146 businesses in Market Harborough appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 14 of 19 trading locations in Leicestershire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics and plastic articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 16.8% 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
1,272Import declarations▼ 17.3% on the 6 months before
424Export declarations
−16.8%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
146Trading 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 146 businesses.
★ Most active in Market HarboroughFiled more customs declarations than any other Market Harborough business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
Most active business
DEICHMANN-SHOES UK LIMITED
137 import declarationsImports onlyLE16 *Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 5 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 14.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity137 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
RADMAT BUILDING PRODUCTS LTD
52 import declarations7 export declarationsLE16 *Ch. 25Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of asphalt or of similar materials, e.g. petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch, in rolls, glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings, non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, inside walls, floors, ceilings and the like.
▼ Expected to slow by 30.6% 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 activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
OPTIMAX IMAGING INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENT LIMITED
38 import declarations14 export declarationsLE16 *Ch. 82Ch. 84Ch. 85Ch. 88Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include data-processing machines, automatic, presented in the form of systems "comprising at least a central processing unit, one input unit and one output unit" (excl. portable weighing <= 10 kg and excl. peripheral units), anvils; portable forges; hand- or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks; sets of articles of two or more subheadings of heading 8205, industrial robots, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 13.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MOGUNTIA FOOD LIMITED
27 import declarations16 export declarationsLE16 *Ch. 07Ch. 09Ch. 15Ch. 16Active 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, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products, chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder).
▼ Expected to slow by 46.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity27 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THE HARBORO RUBBER CO LTD
16 import declarations20 export declarationsLE16 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 64Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s., gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber), sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints, dissimilar in composition, put up in pouches, envelopes or similar packings.
▼ Expected to slow by 42.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
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What Market Harborough trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 146 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 theSugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Sweet biscuitsChocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)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)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
Common questions about trade in Market Harborough
How many businesses import or export from Market Harborough?
HMRC customs records show 146 businesses in Market Harborough (LE16) filed declarations over the last six months — 1,272 import declarations and 424 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, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Market Harborough growing?
Import activity is down 17.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 16.8%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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