130 businesses in Skelmersdale appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 12 of 29 trading locations in Lancashire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. 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 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
1,230Import declarations▲ 1.7% on the 6 months before
767Export declarations
−0.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
130Trading 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 130 businesses.
★ Most active in SkelmersdaleFiled more customs declarations than any other Skelmersdale business over the last six months — roughly 12% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes and pigments.
Most active business
SCOTT HEALTH & SAFETY LIMITED
142 import declarations181 export declarationsWN8 *Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include containers of iron or steel, for compressed or liquefied gas (excl. containers specifically constructed or equipped for one or more types of transport), breathing appliances and gas masks, incl. parts and accessories (excl. protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters, and artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus), instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure of liquids or gases (excl. regulators).
▼ Expected to slow by 2.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity142 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity181 in the last 6 months
Earlier monthsLast 6 monthsOur forecast for the next 3
✦ Research this businessOpen their official record, run AI research, or find the people who make the freight decisions.
Among the most active
EURO WRAP LIMITED
52 import declarations63 export declarationsWN8 *Ch. 34Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of soft cellulose, coated, impregnated, covered, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. goods of heading 4803, 4809, 4810 and 4818,, sacks and bags, incl. cones, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres (excl. those having a base of a width of >= 40 cm, and record sleeves).
▼ Expected to slow by 2.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity52 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity63 in the last 6 months
Earlier monthsLast 6 monthsOur forecast for the next 3
✦ Research this businessOpen their official record, run AI research, or find the people who make the freight decisions.
Among the most active
NETAFIM UK LIMITED
85 import declarations18 export declarationsWN8 *Ch. 25Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 72Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include agricultural or horticultural mechanical appliances, whether or not hand-operated, for projecting or dispersing liquids or powders (excl. sprayers), rigid tubes, pipes and hoses, of polymers of ethylene, flexible tubes, pipes and hoses of plastics, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, with fittings, seals or connectors.
▲ Expected to increase by 13.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity85 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity18 in the last 6 months
Earlier monthsLast 6 monthsOur forecast for the next 3
✦ Research this businessOpen their official record, run AI research, or find the people who make the freight decisions.
Among the most active
REDWOOD TTM LTD
116 import declarations85 export declarationsWN8 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include woven fabrics of yarn containing >= 85% by weight of non-textured polyester filaments, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, woven fabrics containing >= 85% polyester staple fibres by weight, dyed, made of yarn of different colours, or printed, woven fabrics of yarn containing >= 85% by weight of textured polyester filaments, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, dyed.
▼ Expected to slow by 1.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity116 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity85 in the last 6 months
Earlier monthsLast 6 monthsOur forecast for the next 3
✦ Research this businessOpen their official record, run AI research, or find the people who make the freight decisions.
Among the most active
RAM LIFTING TECHNOLOGIES (UK ) LTD
41 import declarations97 export declarationsWN8 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 74Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include buckets, shovels, grabs and grips for machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), non-threaded articles, of iron or steel.
▲ Expected to increase by 12.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity97 in the last 6 months
Earlier monthsLast 6 monthsOur forecast for the next 3
✦ Research this businessOpen their official record, run AI research, or find the people who make the freight decisions.
125 more Skelmersdale businesses
Every importer and exporter in WN8 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
Free to browse. An account takes a minute to set up.
What Skelmersdale trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 130 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)Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Containers of iron or steel, for compressed or liquefied gas (excl. containers specifically constructed or equipped for one or more types of transport)Breathing appliances and gas masks, incl. parts and accessories (excl. protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters, and artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus)Printed matter, n.e.s.Made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s.Fittings, e.g. joints, elbows, flanges, of plastics, for tubes, pipes and hoses
Common questions about trade in Skelmersdale
How many businesses import or export from Skelmersdale?
HMRC customs records show 130 businesses in Skelmersdale (WN8) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,230 import declarations and 767 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Skelmersdale businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Skelmersdale 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), chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), containers of iron or steel, for compressed or liquefied gas (excl. containers specifically constructed or equipped for one or more types of transport). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Skelmersdale growing?
Import activity is up 1.7% 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.
How do I get contact details for Skelmersdale importers?
Create an account to see all 130 businesses, open their Companies House records, run AI research on their website and buying signals, and reveal validated email and LinkedIn contacts.
Nearby in Lancashire
Other Lancashire locations with active customs entries.