Business rates in Merton

1,812 retail, hospitality and leisure premises across 159 streets, each checked against the 2026 rating list. Pick your street below.

LondonMerton
Premises assessed
1,812
Median rateable value
£15,500
Streets covered
159
WHAT THE PUBLIC RECORD SHOWS FOR MERTON
Premises typeCountShare
Retail 1,431 79.0%
Hospitality 293 16.2%
Leisure 88 4.9%

Flags across Merton

FlagPremisesShare
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.

Rateable values in Merton

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 typePremises Lower quartileMedian 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

Value per square metre in Merton

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 1,732 £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.

The most valuable retail streets in Merton

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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Questions this data tends to raise

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