US EditionOne Pub a Day Shut for Good in 2025 as Cost Pressures Bite
Cost rises including higher wages and property taxes forced 366 pubs to close or convert in 2025, continuing a five-year decline of nearly 2,000 pubs, industry data shows.
- This year, tax specialists at Ryan found one pub shut its doors for good each day in 2025, with the overall number of pubs in England and Wales falling from a year earlier.
- Statutory cost rises hit pubs in April this year as they faced national minimum wage and national insurance contributions increases, while next April average business rates will rise after a 30% increase in rateable values.
- Supporting data show once repurposed pub buildings almost never return to pub use, with tax specialists at Ryan analysing nearly 2,000 pubs lost over the past five years.
- Industry bosses warned many closures result from a heavy tax and rates burden, urging Government for pub-specific business rates relief as Alex Probyn said `These pubs have closed permanently, not temporarily.`
- Across regions, every part of England and Wales recorded net pub losses, with the East Midlands, North West and Yorkshire & the Humber hardest hit as rising costs and outdated ratings strain pub operators and local communities.
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One pub a day shut for good in 2025 as cost pressures bite
The overall number of pubs in England and Wales fell to 38,623 from 38,989 a year earlier.
England and Wales record one pub a day closed in 2025 as taxes and rising costs bite
Highlights366 pubs permanently closed across England and Wales during 2025, averaging one per day. Total pub count falls to 38,623 from 38,989, with nearly 2,000 lost over past five years. Industry warns business rates recalculation in April 2026 will worsen crisis.One pub disappeared every day across England and Wales during 2025, as sustained cost pressures continued to devastate the hospitality sector, according to analysis of government stat…
Britain lost one pub a day in 2025
One pub a day closed its doors in 2025 as businesses were forced to battle mounting cost pressures and an increasingly heavy tax burden. Fresh analysis from global tax firm Ryan showed 366 pubs were demolished or converted for other uses in the last 12 months. Since 2020, nearly 2,000 pubs have closed for good, roughly five per cent of the 40,617 venues open at the beginning of 2020. The figures are a stark reminder of the perilous state of the …
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