80 businesses in Stretford appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 27 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 14.0% 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
1,163Import declarations▼ 17.3% on the 6 months before
543Export declarations
−14.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
80Trading 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 80 businesses.
★ Most active in StretfordFiled more customs declarations than any other Stretford business over the last six months — roughly 9% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics and plastic articles.
Most active business
EUROSONIC GROUP LIMITED
107 import declarations59 export declarationsM32 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include table, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of stainless steel (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets; shovels, corkscrews and other articles of the nature of a work implement; articles of cutlery,, table, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of iron other than cast iron or steel other than stainless (excl. enamelled articles; cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets; shovels and other articles of the, vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, and parts thereof (excl. glass inners).
▼ Expected to slow by 13.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity107 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity59 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TEXET SALES LIMITED
66 import declarations2 export declarationsM32 *Ch. 25Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s., 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, felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers.
▲ Expected to increase by 5.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
NORTHERN DRIVES AND CONTROLS LIMITED
15 import declarations42 export declarationsM32 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 51Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of lifts, skip hoists or escalators, n.e.s., lifts and skip hoists, household hand tools, non-mechanical, with working parts of base metal, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity42 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WE ARE BOUND CLOTHING LIMITED
53 import declarations1 export declarationsM32 *Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 61Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted, jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats).
▲ Expected to increase by 3.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CERTAGS LIMITED
28 import declarations24 export declarationsM32 *Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, non-printed, machines which only perform one of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network, sign-plates, nameplates, address-plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, incl. traffic signs (excl. those of heading 9405, type and the like, and signal boards, signal discs and signal arms for traffic of heading.
▼ Expected to slow by 18.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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What Stretford trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 80 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 kindsWomen's or girls' dresses of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. petticoats)Women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear)Paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, coWine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Articles of bedding and similar furnishing, fitted with springs or stuffed or internally filled with any material or of cellular rubber or plastics (excl. mattress supports, mattresses, sleeping bags, pneumatic or water mattresses, blankets, covers,T-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crochetedTables 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)
Common questions about trade in Stretford
How many businesses import or export from Stretford?
HMRC customs records show 80 businesses in Stretford (M32) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,163 import declarations and 543 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Stretford businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Stretford 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, women's or girls' dresses of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. petticoats), women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Stretford growing?
Import activity is down 17.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 14.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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