Over the last six months, 109 Heywood businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 19 of 52 trading locations in Greater Manchester. 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 7.3% 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
1,586Import declarations▼ 16.3% on the 6 months before
807Export declarations
−7.3%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
109Trading 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 109 businesses.
★ Most active in HeywoodFiled more customs declarations than any other Heywood business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in inorganic chemicals.
Most active business
IKONIC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
112 import declarations103 export declarationsOL10 *Ch. 28Ch. 31Ch. 33Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include storage units for automatic data-processing machines, parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units).
▼ Expected to slow by 9.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity112 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity103 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DEALICIOUS MEALZ (UK) LIMITED
80 import declarationsImports onlyOL10 *Ch. 03Ch. 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., 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 <=.
▲ Expected to increase by 18.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity80 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AIRCONCO LTD
61 import declarations18 export declarationsOL10 *Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 76Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w), parts of air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, n.e.s., parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment and heat pumps, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
INSPIRED LIGHTING LTD
61 import declarations17 export declarationsOL10 *Ch. 22Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 82Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares and those solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources), chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources (excl. for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares), cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PAUL HARTMANN LIMITED
54 import declarations24 export declarationsOL10 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any material, wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot, adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes.
▼ Expected to slow by 18.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity54 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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What Heywood trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 109 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 kindsBread, 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 theVegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, New Zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn)Wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and otIce cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoaSanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners, and similar articles, of any materialArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Glass fibres and articles thereof, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Heywood
How many businesses import or export from Heywood?
HMRC customs records show 109 businesses in Heywood (OL10) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,586 import declarations and 807 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Heywood businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Heywood 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, 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, vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen (excl. potatoes, leguminous vegetables, spinach, new zealand spinach, orache spinach, and sweetcorn), wadding, gauze, bandages and the like, e.g. dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices, impregnated or covered with pharmaceutical substances or put up for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (excl. adhesive dressings and ot. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Heywood growing?
Import activity is down 16.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.3%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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