FOI/EIR 25/26-582-Business Rates by Year

Number of businesses registered and income since 2019

Received 11 March 2026

I am requesting the following information for each of the financial years 2019/20 through to 2024/25, or as many of those years as your authority holds data for:

• The total number of businesses or properties liable for business rates within your local authority area; and

• The total income received by the council from business rates (if not already published).

  Responded 18 March 2026

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  25.03.2020 - 2398

  31.03.2021 - 2458

  31.03.2022 - 2492

  25.03.2023 - 2545

  31.03.2024 - 2615

  30.03.2025 - 2605

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  2019/20 - £21,487,733

  2020/21 - £14,899,738

  2021/22 - £19,110,336

  2022/23 - £21,021,783

  2023/24 - £23,233,612

  2024/25 - £26,063,735