260 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, plastics and plastic articles, electrical machinery and electronics. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 8.5% 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
3,353Import declarations▼ 14.1% on the 6 months before
1,790Export declarations
−8.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
260Trading 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 260 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, plaster and cement.
Most active business
U-POL LIMITED
115 import declarations151 export declarationsNN8 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Active in 5 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, glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings.
▼ Expected to slow by 22.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity115 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity151 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
IP EQUIPMENT SALES LIMITED
146 import declarations13 export declarationsNN8 *Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 34Active 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, and parts therefor, with working parts of materials other than sintered metal carbide or cermets, parts for boring or sinking machinery of subheading 8430.41 or 8430.49, 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 activity146 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity13 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
HENDRICKSON UNITED KINGDOM LTD
84 import declarations70 export declarationsNN8 *Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 61Ch. 62Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, 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, articles of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber), n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 21.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity84 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity70 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SERENCO (UK) LTD
117 import declarations22 export declarationsNN8 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include hand tools, incl. glaziers' diamonds, of base metal, n.e.s., hand-operated spanners and wrenches, incl. torque meter wrenches, of base metal, non-adjustable, interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles, of base metal.
▼ Expected to slow by 13.9% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity117 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity22 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
KROHNE LTD
87 import declarations32 export declarationsNN8 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include flanges of stainless steel (excl. cast products), ceramic articles, n.e.s. (excl. of porcelain or china), printed books, brochures and similar printed matter, in single sheets, whether or not folded (excl. periodicals and publications which are essentially devoted to advertising).
▼ Expected to slow by 8.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity87 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity32 in the last 6 months
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What Wellingborough trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 260 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Pure-bred breeding horsesParts 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 vAppliances 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)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 contaTrunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materialsArticles 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 theSuspension 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
Common questions about trade in Wellingborough
How many businesses import or export from Wellingborough?
HMRC customs records show 260 businesses in Wellingborough (NN8) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,353 import declarations and 1,790 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 pure-bred breeding horses, 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, 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), 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. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Wellingborough growing?
Import activity is down 14.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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