach Road SW20 | 14 | £525 | £18,250 |
| 14 | Christchurch Road SW19 | 14 | £500 | £16,750 |
| 15 | Haydons Road SW19 | 5 | £500 | £23,125 |
| 16 | London Road SW17 | 32 | £500 | £14,250 |
| 17 | Merton Road SW19 | 37 | £500 | £13,750 |
| 18 | Durham Road SW20 | 13 | £475 | £13,750 |
| 19 | High Street Colliers Wood SW19 | 49 | £450 | £13,750 |
| 20 | Kingston Road SW20 | 71 | £450 | £14,000 |
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