Business rates in Richmond upon Thames

2,456 retail, hospitality and leisure premises across 214 streets, each checked against the 2026 rating list. Pick your street below.

London›Richmond upon Thames
Premises assessed
2,456
Median rateable value
£19,750
Streets covered
214

In Richmond upon Thames, 399 of 2,456 shops, cafés, restaurants and leisure premises (16.2%) 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).

526 (21.4%) 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 Richmond upon Thames?

A typical Richmond upon Thames shop or restaurant on the 2026 list has a rateable value of £19,750. At the 2026/27 small retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier of 38.2p that is about £7,545 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 Richmond upon Thames pay no business rates?

526 of the 2,453 retail, hospitality and leisure premises in Richmond upon Thames (21.4%) 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 12.4% sit in the tapered band. The bill shows whether the relief has been claimed.

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

The typical change against the 2023 list is +9.2%. 16.3% of premises rose by 25% or more and 11.3% fell. 138 premises moved from £12,000 or below to above it, which is what supporting small business relief 2026 is for.

Which reliefs should a Richmond 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 122 pubs in Richmond 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 RICHMOND UPON THAMES
Premises typeCountShare
Retail 1,883 76.7%
Hospitality 452 18.4%
Leisure 121 4.9%

Flags across Richmond upon Thames

FlagPremisesShare
Rateable value inside the full small business relief band 526 21.4%
Rateable value inside the tapered band 286 11.6%
Rate per m² above the street median for comparable use 120 4.9%
Valuation rose 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 399 16.2%
Valuation fell 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 62 2.5%
Nothing flagged from public data. Needs the bill 1,265 51.5%

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 Richmond upon Thames

The spread of rateable values across Richmond 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 2,453 £13,000 £19,750 £32,500
Retail 1,883 £12,250 £18,250 £27,500
Hospitality 451 £18,875 £30,750 £59,375
Leisure 119 £9,000 £22,250 £65,000

Value per square metre in Richmond 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 2,273 £375 £475 £625
Retail 1,872 £390 £500 £632
Hospitality 302 £400 £488 £625
Leisure 99 £45 £70 £228

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 Richmond 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. 84 of 214 qualify.

#Street Premises Median £/m² Median RV
1 Brewers Lane TW9 9 £1,350 £23,250
2 Paved Court TW9 13 £1,200 £22,000
3 George Street TW9 48 £1,150 £85,500
4 King Street TW9 12 £1,000 £31,250
5 The Square TW9 9 £1,000 £33,000
6 The Quadrant TW9 39 £975 £70,750
7 Hill Rise TW10 33 £930 £30,375
8 Church Court TW9 5 £900 £22,750
9 Duke Street TW9 5 £900 £41,875
10 Golden Court TW9 5 £900 £26,750
11 Church Road SW13 52 £825 £29,375
12 Station Parade TW9 13 £800 £35,500
13 Eton Street TW9 11 £750 £23,500
14 The Broadway SW13 8 £750 £21,875
15 Barnes High Street SW13 41 £725 £23,250
16 Hill Street TW9 32 £700 £52,000
17 Paradise Road TW9 6 £700 £30,250
18 Red Lion Street TW9 18 £700 £24,500
19 St Margarets Road TW1 40 £680 £19,375
20 Friars Stile Road TW10 19 £670 £23,750
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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.