HMRC records show 82 businesses trading internationally from Paignton over the last six months. It ranks 9 of 36 trading locations in Devon. Most of that activity sits in plastics and plastic articles, machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 4.9% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 05/10/2026 at 06:14HMRC release in view: Aug 26Snapshot: 2026-10-04.1
693Import declarations▼ 17.1% on the 6 months before
373Export declarations
−4.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
82Trading businesses
Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
Ranked by declaration volume and months active. Hover any bar in the 24-month indicators for that month's figures. Log in for keyword search and HMRC category filters across all 82 businesses.
★ Most active in PaigntonFiled more customs declarations than any other Paignton business over the last six months — roughly 15% of the town's total import activity, mostly in bakery and cereal preparations.
Most active business
NISSHA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD
105 import declarations69 export declarationsTQ4 *Ch. 19Ch. 22Ch. 29Ch. 30Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers, gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments, parts of ball-point pens, felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers, fountain pens and propelling pencils n.e.s, pencil-holders, pen-holders and the like, and duplicating stylos.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity105 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity69 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WIRED CAMPERS LIMITED
40 import declarationsImports onlyTQ4 *Ch. 39Ch. 74Ch. 85Ch. 90Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of copper, cast, moulded, stamped or forged, but not further worked, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 15.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TORBAY PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
25 import declarations6 export declarationsTQ4 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, medicaments consisting of two or more constituents mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not in measured doses or put up for retail sale (excl. antibiotics containing hormones or steroids used as hormones, but not containing antibiotic, parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 18.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity25 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity6 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SEA AND SEA (HOLDINGS) LTD
29 import declarationsImports onlyTQ4 *Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 61Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include water-skis, surfboards and other water-sport equipment (other than sailboards), garments, knitted or crocheted, rubberised or impregnated, coated or covered with plastics or other materials (excl. babies' garments and clothing accessories), products suitable for use as glues or adhesives put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, with a net weight of <= 1 kg.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BAY PHOTONICS LTD
16 import declarations13 export declarationsTQ4 *Ch. 48Ch. 70Ch. 73Ch. 76Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories equally suitable for use with machines of two or more of the headings 8470 to 8472, n.e.s., articles of aluminium, n.e.s., signalling glassware and optical elements of glass, not optically worked (excl. clock or watch glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, incl. hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses, microsphe.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in TQ3 / TQ4 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Paignton trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 82 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsAppliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)Felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markersCrabs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilledGel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instrumentsWater-skis, surfboards and other water-sport equipment (other than sailboards)T-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crochetedArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)
Common questions about trade in Paignton
How many businesses import or export from Paignton?
HMRC customs records show 82 businesses in Paignton (TQ3, TQ4) filed declarations over the last six months — 693 import declarations and 373 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Paignton businesses import most?
The most common category is plastics and plastic articles. Across all Paignton traders the leading goods are tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves), felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers, crabs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh or chilled. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Paignton growing?
Import activity is down 17.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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