263 businesses in Wellingborough appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 4 of 14 trading locations in Northamptonshire. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, plastics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 1.4% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:36HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
3,918Import declarations▼ 0.9% on the 6 months before
2,141Export declarations
−1.4%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
263Trading businesses
Top 5 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 263 businesses.
★ Most active in WellingboroughFiled more customs declarations than any other Wellingborough business over the last six months — roughly 3% of the town's total import activity, mostly in salt, stone and cement.
Most active business
U-POL LIMITED
136 import declarations190 export declarationsNN8 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, co, paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight, unsaturated polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms (excl. polycarbonates, alkyd resins, poly"ethylene terephthalate" and poly"lactic acid").
▼ Expected to slow by 17.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity136 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity190 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EXTRA UK LTD
202 import declarations1 export declarationsNN8 *Ch. 27Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 35Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts and accessories, for bicycles, n.e.s., ball bearings, pedals and crank-gear, and parts thereof, for bicycles, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 5.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity202 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
THE MARMON GROUP LTD
99 import declarations95 export declarationsNN8 *Ch. 25Ch. 32Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium alloys, of a thickness of > 0,2 mm, square or rectangular (excl. expanded plates, sheets and strip), parts of furniture, not of wood, n.e.s. (excl. of seats or medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), 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 v.
▼ Expected to slow by 30.6% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity99 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity95 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BOOKER DIRECT LTD
0 import declarations234 export declarationsNN8 *Ch. 02Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08Active in 6 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, trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard), 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 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity234 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SZABO & ILLES LTD
209 import declarations7 export declarationsNN8 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 05Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products, meat of swine, salted, in brine, dried or smoked (excl. hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, and bellies and cuts thereof), sweet biscuits.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity209 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months
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What Wellingborough trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 263 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)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 vPure-bred breeding horsesSuspension systems and parts thereof, incl. shock-absorbers, 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 transporArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids (excl. meters and regulators)Boxes, cases, crates and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plasticsElectric conductors for a voltage <= 1.000 V, insulated, fitted with connectors, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Wellingborough
How many businesses import or export from Wellingborough?
HMRC customs records show 263 businesses in Wellingborough (NN8) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,918 import declarations and 2,141 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Wellingborough businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Wellingborough traders the leading goods are articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), 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 v, pure-bred breeding horses, suspension systems and parts thereof, incl. shock-absorbers, 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 transpor. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Wellingborough growing?
Import activity is down 0.9% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 1.4%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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