364 businesses in Stockport appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 5 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 6.6% 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
5,750Import declarations▼ 16.0% on the 6 months before
1,807Export declarations
−6.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
364Trading 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 364 businesses.
★ Most active in StockportFiled more customs declarations than any other Stockport business over the last six months — roughly 13% of the town's total import activity, mostly in oil seeds and industrial plants.
Most active business
BASF PLC
771 import declarations48 export declarationsSK1 *Ch. 12Ch. 13Ch. 15Ch. 17Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared, diols (excl. ethylene glycol "ethanediol" and propylene glycol "propane-1,2-diol").
▼ Expected to slow by 9.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity771 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BASF SE
168 import declarations23 export declarationsSK1 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 31Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics (excl. mixtures of oligomers of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline "tmq"), chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheading 3808.59).
▼ Expected to slow by 3.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity168 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DIGITAL ID LTD
113 import declarations66 export declarationsSK1 *Ch. 30Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges, articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405, or of twine, cordage, ropes or cables of heading 5607, n.e.s., parts and accessories of printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, n.e.s. (excl. of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442).
▼ Expected to slow by 6.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity113 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SCIMED LTD
127 import declarations32 export declarationsSK4 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenising, emulsifying or stirring machines, n.e.s. (excl. industrial robots), parts of machinery, plant and laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature, and of non-electric instantaneous and storage water heaters, n.e.s., machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, evaporating, vaporisi.
▼ Expected to slow by 4.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity127 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALLIED PUBLICITY SERVICES (MANCHESTER) L TD
38 import declarations116 export declarationsSK3 *Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include impregnated, coated or covered textile fabrics; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio backcloths or the like, n.e.s., metal furniture for offices (excl. seats), wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats).
▲ Expected to increase by 41.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity116 in the last 6 months
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What Stockport trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 364 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin careWadding, 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 otFood preparations, n.e.s.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, caArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 theSynthetic organic pigments; preparations based on synthetic organic pigments of a kind used to dye fabrics or produce colorant preparations (excl. preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3213 and 3215, and subheading 3204.18)
Common questions about trade in Stockport
How many businesses import or export from Stockport?
HMRC customs records show 364 businesses in Stockport (SK1, SK2, SK3, SK4) filed declarations over the last six months — 5,750 import declarations and 1,807 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Stockport businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Stockport traders the leading goods are chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, 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, food preparations, n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Stockport growing?
Import activity is down 16.0% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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