Occupier Business Rates

For more than 30 years, Ryan has been the UK’s leading business rates advisor, helping thousands of commercial property owners and occupiers reduce costs, streamline administration, and achieve greater financial certainty. By partnering with Ryan, you gain access to independent data, proven expertise, and an efficient, hassle-free process, all designed to deliver measurable savings and long-term outcomes.

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Trusted Business Rates Support for Occupiers

Ryan’s trusted reputation as a fully regulated business rates agent ensures professionalism and a relentless focus on client success. Our expertise and access to comprehensive databases enable us to identify savings and opportunities more effectively than other agents.

Key Services Include: 

  • Cost Reduction - Reduce business rates liabilities through appeals and reliefs
  • Recover Overpayments - Identify and secure refunds for historical overpayments
  • Accurate Billing - Ensure correct billing to avoid fines and penalties
  • Financial Certainty - Deliver precise budgeting and forecasting to provide greater financial predictability
  • Liability Minimisation - Strategically focus on reducing liabilities for occupied properties rather than vacant spaces
  • Tax Exemptions - Navigate occupier-specific tax exemptions to uncover savings

Proven Results

£1 billion saved

More than

£1 billion

saved against the 2017 and 2023 rating lists

properties under instruction

 

52,000

properties under instruction

rateable value

 

£4.7 billion

in total rateable value under instruction

*2025 UK figures only

Why Choose Ryan?

Business Rates Assessment

Speed in Obtaining Savings

With more than 30 years of experience delivering measurable savings, we fast-track appeals through the system to secure quicker financial benefits for our clients.

Appeals and Valuation Analysis

Data-Driven Market Intelligence

Leveraging critical market data and industry expertise, Ryan represents more than 40,000 occupiers and investors across the UK, delivering faster and more accurate results.

Seamless Connectivity

Enhanced Visibility

Ryan connects your data seamlessly in one cloud-based platform, integrating efficiency with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) and billing authorities to improve reporting and transparency.

Agency and Lease Consultancy

Uncover Missed Opportunities

Through a complimentary health check, we will identity overlooked savings opportunities, investigate discrepancies in assessment values, and implement strategies to maximise your savings while ensuring accuracy.

Ryan's Business Rates Services

Ryan combines cutting-edge technology with unmatched market expertise to deliver comprehensive business rates solutions tailored to your specific property and portfolio needs.

Occupier Business Rates
Investor and Developer Business Rates
Lease Consultancy

Integrated Tax Services

Equipping the modern tax function to be best-positioned to meet the needs of an ever-changing regulatory and geopolitical landscape, Ryan helps clients improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the people, processes, and systems that drive overall tax performance. Assessing the tax operations, benchmarking the current state, and creating a powerful business case for transformation help our clients build their tax functions into best-practice operations aligned to deliver on the company’s key priorities.