HMRC records show 213 businesses trading internationally from Oldham over the last six months. It ranks 16 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 8.5% 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
1,855Import declarations▼ 16.1% on the 6 months before
851Export declarations
−8.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
213Trading 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 213 businesses.
★ Most active in OldhamFiled more customs declarations than any other Oldham business over the last six months — roughly 9% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
PEPPERL & FUCHS (GB) LIMITED
161 import declarations14 export declarationsOL1 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units), magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▼ Expected to slow by 13.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity161 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HUNTER PRICE INTERNATIONAL LTD
67 import declarations7 export declarationsOL8 *Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, children's picture, drawing or colouring books, felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers.
▼ Expected to slow by 36.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BARGAINMAX ONLINE LIMITED
65 import declarationsImports onlyOL8 *Ch. 25Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, bicycles and other cycles, incl. delivery tricycles, not motorised, tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards).
▲ Expected to increase by 46.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LIFT SAFE LTD
61 import declarations3 export declarationsOL8 *Ch. 17Ch. 18Ch. 19Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include electrical vehicles not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms, 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, parts of self-propelled works trucks, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods, incl. tractors for railways station platforms, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 9.7% 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 activity3 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PARK CAKES LTD
48 import declarations11 export declarationsOL8 *Ch. 04Ch. 11Ch. 17Ch. 18Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), fresh cheese "unripened or uncured cheese", incl. whey cheese, and curd, birds' eggs, not in shell, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excl. dried).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
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What Oldham trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 213 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 kindsWadding, 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 otArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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)Metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)Tables for casino games, automatic bowling alley equipment, and other funfair, table or parlour games, incl. pintables (excl. operated by any means of payment, billiards, video game consoles and machines, and playing cards)Tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping)Parts of seats, not of wood, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Oldham
How many businesses import or export from Oldham?
HMRC customs records show 213 businesses in Oldham (OL1, OL4, OL8) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,855 import declarations and 851 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Oldham businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Oldham 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, 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, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Oldham growing?
Import activity is down 16.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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