671 businesses in Salford appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it second in Greater Manchester for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 7.7% 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
7,046Import declarations▼ 25.6% on the 6 months before
1,684Export declarations
−7.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
671Trading 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 671 businesses.
★ Most active in SalfordFiled more customs declarations than any other Salford business over the last six months — roughly 4% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone, plaster and cement.
Most active business
HACH LANGE LTD
300 import declarations44 export declarationsM50 *Ch. 25Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), reciprocating positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413,19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps), air pumps, air or other gas compressors and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters, having a maximum horizontal side > 120 cm (excl. vacuum pumps, hand- or foot-operated air pumps, compressors for refri.
▼ Expected to slow by 13.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity300 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity44 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LIME TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
166 import declarations3 export declarationsM3 *Ch. 27Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s., pedals and crank-gear, and parts thereof, for bicycles, n.e.s., brakes, incl. coaster braking hubs and hub brakes, and parts thereof, for cycles (excl. for motorcycles).
▼ Expected to slow by 18.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity166 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PLAYLEARN LTD
79 import declarations89 export declarationsM7 *Ch. 19Ch. 25Ch. 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, parts of furniture, not of wood, n.e.s. (excl. of seats or medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), electric table, desk, bedside or floor-standing luminaires, solely for light-emitting diode "led" light sources.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity79 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity89 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WURTH ELECTRONICS UK LTD
151 import declarations8 export declarationsM50 *Ch. 18Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), textile products and articles, for technical purposes, specified in note 7 to chapter 59, n.e.s., nuts of iron or steel.
▼ Expected to slow by 5.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity151 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
F.C.L FROZENS MANCHESTER LTD
145 import declarationsImports onlyM50 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active 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, sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products, non-alcoholic beverages (excl. water, fruit or vegetable juices, milk and beer).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity145 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in M3 / M5 / M50 / M6 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Salford trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 671 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 theCandles, tapers and the likeTravelling-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 contaTableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recepStatuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles, n.e.s. (excl. of porcelain or china)Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)
Common questions about trade in Salford
How many businesses import or export from Salford?
HMRC customs records show 671 businesses in Salford (M3, M5, M50, M6) filed declarations over the last six months — 7,046 import declarations and 1,684 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Salford businesses import most?
The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Salford 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, candles, tapers and the like, 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Salford growing?
Import activity is down 25.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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