239 businesses in Stroud appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 9 of 25 trading locations in Gloucestershire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 12.2% 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
1,213Import declarations▼ 13.7% on the 6 months before
750Export declarations
−12.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
239Trading 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 239 businesses.
★ Most active in StroudFiled more customs declarations than any other Stroud business over the last six months — roughly 6% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
Most active business
BDP IMPORTS LTD
74 import declarations8 export declarationsGL6 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 48Ch. 57Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s., parts, trimmings and accessories for umbrellas and sun umbrellas of heading 6601 or for walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and the like of heading 6602 (excl. umbrella frames, incl. frames mounted on shafts "sticks"), garden or similar umbrellas (excl. beach tents).
▼ Expected to slow by 8.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity74 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WINDWARD MARINE LTD
56 import declarationsImports onlyGL6 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, forged or stamped, but not further worked, n.e.s. (excl. grinding balls and similar articles for mills), articles of aluminium, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LOUDSPEAKER TECHNOLOGY LTD
21 import declarations27 export declarationsGL6 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 61Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of aluminium, n.e.s., flexible intermediate bulk containers, for the packing of goods, of synthetic or man-made textile materials, travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MAGNAGHI UK LIMITED
24 import declarations24 export declarationsGL5 *Ch. 39Ch. 49Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include under-carriages and parts thereof, for aircraft, n.e.s., parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), parts of turbojets or turbopropellers, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 5.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ABERLINK LTD
15 import declarations32 export declarationsGL6 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 68Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include precious and semi-precious stones, synthetic or reconstructed, worked, whether or not graded but not strung, mounted or set, ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport (excl., units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units), transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber (excl. endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section "v-belts", v-ribbed, of an outside circumference > 60 cm but <= 240 cm and endless synchronous belts of an outside circumference > 60 c.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in GL13 / GL5 / GL6 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Stroud trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 239 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Food preparations, n.e.s.Original sculptures and statuary, in any material (excl. over 100 years old)Preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal)Sweet biscuitsBread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and theMade-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s.Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles (excl. locks with keys, clasps and frames with clasps incorporating locks, hinges, castors and mountings and fittings suitable for buildings, motor vehicles or furniture)Meat or offal of fowls of the species "Gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <=
Common questions about trade in Stroud
How many businesses import or export from Stroud?
HMRC customs records show 239 businesses in Stroud (GL13, GL5, GL6) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,213 import declarations and 750 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Stroud businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Stroud traders the leading goods are food preparations, n.e.s., original sculptures and statuary, in any material (excl. over 100 years old), preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal), sweet biscuits. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Stroud growing?
Import activity is down 13.7% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 12.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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