191 businesses in Loughborough appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 5 of 19 trading locations in Leicestershire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 2.1% 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
3,277Import declarations▼ 0.2% on the 6 months before
1,807Export declarations
+2.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
191Trading 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 191 businesses.
★ Most active in LoughboroughFiled more customs declarations than any other Loughborough business over the last six months — roughly 36% of the town's total import activity, mostly in HS chapter 13.
Most active business
FISHER SCIENTIFIC U.K. LTD
1174 import declarations917 export declarationsLE11 *Ch. 13Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 18Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s., carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics.
▲ Expected to increase by 4.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1174 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity917 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CHARLES BENTLEY & SON LIMITED
169 import declarations8 export declarationsLE11 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include mops and leather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; squeegees of rubber or other flexible materials; brooms and brushes, n.e.s., tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, of wood; boot or shoe lasts and shoetrees, of wood (excl. forms used in the manufacture of hats, forms of heading 8480, other machines and machine components, of wood), household articles and toilet articles, of plastics (excl. tableware, kitchenware, baths, shower-baths, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware).
▼ Expected to slow by 3.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity169 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
VBC GROUP LTD
86 import declarations62 export declarationsLE11 *Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 68Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of titanium, n.e.s., silver, incl. silver plated with gold or platinum, semi-manufactured, wire of nickel alloys (excl. electrically insulated products).
▼ Expected to slow by 12.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity86 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WORLD OF SWEETS (HANCOCKS) L IMITED
116 import declarations90 export declarationsLE11 *Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 17Ch. 18Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), waffles and wafers.
▲ Expected to increase by 20.8% 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 activity90 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KSB LIMITED
189 import declarations15 export declarationsLE11 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Ch. 68Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), appliances 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), bearing housings for machinery, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings for machinery.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity189 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity15 in the last 6 months
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What Loughborough trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 191 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfumeCentrifugal 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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis, or for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like, or for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Loughborough
How many businesses import or export from Loughborough?
HMRC customs records show 191 businesses in Loughborough (LE11) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,277 import declarations and 1,807 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Loughborough businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Loughborough traders the leading goods are sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume, 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Loughborough growing?
Import activity is down 0.2% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 2.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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