Over the last six months, 44 Ferndown businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 16 of 20 trading locations in Dorset. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 4.3% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:26HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
311Import declarations▲ 7.2% on the 6 months before
86Export declarations
−4.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
44Trading businesses
Top 5 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 44 businesses.
★ Most active in FerndownFiled more customs declarations than any other Ferndown business over the last six months — roughly 22% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes and pigments.
Most active business
A2V TRADE LIMITED
67 import declarations4 export declarationsBH22 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard, 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, plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. of cellular plastic; self-adhesive produ.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STYLE DOOR SYSTEMS LTD
40 import declarationsImports onlyBH22 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include builders' joinery and carpentry, of wood (excl. of bamboo, windows, french windows and their frames, doors and their frames and thresholds, posts and beams, assembled flooring panels, wooden shuttering for concrete constructional work, shingles, shak, structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. bridges and bridge-sections, towers and lattice masts, doors and windows and their frames, thresholds for doors, props and similar equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or, structures and parts of structures, of aluminium, n.e.s., and plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium, n.e.s. (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 9406, doors and windows and their frames and thre.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% 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
PPFV LTD
25 import declarations2 export declarationsBH22 *Ch. 29Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fittings, e.g. joints, elbows, flanges, of plastics, for tubes, pipes and hoses, flexible tubes, pipes and hoses of plastics, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings, 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 activity25 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ASTON SERVICE DORSET LTD
3 import declarations56 export declarationsBH22 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor v, rods, bars, tubes, profiles and other forms of unvulcanised rubber, incl. mixed rubber, and articles of unvulcanised rubber, incl. mixed rubber (excl. plates, sheets and strip which, apart from basic surface-working, have not been cut, or have merely, suspension systems and parts thereof, incl. shock-absorbers, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transpor.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HASKINS GARDEN CENTRES LTD
41 import declarationsImports onlyBH22 *Ch. 06Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of furniture, not of wood, n.e.s. (excl. of seats or medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), upholstered seats, with metal frames (excl. seats for aircraft or motor vehicles, swivel seats with variable height adjustments and medical, dental or surgical furniture), metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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39 more Ferndown businesses
Every importer and exporter in BH22 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Ferndown trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 44 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboardTricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsFittings, e.g. joints, elbows, flanges, of plastics, for tubes, pipes and hosesParts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders)Ice skates and roller skates, incl. skating boots with skates or rollers attachedStructures and parts of structures, of aluminium, n.e.s., and plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium, n.e.s. (excl. prefabricated buildings of heading 9406, doors and windows and their frames and threAdhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber (excl. put up for retail sale with a net weight of <= 1 kg)
Common questions about trade in Ferndown
How many businesses import or export from Ferndown?
HMRC customs records show 44 businesses in Ferndown (BH22) filed declarations over the last six months — 311 import declarations and 86 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Ferndown businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Ferndown traders the leading goods are live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard, 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, fittings, e.g. joints, elbows, flanges, of plastics, for tubes, pipes and hoses. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Ferndown growing?
Import activity is up 7.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 4.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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