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Southampton importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Southampton?

HMRC customs records show 778 businesses in Southampton (SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17) filed declarations over the last six months — 8,711 import declarations and 3,054 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Southampton businesses import most?

The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Southampton traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), food preparations, 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, wine 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Southampton growing?

Import activity is down 2.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 3.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Southampton importers?

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778 businesses in Southampton appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it third in Hampshire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in electrical machinery and electronics, machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 3.0% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1

8,711Import declarations▼ 2.6% on the 6 months before

3,054Export declarations

+3.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

778Trading businesses

Top 5 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 778 businesses.

★ Most active in SouthamptonFiled more customs declarations than any other Southampton business over the last six months — roughly 6% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat.

Most active business

CARNIVAL UK LTD.

530 import declarations 275 export declarations SO15 *Ch. 02Ch. 10Ch. 16Ch. 17 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include wine 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), sparkling wine of fresh grapes, beer made from malt.

▼ Expected to slow by 13.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity530 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity275 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

231 import declarations 54 export declarations SO17 *Ch. 01Ch. 23Ch. 25Ch. 28 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include chemical elements and compounds doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers, cylinders, rods or similar forms, or cut into discs, wafers or similar forms, whether or not polished or with a uniform epitaxial coating (excl. elements that, optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables (excl. made up of individually sheathed fibres of heading 8544), diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits (excl. for malaria, for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus a.

▲ Expected to increase by 3.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity231 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity54 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

OCEAN SAFETY LTD

137 import declarations 128 export declarations SO14 *Ch. 19Ch. 22Ch. 28Ch. 30 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include life jackets and life belts, of all types of textile materials, rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys, beacons and other floating structures (excl. inflatable rafts, vessels of heading 8901 to 8906 and floating structures for breaking up), inflatable rafts.

▲ Expected to increase by 22.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity137 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity128 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

PEI-GENESIS (U.K.) LTD.

194 import declarations 113 export declarations SO18 *Ch. 12Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include electrical apparatus for switching electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. fuses, automatic circuit breakers and other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits, relays and other, plugs and sockets for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. lamp holders), parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s. (excl. boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus).

▲ Expected to increase by 8.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity194 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity113 in the last 6 months

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Among the most active

KOKI GROUP UK LIMITED

231 import declarations 61 export declarations SO16 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 48 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), drills of all kinds for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor, saws for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor.

▲ Expected to increase by 36.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity231 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity61 in the last 6 months

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What Southampton trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 778 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Food preparations, 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 kindsWine 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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 contaBeauty 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 careBoards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 V

Common questions about trade in Southampton

How many businesses import or export from Southampton?

HMRC customs records show 778 businesses in Southampton (SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17) filed declarations over the last six months — 8,711 import declarations and 3,054 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Southampton businesses import most?

The most common category is electrical machinery and electronics. Across all Southampton traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), food preparations, 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, wine 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Southampton growing?

Import activity is down 2.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 3.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Southampton importers?

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Southampton importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

CARNIVAL UK LTD.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

OCEAN SAFETY LTD

PEI-GENESIS (U.K.) LTD.

KOKI GROUP UK LIMITED

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What Southampton trades

Common questions about trade in Southampton

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