HMRC records show 616 businesses trading internationally from Northampton over the last six months. That makes it the busiest trading location in Northamptonshire. 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 8.6% 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
12,133Import declarations▼ 13.9% on the 6 months before
4,350Export declarations
−8.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
616Trading 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 616 businesses.
★ Most active in NorthamptonFiled more customs declarations than any other Northampton business over the last six months — roughly 5% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone, plaster and cement.
Most active business
BLACK & DECKER LIMITED
642 import declarations366 export declarationsNN4 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include electromechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor (excl. saws and drills), 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, tools for drilling, interchangeable (excl. rock-drilling or earth-boring tools and tools for tapping).
▼ Expected to slow by 8.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity642 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity366 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EURO FOOD BRANDS LIMITED
298 import declarations77 export declarationsNN2 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sweet biscuits, chocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder), 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.
▼ Expected to slow by 10.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity298 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity77 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ADUGS FOODS LIMITED
366 import declarationsImports onlyNN4 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active 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, 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).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity366 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MAHLE INDUSTRIES UK LTD
235 import declarations90 export declarationsNN5 *Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 38Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 w), radiators and parts 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 and special purpose m, 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).
▲ Expected to increase by 8.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity235 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity90 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
STARTECH.COM LIMITED
182 import declarations141 export declarationsNN4 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include metal furniture for offices (excl. seats), parts and accessories of automatic data-processing machines or for other machines of heading 8471, n.e.s., articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire).
▼ Expected to slow by 7.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity182 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity141 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in NN1 / NN2 / NN3 / NN4 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Northampton trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 616 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsAppliances 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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)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 theTravelling-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 contaChocolate and other preparations containing cocoa, in containers or immediate packings of <= 2 kg (excl. in blocks, slabs or bars and cocoa powder)Food preparations, n.e.s.Made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Northampton
How many businesses import or export from Northampton?
HMRC customs records show 616 businesses in Northampton (NN1, NN2, NN3, NN4) filed declarations over the last six months — 12,133 import declarations and 4,350 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Northampton businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Northampton traders the leading goods are tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds, 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 iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Northampton growing?
Import activity is down 13.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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