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Sector guide · England and Wales · 2026/27

Business rates for restaurants and takeaways (2026/27)

Restaurants pay business rates on their rateable value. GOV.UK lists restaurants among the businesses that can use the lower hospitality multipliers in England for 2026/27: 38.2p under £51,000 and 43p from £51,000 to £499,999.

Which multiplier applies

GOV.UK lists restaurants among the businesses that can use the lower retail, hospitality and leisure multipliers (38.2p under £51,000, 43p from £51,000 to £499,999). Your council confirms eligibility.

Rateable value (England, 2026/27)StandardRetail, hospitality and leisure
Under £51,00043.2p38.2p
£51,000 to £499,99948p43p
£500,000 or more50.8p50.8p

How restaurants are valued

Most restaurants and takeaways are valued on floor area and a price per m², like shops. Large or specialist restaurants can be valued with reference to trade; if yours is, compare with care or ask a RICS-regulated surveyor.

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.
  • Takeaways that got RHL relief in 2025/26 will usually qualify for the RHL multipliers; check with your council.
  • Wales: no retail multiplier for restaurants, but a food and drink hospitality relief applies in 2026-27; ask your council.
Is your restaurant rateable value in line with similar properties?

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

Questions

Do takeaways pay business rates?

Yes. Takeaway premises are valued and billed like other business property. Those that received retail, hospitality and leisure relief in 2025/26 will usually be eligible for the lower RHL multipliers in England; the council decides.

Business rates for restaurants by council area

Typical 2026 values for restaurants 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.