48 businesses in Wells appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 17 of 40 trading locations in Somerset. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, optical and medical instruments, iron and steel articles. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to pick up by around 1.5% over the next three months.
Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:26HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1
370Import declarations▼ 4.4% on the 6 months before
205Export declarations
+1.5%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
48Trading 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 48 businesses.
★ Most active in WellsFiled more customs declarations than any other Wells business over the last six months — roughly 6% of the town's total import activity, mostly in cosmetics and perfumes.
Most active business
LIONCORP-CRANEPARTS LTD
21 import declarations82 export declarationsBA5 *Ch. 33Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 42Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s., 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, gaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber).
▼ Expected to slow by 38.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity82 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ARCANIA APOTHECARY LTD
17 import declarations21 export declarationsBA5 *Ch. 13Ch. 33Ch. 34Ch. 38Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care, organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap, shampoos.
▲ Expected to increase by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity17 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity21 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BEUT LTD
33 import declarationsImports onlyBA5 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 57Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include wallpaper and similar wallcoverings of paper, and window transparencies of paper (excl. wallcoverings of paper, consisting of paper coated or covered, on the face side, with a grained, embossed, coloured or design-printed or otherwise decorated layer, seats, n.e.s., wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats).
▼ Expected to slow by 14.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity33 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ST CUTHBERTS MILL LTD
16 import declarations29 export declarationsBA5 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punchcards and punch-tape paper, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanica, paper and paperboard used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which <= 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres, coated on one or bo, registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard.
▲ Expected to increase by 16.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity16 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity29 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WELLS RECLAMATION LTD
41 import declarationsImports onlyBA5 *Ch. 25Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 62Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include sandstone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape (excl. already with the characteristics of setts, curbstones and flagstones), wooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats), cast articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. articles of non-malleable cast iron, and grinding balls and similar articles for mills).
▲ Expected to increase by 36.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in BA5 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Wells trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 48 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.
Live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)Motorcycles, incl. mopeds, with reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 50 cm but <= 250 cmUncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punchcards and punch-tape paper, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanicaMotorcycles, incl. mopeds, with reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 250 cm but <= 500 cmPaper and paperboard used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which <= 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres, coated on one or boWooden furniture (excl. for offices, kitchens and bedrooms, and seats)Parts of dishwashing machines, packing or wrapping machinery and other machinery and apparatus of heading 8422, n.e.s.Wallpaper and similar wallcoverings of paper, and window transparencies of paper (excl. wallcoverings of paper, consisting of paper coated or covered, on the face side, with a grained, embossed, coloured or design-printed or otherwise decorated layer
Common questions about trade in Wells
How many businesses import or export from Wells?
HMRC customs records show 48 businesses in Wells (BA5) filed declarations over the last six months — 370 import declarations and 205 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Wells businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Wells traders the leading goods are live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), motorcycles, incl. mopeds, with reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 50 cm but <= 250 cm, uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punchcards and punch-tape paper, in rolls or in square or rectangular sheets, of any size, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanica, motorcycles, incl. mopeds, with reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 250 cm but <= 500 cm. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Wells growing?
Import activity is down 4.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 1.5%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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