Over the last six months, 134 Potters Bar businesses filed customs declarations. It ranks 18 of 31 trading locations in Hertfordshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, furniture, bedding, lighting and signs. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 0.6% 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
1,272Import declarations▼ 6.1% on the 6 months before
588Export declarations
−0.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
134Trading 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 134 businesses.
★ Most active in Potters BarFiled more customs declarations than any other Potters Bar business over the last six months — roughly 4% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
MINI SPARES CENTRE LIMITED
48 import declarations114 export declarationsEN6 *Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories of bodies for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpos, parts and accessories, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special purpose motor v, silencers "mufflers" and exhaust pipes, and parts thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, motor vehicles for the transport.
▲ Expected to increase by 16.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity114 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DEEPNET SECURITY LTD
15 import declarations30 export declarationsEN6 *Ch. 49Ch. 73Ch. 83Ch. 84Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include cards incorporating one or more electronic integrated circuits "smart cards", units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units), electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, n.e.s. in chapter 85.
▲ 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 activity30 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STEINS FOODS LTD
131 import declarations10 export declarationsEN6 *Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Ch. 09Active in 6 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, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), cereals (excl. maize [corn]) in grain or flake form or other worked grains, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, n.e.s. (excl. flour, groats and meal, food preparations obtained by swelling or roasting or from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity131 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KNIGHT STRIP METALS LIMITED
63 import declarations48 export declarationsEN6 *Ch. 26Ch. 72Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of < 600 mm, not further worked than cold-rolled "cold-reduced", flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of >= 600 mm, not further worked than cold-rolled "cold-reduced", of a thickness of < 0,5 mm, plates, sheets, strip and foil, of nickel alloys (excl. expanded plates, sheets or strip).
▲ Expected to increase by 17.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KNIGHT PRECISION WIRE
57 import declarations36 export declarationsEN6 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 54Ch. 72Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wire of refined copper, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension of <= 6 mm, wire of stainless steel, in coils (excl. bars and rods), wire of nickel alloys (excl. electrically insulated products).
▼ Expected to slow by 14.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity57 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
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What Potters Bar trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 134 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 kindsFlat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of < 600 mm, not further worked than cold-rolled "cold-reduced"Wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats)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 theLive plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)Boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plasticsCartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboardAppliances 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)
Common questions about trade in Potters Bar
How many businesses import or export from Potters Bar?
HMRC customs records show 134 businesses in Potters Bar (EN6) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,272 import declarations and 588 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Potters Bar businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Potters Bar 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, flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of < 600 mm, not further worked than cold-rolled "cold-reduced", wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Potters Bar growing?
Import activity is down 6.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 0.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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