Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR)

You can get small business rate relief if your:

• property is occupied and it's rateable value is less than £15,000
• business only uses 1 property in England (you may still be able to get relief if you use more, but relief can only ever be granted on 1 property, not all)

Reduction

You will not pay business rates on a property with a rateable value of £12,000 or less.

For properties with a rateable value of £12,001 to £15,000, the rate of relief will go down gradually from 100% to 0%. 

For example, if your rateable value is £13,500, you will get 50% off your bill. If your rateable value is £14,000, you will get 33% off.

More than 1 property

You can still get small business rate relief on your main property if you have more than 1 property and both the following apply: 

• none of your other properties have a rateable value above £2,899
• the total rateable value of all your properties is less than £20,000 

If you already have small business relief and you take on a second property, regardless of its size, you’ll keep getting relief on your original property for 12 months. After 12 months, unless you fulfil the criteria above, your relief will end.  

Last updated 17 October 2023