2026 Business Rates Revaluation Guidance

Guidance

Help with the 2026 business rates revaluation

Find out about the 2026 revaluation, how to find your business rates valuation, how properties are valued and what to do if you think your valuation is wrong.

From: HM Revenue & Customs and Valuation Office Agency Published 26 November 2025 Last updated 1 April 2026
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Applies to England and Wales

• Guidance for Northern Ireland
• Guidance for Scotland

Print this page The Valuation Office updates the rateable values of non-domestic properties in England and Wales every 3 years. This is known as a revaluation. Revaluation helps to redistribute the amount paid in business rates across sectors and regions.

Watch a video to find out why your business rates might be changing.

Why might my business rates be changing?.

Rateable values are based on how much it would cost to rent a property for a year on a set valuation date. For the 2026 revaluation, that date is 1 April 2024. Current rateable values came into effect on 1 April 2026.

Your rateable value is not the amount you have to pay. Local councils use rateable values to calculate business rates bills.

Find your business rates valuation

Watch a video on understanding your business rates valuation.

Understanding your business rates valuation.

You can view your property’s rateable value by:

• signing in to your business rates valuation account — find out how to register for an account

• using the find a business rates valuation tool
  You can also:

• check how your rateable value was calculated

• compare your property’s rateable value to similar properties

How properties are valued

Find out how the Valuation Office values properties for business rates.

Watch a video on how the Valuation Office measures properties.

How we measure properties for business rates

If you think your valuation is wrong

You can challenge your current business rates valuation if you’ve:

• added your property to your business rates valuation account

• raised a check case to tell the Valuation Office that your property details are wrong
  You can only raise a check case for a previous valuation in some circumstances, such as:

• the Valuation Office has corrected your valuation in the past 6 months

• you want to challenge your 2023 valuation after a tribunal or court decision — you must raise a check case within 6 months of the decision
  Watch a video to find out how to tell the Valuation Office you think your property details are wrong.

How to check if you think your business rates valuation is wrong.

Appointing an agent

You can manage your business rates yourself or appoint an agent to deal with the Valuation Office on your behalf.

Read guidance on choosing a business rates agent or watch a video.

Choosing a business rates agent checklist.

Updates to this page

Published 26 November 2025 Last updated 1 April 2026 show all updates
1.
1 April 2026

Information has been added on when you can raise a check case against a previous valuation.
2.
19 January 2026

Removing reference to the estimator tool as it has been removed.
3.
26 November 2025

Added translation

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