1,736 businesses in Kingston upon Thames appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 11 of 32 trading locations in Greater London. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, plastics, machinery and mechanical appliances. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 2.0% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
15,953Import declarations▼ 6.3% on the 6 months before
3,294Export declarations
−2.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
1,736Trading businesses
Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier
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★ Most active in Kingston upon ThamesFiled more customs declarations than any other Kingston upon Thames business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dairy, eggs and honey.
Most active business
LIDL GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED
1756 import declarations26 export declarationsKT5 *Ch. 04Ch. 06Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 6 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), 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, tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. whole or in pieces).
▲ Expected to increase by 13.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1756 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
H MART EUROPE LTD
485 import declarations1 export declarationsKT3 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fruit and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit (excl. prepared or preserved with vinegar, preserved with sugar but not laid in syrup, jams, fruit jellies, marm, 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, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum).
▲ Expected to increase by 11.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity485 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
UNILEVER UK LIMITED
212 import declarations220 export declarationsKT1 *Ch. 04Ch. 09Ch. 13Ch. 15Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa, mustard flour and meal, whether or not prepared, and mustard, 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).
▲ Expected to increase by 6.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity212 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity220 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SAIPEM LTD
220 import declarations469 export declarationsKT1 *Ch. 27Ch. 31Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments and appliances used in geodesy, topography, hydrography, oceanography, hydrology, meteorology or geophysics (excl. compasses, rangefinders, theodolites, tachymeters "tacheometers", levels and photogrammetrical surveying instruments and ap, instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), 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 increase by 24.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity220 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity469 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
OLIVER BONAS LTD
477 import declarations19 export declarationsKT9 *Ch. 17Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 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, footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear).
▼ Expected to slow by 2.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity477 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity19 in the last 6 months
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1,731 more Kingston upon Thames businesses
Every importer and exporter in KT1 / KT2 / KT3 / KT5 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Kingston upon Thames trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 1,736 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsTravelling-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 contaStatic convertersElectric conductors for a voltage <= 1.000 V, insulated, fitted with connectors, n.e.s.Metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)Made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s.Wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats)
Common questions about trade in Kingston upon Thames
How many businesses import or export from Kingston upon Thames?
HMRC customs records show 1,736 businesses in Kingston upon Thames (KT1, KT2, KT3, KT5) filed declarations over the last six months — 15,953 import declarations and 3,294 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Kingston upon Thames businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Kingston upon Thames traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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, 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, static converters. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Kingston upon Thames growing?
Import activity is down 6.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 2.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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