115 businesses in Kirkby appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it second in Merseyside for trade activity. 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 9.0% 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
2,596Import declarations▼ 16.6% on the 6 months before
1,126Export declarations
−9.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
115Trading 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 115 businesses.
★ Most active in KirkbyFiled more customs declarations than any other Kirkby business over the last six months — roughly 35% of the town's total import activity, mostly in cosmetics, perfumes and essential oils.
Most active business
MATALAN RETAIL LTD
908 import declarations230 export declarationsL33 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active 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, jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats).
▼ Expected to slow by 10.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity908 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity230 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CONTENUR (UK) LIMITED
65 import declarations7 export declarationsL33 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 72Active in 5 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), solid or cushion tyres, interchangeable tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber, locks of base metal (excl. padlocks and locks for motor vehicles or furniture).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity65 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
J J SMITH & CO (WOODWORKINGTD
49 import declarations16 export declarationsL33 *Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Ch. 72Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories for machine tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials, n.e.s., sawing machines for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials (excl. machines for working in the hand), machine tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials (excl. machines for working in the hand, machines of subheadings 8465.10 and 8465.20, sawing machines, planing, milling or moulding "by cutting" machines.
▲ Expected to increase by 2.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity49 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MPE LIMITED
26 import declarations38 export declarationsL33 *Ch. 11Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include copper alloy foil, not backed, of a thickness of <= 0,15 mm (excl. stamping foils of heading 3212, metal yarns and metallised yarns and foil made up as christmas tree decorating material), parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s., parts of machines and mechanical appliances, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 8.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity26 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity38 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
GLOBE HEAT TREATMENT SERVICES LTD
11 import declarations53 export declarationsL33 *Ch. 32Ch. 70Ch. 72Ch. 73Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wire of nickel alloys (excl. electrically insulated products), non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, inside walls, floors, ceilings and the like, fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w).
▼ Expected to slow by 40.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity11 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity53 in the last 6 months
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What Kirkby trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 115 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
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)Threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)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 contaFootwear 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)Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)Wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)
Common questions about trade in Kirkby
How many businesses import or export from Kirkby?
HMRC customs records show 115 businesses in Kirkby (L32, L33) filed declarations over the last six months — 2,596 import declarations and 1,126 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Kirkby businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Kirkby traders the leading goods are 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), threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), 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 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). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Kirkby growing?
Import activity is down 16.6% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 9.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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