319 businesses in St Albans appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 6 of 31 trading locations in Hertfordshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 7.0% 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
3,216Import declarations▼ 16.5% on the 6 months before
1,364Export declarations
−7.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
319Trading 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 319 businesses.
★ Most active in St AlbansFiled more customs declarations than any other St Albans business over the last six months — roughly 7% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.
Most active business
PREMIER FOODS(HOLDINGS) LTD
215 import declarations99 export declarationsAL1 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 5 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, malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, s, preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and meal).
▼ Expected to slow by 13.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity215 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity99 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THE STEVENSON GROUP LIMITED
106 import declarations24 export declarationsAL4 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 51Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include men's or boys' jackets and blazers of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, and wind-jackets and similar articles), woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% polyester staple fibres by weight, mixed principally or solely with viscose staple fibres, jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats).
▼ Expected to slow by 23.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity106 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity24 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DRAGONFLY VENTURE GROUP LTD
72 import declarations48 export declarationsAL1 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 61Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather, covering the ankle (excl. incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats).
▼ Expected to slow by 5.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity72 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity48 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KINDER-JANES ENGINEERS LTD
104 import declarations10 export declarationsAL3 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include rotary positive displacement pumps for liquids, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19 and fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine), bearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machinery, centrifugal pumps, power-driven (excl. those of subheading 8413.11 and 8413.19, fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engine and concrete pumps).
▼ Expected to slow by 12.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity104 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALFRED FRANKS & BARTLETT PLC
106 import declarations2 export declarationsAL4 *Ch. 18Ch. 19Ch. 21Ch. 29Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include shampoos, 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, shaving brushes, hair brushes, nail brushes, eyelash brushes and other brushes for use on the person (excl. tooth brushes).
▲ Expected to increase by 9.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity106 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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What St Albans trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 319 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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 theWine 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)Food preparations, n.e.s.Sweet biscuitsMalt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing < 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, n.e.s. and food preparations of milk, cream, butter milk, sour milk, sChocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakesFootwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather (excl. covering the ankle, incorporating a protective metal toecap, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear)
Common questions about trade in St Albans
How many businesses import or export from St Albans?
HMRC customs records show 319 businesses in St Albans (AL1, AL3, AL4) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,216 import declarations and 1,364 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do St Albans businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all St Albans traders the leading goods are 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, 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), food preparations, n.e.s., sweet biscuits. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from St Albans growing?
Import activity is down 16.5% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 7.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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