While we advise clients nationally, we also carry out a 6 monthly survey of around 750 retail premises in Bath, where we are based, to monitor the vacancy rate.
The vacancy rate of May 26 was 8.79% of the total – this is a slight increase from November 2025, but remains within a similar level to the pattern shown over the last couple of years. This is still significantly less than the peak vacancy figure during the COVID-19 pandemic of 13.89% of the total.
