65 businesses in Stalybridge appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 42 of 52 trading locations in Greater Manchester. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, iron and steel articles, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 1.8% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
436Import declarations▲ 2.8% on the 6 months before
301Export declarations
+1.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
65Trading 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 65 businesses.
★ Most active in StalybridgeFiled more customs declarations than any other Stalybridge business over the last six months — roughly 20% of the town's total import activity, mostly in animal and vegetable fats and oils.
Most active business
STEPAN UK LTD
87 import declarations51 export declarationsSK15 *Ch. 15Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca, esters of inorganic acids of non-metals and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. esters of hydrogen halides, phosphoric esters, phosphite esters, and thiophosphoric esters "phosphorothioates", their s, non-ionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale (excl. soap).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity87 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STAMFORD PRODUCTS LTD
2 import declarations21 export declarationsSK15 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 83Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include operating tables, examination tables, and other medical, dental, surgical or veterinary furniture (excl. dentists' or similar chairs, special tables for x-ray examination, and stretchers and litters, incl. trolley-stretchers), articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics (excl. boxes, cases, crates and similar articles; sacks and bags, incl. cones; carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles; spools, spindles, bobbins and similar supports; stoppers, lid, fittings, e.g. joints, elbows, flanges, of plastics, for tubes, pipes and hoses.
▼ Expected to slow by 50.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HYDE INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS LTD
22 import declarations32 export declarationsSK15 *Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring, parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, seamless, of stainless steel.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BLACK SHEEP HOMES LIMITED
47 import declarations1 export declarationsSK15 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of cellular polymers of styrene, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. self-adhesive products, floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918 and sterile surgical or, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for door, of aluminium (excl. door furniture), electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates and boiling rings, electric grillers and roasters, for domestic use (excl. space-heating stoves and microwave ovens).
▲ Expected to increase by 150.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity47 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HARTLE IGE LTD
30 import declarations10 export declarationsSK15 *Ch. 39Ch. 73Ch. 74Ch. 76Active in 6 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), hand pumps for liquids (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19), agricultural or horticultural sprayers, portable.
▲ Expected to increase by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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What Stalybridge trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 65 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders)Stranded wire, ropes and cables, of iron or steel (excl. electrically insulated products and twisted fencing wire and barbed wire)Microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuringArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, caEsters of inorganic acids of non-metals and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. esters of hydrogen halides, phosphoric esters, phosphite esters, and thiophosphoric esters "phosphorothioates", their sPaint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes, paint pads and rollers (excl. artists' and similar brushes of subheading 9603.30)
Common questions about trade in Stalybridge
How many businesses import or export from Stalybridge?
HMRC customs records show 65 businesses in Stalybridge (SK15) filed declarations over the last six months — 436 import declarations and 301 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Stalybridge businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Stalybridge traders the leading goods are articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), parts of aeroplanes, helicopters or unmanned aircraft, n.e.s. (excl. those for gliders), stranded wire, ropes and cables, of iron or steel (excl. electrically insulated products and twisted fencing wire and barbed wire), microtomes; parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, instruments and apparatus for measuring. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Stalybridge growing?
Import activity is up 2.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 1.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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