327 businesses in Stafford appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it second in Staffordshire 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 4.9% 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
5,382Import declarations▲ 6.1% on the 6 months before
2,362Export declarations
+4.9%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
327Trading 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 327 businesses.
★ Most active in StaffordFiled more customs declarations than any other Stafford business over the last six months — roughly 9% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
UK GRID SOLUTIONS LIMITED
492 import declarations330 export declarationsST16 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 29Ch. 30Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s. (excl. boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus), plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, unworked or merely surface-worked or merely cut into squares or rectangles (excl. of cellular plastic; self-adhesive produ, instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or electrical power, with recording device (excl. multimeters, and oscilloscopes and oscillographs).
▲ Expected to increase by 0.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity492 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity330 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
FIELDCORE SERVICE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL LLC
66 import declarations94 export declarationsST16 *Ch. 32Ch. 35Ch. 39Ch. 40Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire), instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical), men's or boys' tracksuits and other garments, n.e.s. of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity66 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity94 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BOSTIK LTD
433 import declarations104 export declarationsST16 *Ch. 15Ch. 25Ch. 27Ch. 28Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s., glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings, acrylic polymers, in primary forms (excl. poly"methyl methacrylate").
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity433 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity104 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
EUROPEAN AUTOMATION LTD
235 import declarations255 export declarationsST18 *Ch. 32Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 48Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include static converters, boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v, parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s. (excl. boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus).
▲ Expected to increase by 10.3% 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 activity255 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
WACKER NEUSON LTD
311 import declarations36 export declarationsST18 *Ch. 34Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 49Active in 6 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include dumpers for off-highway use, parts of machinery of chapter 84, not intended for a specific purpose, n.e.s., parts of machinery of heading 8426, 8429 and 8430, n.e.s..
▲ Expected to increase by 4.1% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity311 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity36 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in ST16 / ST17 / ST18 / ST20 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Stafford trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 327 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)Boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 VArticles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619)Static convertersArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8535, 8536 or 8537, n.e.s. (excl. boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, not equipped with their apparatus)Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting of mixtures of natural products, n.e.s.Instruments, appliances and machines for measuring or checking, not elsewhere specified in chapter 90 (excl. optical)
Common questions about trade in Stafford
How many businesses import or export from Stafford?
HMRC customs records show 327 businesses in Stafford (ST16, ST17, ST18, ST20) filed declarations over the last six months — 5,382 import declarations and 2,362 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Stafford businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Stafford 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), boards, cabinets and similar combinations of apparatus for electric control or the distribution of electricity, for a voltage <= 1.000 v, articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading 3901 to 3914, n.e.s (excl. goods of 9619), static converters. You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.
Is trade from Stafford growing?
Import activity is up 6.1% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to rise by roughly 4.9%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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