While we advise clients nationally, we also carry out a 6 monthly survey of around 800 retail premises in Bath, where we are based, to monitor the vacancy rate.
The number of vacant shops in May 2024 was 65, or 8.54% of all shops, which is heading back towards the longer-term average, and significantly less than the peak vacancy figure during the COVID-19 pandemic of 109 shops or 13.89% of the total.
