29 businesses in Horncastle appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 22 of 31 trading locations in Lincolnshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 11.4% 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
213Import declarations▼ 19.9% on the 6 months before
161Export declarations
−11.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
29Trading 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 29 businesses.
★ Most active in HorncastleFiled more customs declarations than any other Horncastle business over the last six months — roughly 4% of the town's total import activity, mostly in pharmaceuticals.
Most active business
EQUIP MY SCHOOL LIMITED
8 import declarations56 export declarationsLN9 *Ch. 30Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles and equipment for sport and outdoor games n.e.s; swimming and paddling pools, sets of artist's, student's or signboard painter's colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or similar packages, percussion musical instruments, e.g. drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas.
▲ Expected to increase by 33.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity56 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
AURA SOMA PRODUCTS LIMITED
5 import declarations30 export declarationsLN9 *Ch. 15Ch. 20Ch. 21Ch. 22Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions), preparations for perfuming or deodorising rooms, incl. odoriferous preparations used during religious rites (excl. agarbatti and other odoriferous preparations which operate by burning), mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, based on one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry (excl. food or drink industries).
▼ Expected to slow by 25.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity30 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
W.CROWDER & SONS LIMITED
20 import declarations1 export declarationsLN9 *Ch. 06Ch. 44Ch. 53Ch. 54Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include live 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), roses, whether or not grafted, edible fruit or nut trees, shrubs and bushes, whether or not grafted.
▼ Expected to slow by 15.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity20 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SHELTON SPORTSTURF DRAINAGE LTD
7 import declarations14 export declarationsLN9 *Ch. 40Ch. 73Ch. 82Ch. 84Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s., rock-drilling or earth-boring tools, interchangeable, with working parts of sintered metal carbides or cermets, agricultural or horticultural mechanical appliances, whether or not hand-operated, for projecting or dispersing liquids or powders (excl. sprayers).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SURPRISE SHIRTS LTD
7 import declarations1 export declarationsLN9 *Ch. 49Ch. 61Ch. 62Ch. 95Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include men's or boys' shirts of textile materials (excl. of cotton or man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted, nightshirts, singlets and other vests), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton), men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. nightshirts, t-shirts, singlets and other vests).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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What Horncastle trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 29 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Live 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)New pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used for buses and lorries (excl. tyres with lug, corner or similar treads)Agricultural, horticultural, forestry or bee-keeping machinery, n.e.s.Perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions)Road wheels and parts and accessories thereof, 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 andUnbleached sack kraft paper, uncoated, in rolls of a width > 36 cm (excl. goods of heading 4802, 4803 or 4808)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 vPreparations for perfuming or deodorising rooms, incl. odoriferous preparations used during religious rites (excl. agarbatti and other odoriferous preparations which operate by burning)
Common questions about trade in Horncastle
How many businesses import or export from Horncastle?
HMRC customs records show 29 businesses in Horncastle (LN9) filed declarations over the last six months — 213 import declarations and 161 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Horncastle businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Horncastle traders the leading goods are live 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), new pneumatic tyres, of rubber, of a kind used for buses and lorries (excl. tyres with lug, corner or similar treads), agricultural, horticultural, forestry or bee-keeping machinery, n.e.s., perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Horncastle growing?
Import activity is down 19.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 11.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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