Over the last six months, 306 Chorley businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it third in Lancashire for trade activity. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 0.7% 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
3,656Import declarations▼ 5.1% on the 6 months before
2,005Export declarations
+0.7%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
306Trading 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 306 businesses.
★ Most active in ChorleyFiled more customs declarations than any other Chorley business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in soaps and cleaning products.
Most active business
TVS LOGISTICS INVESTMENT UK LIMITED
379 import declarations292 export declarationsPR6 *Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include brakes and servo-brakes and their parts, 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 speci, 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, drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission components, and non-driving axles, and parts thereof, for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, motor cars and other motor vehicles principall.
▲ Expected to increase by 5.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity379 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity292 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CUTTING EDGE SERVICES LIMITED
159 import declarations73 export declarationsPR7 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 6 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,, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), textile-covered rubber thread and cord.
▼ Expected to slow by 3.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity159 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity73 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
PINCROFT DYEING & PRINTING CO LTD
88 import declarations95 export declarationsPR7 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 35Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 200 g/m , in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross twill, dyed, woven fabrics of cotton, containing predominantly, but < 85% cotton by weight, mixed principally or solely with man-made fibres and weighing > 200 g/m , in three-thread or four-thread twill, incl. cross twill, dyed, woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m , printed (excl. plain woven fabrics).
▼ Expected to slow by 7.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity88 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity95 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
VERNACARE INTERNATIONAL LIMI TED
141 import declarations128 export declarationsPR7 *Ch. 21Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 32Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width <= 36 cm, or cut to size or shape; articles of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres for household, instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 17.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity141 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity128 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES AND MANAGEMENT LTD
102 import declarations157 export declarationsPR7 *Ch. 30Ch. 33Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., electro-diagnostic apparatus, incl. apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters (excl. electro-cardiographs, ultrasonic scanning apparatus, magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and scintigraphic apparatus, electro-cardiographs.
▲ Expected to increase by 6.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity102 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity157 in the last 6 months
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What Chorley trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 306 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)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)Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.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 vWadding, 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 otLive 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)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsParts and accessories, for bicycles, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Chorley
How many businesses import or export from Chorley?
HMRC customs records show 306 businesses in Chorley (PR6, PR7) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,656 import declarations and 2,005 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Chorley businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Chorley 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), 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), instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s., 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Chorley growing?
Import activity is down 5.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 0.7%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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