You can receive small business rate relief if:
- your property’s rateable value is less than £15,000
- your business only uses one property (although you may still be able to get relief if you use more)
How much relief you'll receive
Properties with a rateable value of £12,000 or below that meet the eligibility criteria will receive 100% relief if it's the only property you use. Properties with rateable values between £12,001 and £14,999 will receive tapered relief (see below).
Relief for properties with rateable values between £12,001 and £14,999
The table below shows the rates payable and percentage relief for eligible businesses who occupy a single property with a rateable value between £12,001 and £14,999. These figures are for the financial year 2024/25.
| Rateable value | % relief | Amount payable |
| £12,050 | 98.333% | £100.24 |
| £12,100 | 96.667% | £201.24 |
| £12,150 | 95.000% | £303.14 |
| £12,200 | 93.333% | £405.87 |
| £12,250 | 91.667% | £509.37 |
| £12,300 | 90.000% | £613.77 |
| £12,350 | 88.333% | £719.00 |
| £12,400 | 86.667% | £824.99 |
| £12,450 | 85.000% | £931.88 |
| £12,500 | 83.333% | £1039.60 |
| £12,550 | 81.667% | £1148.09 |
| £12,600 | 80.000% | £1257.48 |
| £12,650 | 78.333% | £1367.70 |
| £12,700 | 76.667% | £1478.68 |
| £12,750 | 75.000% | £1590.56 |
| £12,800 | 73.333% | £1703.27 |
| £12,850 | 71.667% | £1816.75 |
| £12,900 | 70.000% | £1931.13 |
| £12,950 | 68.333% | £2046.34 |
| £13,000 | 66.667% | £2162.31 |
| £13,050 | 65.000% | £2279.18 |
| £13,100 | 63.333% | £2396.89 |
| £13,150 | 61.667% | £2515.35 |
| £13,200 | 60.000% | £2634.72 |
| £13,250 | 58.333% | £2754.92 |
| £13,300 | 56.667% | £2875.88 |
| £13,350 | 55.000% | £2997.74 |
| £13,400 | 53.333% | £3120.44 |
| £13,450 | 51.666% | £3243.96 |
| £13,500 | 50.000% | £3368.25 |
| £13,550 | 48.333% | £3493.44 |
| £13,600 | 46.667% | £3619.39 |
| £13,650 | 45.000% | £3746.24 |
| £13,700 | 43.333% | £3873.93 |
| £13,750 | 41.667% | £4002.37 |
| £13,800 | 40.000% | £4131.72 |
| £13,850 | 38.333% | £4261.90 |
| £13,900 | 36.667% | £4392.84 |
| £13,950 | 35.000% | £4524.68 |
| £14,000 | 33.333% | £4657.36 |
| £14,050 | 31.667% | £4790.79 |
| £14,100 | 30.000% | £4925.13 |
| £14,150 | 28.333% | £5060.30 |
| £14,200 | 26.667% | £5196.23 |
| £14,250 | 25.000% | £5333.06 |
| £14,300 | 23.333% | £5470.73 |
| £14,350 | 21.667% | £5609.15 |
| £14,400 | 20.000% | £5748.48 |
| £14,450 | 18.333% | £5888.64 |
| £14,500 | 16.667% | £6029.56 |
| £14,550 | 15.000% | £6171.38 |
| £14,600 | 13.333% | £6314.04 |
| £14,650 | 11.667% | £6457.45 |
| £14,700 | 10.000% | £6601.77 |
| £14,750 | 8.333% | £6746.92 |
| £14,800 | 6.667% | £6892.83 |
| £14,850 | 5.000% | £7039.64 |
| £14,900 | 3.333% | £7187.29 |
| £14,950 | 1.667% | £7335.69 |
| £15,000 | 0.000% | £7485.00 |
(Information provided to the council by the chartered surveyors Bankier Sloan.)
If you occupy more than one property
If you occupy other properties, the rateable values can be up to £2900 each, and the total rateable value of them all can't exceed £19,999.
How to apply
You can apply for small business rate relief using our online form.
Backdating relief
We'll only consider applications for backdated relief for a maximum of six years from 1 April of the current year. This is in accordance with Section 9 of the Limitation Act 1980.
Small business rate relief prior to April 2017
Prior to April 2017 you could get small business rate relief if:
- you occupied only one business property in England and its rateable value was less than £12,000. (From 2014/15, businesses receiving the relief kept this for an additional year if they took on an additional property that would previously have caused them to lose it).
- you occupied a main property with a rateable value of less than £12,000, but also occupied other properties each with rateable values under £2600 and with the total rateable value of all them not exceeding £17,999. Relief was only awarded on the property with the highest rateable value.
For properties with a rateable value between £6000 and £12,000, you could get between 99% and 1% relief. Business rates weren't paid on properties with a rateable value of £6000 or less.