121 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 pick up by around 2.2% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 25/08/2026 at 11:41HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-25.1
3,117Import declarations▼ 2.8% on the 6 months before
1,348Export declarations
+2.2%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
121Trading 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 121 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
1097 import declarations292 export declarationsL33 *Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active 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), women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear), 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 2.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1097 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity292 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ASSOCIATES OF CAPE COD INTER NATIONAL IN C
32 import declarations36 export declarationsL33 *Ch. 21Ch. 28Ch. 30Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include certified reference materials, phosphides, whether or not chemically defined (excl. ferrophosphorus); inorganic compounds, incl. distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity, n.e.s.; liquid air, whether or not rare gases have been removed; compressed air; amalgams (, parts and accessories for instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CLARKE ENERGY LTD
618 import declarations289 export declarationsL33 *Ch. 21Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), 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), articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 6.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity618 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity289 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
DAMS FURNITURE LTD
118 import declarations72 export declarationsL33 *Ch. 39Ch. 44Ch. 49Ch. 54Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wooden furniture for offices (excl. seats), metal furniture for offices (excl. seats), swivel seats with variable height adjustments (excl. of wood, and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary, and barbers' chairs).
▲ Expected to increase by 28.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity118 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity72 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
LK VALVES & CONTROLS LTD
118 import declarations39 export declarationsL33 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 44Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), hydraulic power engines and motors (excl. hydraulic turbines and water wheels of heading 8410, steam turbines and hydraulic power engines and motors, linear acting), parts of non-electrical engines and motors, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity118 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity39 in the last 6 months
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What Kirkby trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 121 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)Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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)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)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Articles of bedding and similar furnishing, fitted with springs or stuffed or internally filled with any material or of cellular rubber or plastics (excl. mattress supports, mattresses, sleeping bags, pneumatic or water mattresses, blankets, covers,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 contaWomen's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear)
Common questions about trade in Kirkby
How many businesses import or export from Kirkby?
HMRC customs records show 121 businesses in Kirkby (L32, L33) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,117 import declarations and 1,348 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), articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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), 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 2.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 2.2%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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