1,349 businesses in Brent appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 7 of 32 trading locations in Greater London. 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 1.0% 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
15,117Import declarations▼ 17.2% on the 6 months before
4,345Export declarations
−1.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
1,349Trading 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 1,349 businesses.
★ Most active in BrentFiled more customs declarations than any other Brent business over the last six months — roughly 2% of the town's total import activity, mostly in pharmaceuticals.
Most active business
BEFOUND SHEN ZHEN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED COMPANY
370 import declarationsImports onlyHA9 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, sacks and bags, incl. cones, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres (excl. those having a base of a width of >= 40 cm, and record sleeves).
▲ Expected to increase by 150.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity370 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BESTWAY WHOLESALE LIMITED
153 import declarations80 export declarationsNW10 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum).
▼ Expected to slow by 2.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity153 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity80 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
VELJI BHOVAN & SONS (TRADING) LTD
214 import declarations8 export declarationsHA0 *Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 10Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakes, cereal flours (excl. wheat, meslin and maize), bread, 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 the.
▼ Expected to slow by 12.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity214 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GOODIES FOODS MEDITERRANEAN LTD
215 import declarations1 export declarationsNW10 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include bread, 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 the, food preparations, n.e.s., processed cheese, not grated or powdered.
▼ Expected to slow by 6.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity215 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
IKEA LIMITED
202 import declarations10 export declarationsNW10 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include t-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted, women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), 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.
▼ Expected to slow by 24.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity202 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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1,339 more Brent businesses
Every importer and exporter in HA0 / HA9 / NW10 / NW2 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Brent trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 1,349 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Bread, 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 theFood preparations, n.e.s.Cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Waters, incl. mineral and aerated, with added sugar, sweetener or flavour, for direct consumption as a beverageBeauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin carePreparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal)Whiskies
Common questions about trade in Brent
How many businesses import or export from Brent?
HMRC customs records show 1,349 businesses in Brent (HA0, HA9, NW10, NW2) filed declarations over the last six months — 15,117 import declarations and 4,345 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Brent businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Brent traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), bread, 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 the, food preparations, n.e.s., cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Brent growing?
Import activity is down 17.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 1.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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