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Business property is 8.7% of the FY2026 tax base, against 10.6% in FY2002 and 7.3% in FY2023.
Business share of the tax base
Commercial, industrial and personal
FY2002
10.6%
FY2003
9.0%
FY2004
8.8%
FY2005
8.1%
FY2006
7.7%
FY2007
7.7%
FY2008
7.9%
FY2009
9.2%
FY2010
9.5%
FY2011
10.3%
FY2012
10.0%
FY2013
10.2%
FY2014
10.1%
FY2015
10.3%
FY2016
10.0%
FY2017
9.6%
FY2018
9.5%
FY2019
9.5%
FY2020
9.3%
FY2021
9.0%
FY2022
8.9%
FY2023
7.3%
FY2024
8.3%
FY2025
8.5%
FY2026
8.7%
DLS assessed values by class, the share as certified each year.
1 · The facts
8.7%
business share of assessed value, FY2026
10.6%
the share in FY2002, the highest
7.3%
the share in FY2023, the lowest
$212,343,140
commercial, industrial and personal property
$2,437,942,740
assessed value of every class, FY2026
23.3%
rise in residential value in FY2023 (our arithmetic)
39.5%
rise in commercial and industrial value, FY2022–FY2026
59.1%
the same, FY2002–FY2022
8 of 15
compared towns with a larger business share
2 · What it shows
1
In FY2023 residential value rose 23.3% and the business share fell to 7.3%.
2
Commercial and industrial value rose 39.5% in four years, after 59.1% over the twenty before.
3
8 of 15 compared towns have a larger business share than Lunenburg.
Business share of assessed value
Business share
Ayer
28.44%
Littleton
21.24%
Fitchburg
18.42%
Leominster
17.06%
Gardner
15.15%
Lancaster
12.34%
Westford
9.56%
Shirley
9.50%
Lunenburg
8.71%
Townsend
6.93%
Ashby
5.74%
Stow
5.29%
Pepperell
5.17%
Bolton
4.67%
Groton
4.45%
Harvard
3.86%
DLS assessed values by class. The towns are the set this project compares Lunenburg with.