Sector guide · England and Wales · 2026/27

Business rates for hairdressers and beauty salons (2026/27)

Hairdressers, barbers and beauty salons pay business rates on their premises. Salons that got retail, hospitality and leisure relief in 2025/26 will usually be eligible for the lower 38.2p multiplier in England for 2026/27; your council decides. A single salon worth £12,000 or less pays nothing under small business rate relief.

Which multiplier applies

Hair and beauty businesses that got retail, hospitality and leisure relief in 2025/26 will usually be eligible for the lower RHL multipliers (38.2p / 43p). Your council decides, so ask if your bill uses the standard rate.

Rateable value (England, 2026/27)	Standard	Retail, hospitality and leisure
Under £51,000	43.2p	38.2p
£51,000 to £499,999	48p	43p
£500,000 or more	50.8p	50.8p

How hair and beauty salons are valued

Salons are usually valued like shop units: floor area and a price per m², often zoned. Compare with shop units of a similar size on the same street.

Reliefs to ask about

Small business rate relief: nothing to pay in England if it’s your business’s only property and the rateable value is £12,000 or less; tapering to £15,000.
Supporting small business relief if you lost relief at the 2026 revaluation, and transitional relief if your bill is rising because of it.
Renting a chair in someone else’s salon: the salon’s ratepayer usually pays the rates, not you.
Hairdressing at home: you may not pay business rates, but it depends how the space is used. See GOV.UK: working at home.
Wales: salons are not covered by the Welsh retail multiplier.

Is your hair and beauty rateable value in line with similar properties?

Compare your 2026 rateable value with similar properties nearby. About 30 seconds, no sign-up, no card.

Estimate your bill with the 2026/27 business rates calculator, or read how to challenge a valuation.

Questions

Do hairdressers get the retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier?

GOV.UK says businesses that received retail, hospitality and leisure relief in 2025/26 will usually be eligible for the new RHL multipliers, and hairdressers were within that relief. Your council confirms eligibility.

Business rates for hair and beauty salons by council area

Typical 2026 values for hair and beauty salons in each council area with at least 20 of them.

Sources

Checked against GOV.UK and Business Wales on 13 October 2026. Rules change; if anything differs, GOV.UK and your council are right. Rightly Rated is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Valuation Office, HMRC or any council.

Rightly Rated is a self-serve evidence tool, not a rating surveyor or adviser. Figures come from the Valuation Office’s published 2026 rating list and from what you tell us. We do not act for you with the Valuation Office, and a challenge can lower, keep or raise a rateable value.