224 businesses in Brentwood appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 7 of 41 trading locations in Essex. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, furniture, bedding, lighting and signs. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 1.2% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
2,915Import declarations▼ 3.0% on the 6 months before
1,272Export declarations
−1.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
224Trading 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 224 businesses.
★ Most active in BrentwoodFiled more customs declarations than any other Brentwood business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
SIDELINE DESIGN LTD
283 import declarations227 export declarationsCM13 *Ch. 27Ch. 33Ch. 36Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, 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, brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, 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 speci.
▲ Expected to increase by 9.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity283 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity227 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
J C BUCK LIMITED
51 import declarations40 export declarationsCM14 *Ch. 12Ch. 15Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of citrus fruit and mint), essential oils of citrus fruit, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excl. those of sweet and bitter orange and lemon), mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, based on one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry (excl. food or drink industries).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity40 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FORD TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
274 import declarations15 export declarationsCM13 *Ch. 27Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include motor vehicles for the transport of goods, with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel", of a gross vehicle weight <= 5 t (excl. dumpers for off-highway use of subheading 8704.10 and special purpose motor v, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only diesel engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.500 cm but <= 2.500 cm (excl. vehicles for travelling on snow and ot, boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v.
▼ Expected to slow by 17.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity274 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FARSOUND AVIATION LIMITED
51 import declarations205 export declarationsCM13 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 56Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), nuts of iron or steel, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▼ Expected to slow by 15.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity205 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ARISTON U.K. LTD
191 import declarations35 export declarationsCM14 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Ch. 69Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters, furnace burners for pulverised solid fuel or gas, incl. combination burners.
▼ Expected to slow by 5.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity191 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity35 in the last 6 months
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214 more Brentwood businesses
Every importer and exporter in CM13 / CM14 / CM15 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Brentwood trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 224 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 kindsArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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 vSuspension 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 transporThreaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)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)Brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, 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 speci
Common questions about trade in Brentwood
How many businesses import or export from Brentwood?
HMRC customs records show 224 businesses in Brentwood (CM13, CM14, CM15) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,915 import declarations and 1,272 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Brentwood businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Brentwood 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, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Brentwood growing?
Import activity is down 3.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 1.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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