154 businesses in Market Harborough appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 13 of 19 trading locations in Leicestershire. 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 8.9% 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
1,509Import declarations▼ 4.8% on the 6 months before
536Export declarations
−8.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
154Trading 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 154 businesses.
★ Most active in Market HarboroughFiled more customs declarations than any other Market Harborough business over the last six months — roughly 10% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes and pigments.
Most active business
DEICHMANN-SHOES UK LIMITED
155 import declarationsImports onlyLE16 *Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar conta, 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).
▼ Expected to slow by 18.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity155 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BRAMBLE FOODS LIMITED
23 import declarations51 export declarationsLE16 *Ch. 04Ch. 08Ch. 09Ch. 16Active 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), sweet biscuits.
▲ Expected to increase by 5.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity51 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FRIMPEKS LIMITED
60 import declarations13 export declarationsLE16 *Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include self-adhesive paper and paperboard, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size (excl. goods of heading 4810), self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls > 20 cm wide (excl. floor, wall and ceiling coverings of heading 3918), adhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber (excl. put up for retail sale with a net weight of <= 1 kg).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity60 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
TGW LTD
113 import declarations28 export declarationsLE16 *Ch. 27Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), switches for a voltage <= 1.000 v (excl. relays and automatic circuit breakers), parts of machinery of heading 8428, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 20.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity113 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity28 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BREVITT-RIEKER LTD
83 import declarations2 export declarationsLE16 *Ch. 17Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, sports footwear, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear), 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).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity83 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity2 in the last 6 months
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What Market Harborough trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 154 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, 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)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 theArticles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s.Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Sweet biscuitsFootwear 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)Chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)
Common questions about trade in Market Harborough
How many businesses import or export from Market Harborough?
HMRC customs records show 154 businesses in Market Harborough (LE16) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,509 import declarations and 536 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Market Harborough businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Market Harborough traders the leading goods are footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. covering the ankle or with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs, waterproof footwear of heading 6401, 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), 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, articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s.. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Market Harborough growing?
Import activity is down 4.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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