The position in restaurants, cafes & pubs
Restaurants, cafes, pubs and takeaways combine long operating hours with high ventilation and hot water loads, which is why the category clusters worse than its floor areas would suggest. Kitchen extract in particular is a large and often uncontrolled load.
Most units are under 1,000 m², so the operative standard is E rather than B. The category's real problem is the sub-E tail, not the 2031 threshold.
This category accounts for 12.1% of all commercial certificates on the register. 2,475 properties are rated F or G – below the minimum that has applied to lettings since April 2023 – and 1,953 have an expired certificate that was rated F or G when issued.
The largest concentrations are in Westminster, Birmingham, Leeds, North Yorkshire, Cornwall, Manchester.
Key figures
Band distribution
| Band | Properties | Share | Share, shown as a bar | vs England & Wales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A+ | 7 | 0.0% | -0.3 | |
| A | 2,849 | 2.4% | -1.7 | |
| B | 27,467 | 22.7% | +3.2 | |
| C | 46,450 | 38.3% | +5.1 | |
| D | 30,320 | 25.0% | -0.7 | |
| E | 11,565 | 9.5% | -3.4 | |
| F | 1,507 | 1.2% | -0.7 | |
| G | 968 | 0.8% | -1.7 |
Floor area profile
| Floor area | Properties | Share | Share, shown as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 250 m² | 78,760 | 65.0% | |
| 250–500 m² | 30,249 | 25.0% | |
| 500–1,000 m² | 10,511 | 8.7% | |
| 1,000–2,500 m² | 1,513 | 1.2% | |
| 2,500–10,000 m² | 95 | 0.1% | |
| Over 10,000 m² | 5 | 0.0% |
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Common questions
How many restaurants, cafes & pubs properties are below EPC B?
90,810 of 121,133 – 75.0%, which is 1.1 percentage points better than the 76.1% average across all commercial property.
How many restaurants, cafes & pubs buildings face the 2031 EPC B standard?
1,126 are over 1,000 m² and currently below EPC B.
What is the average size of a restaurants, cafes & pubs property?
239 m² on the certificates lodged for this category.
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55.7% below EPC B · 21,420 properties
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