221 businesses in Woking appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That makes it the busiest trading location in Surrey. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical machinery and electronics, optical, photographic and medical instruments. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 1.1% 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
4,391Import declarations▼ 14.8% on the 6 months before
2,057Export declarations
−1.1%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
221Trading 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 221 businesses.
★ Most active in WokingFiled more customs declarations than any other Woking business over the last six months — roughly 16% of the town's total import activity, mostly in mineral fuels and oils.
Most active business
MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
720 import declarations380 export declarationsGU21 *Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 30Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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, steering wheels, steering columns and steering boxes, 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, 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 8.2% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity720 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity380 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MACDERMID PERFORMANCE SOLUTI ONS UKLIMI TED
130 import declarations95 export declarationsGU21 *Ch. 15Ch. 17Ch. 25Ch. 27Active in 5 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., surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations and cleaning preparations (excl. those put up for retail sale, organic surface-active agents, soap and organic surface-active preparations in the form of bars, ca, 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.
▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity130 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity95 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
BIRDS EYE LTD
101 import declarations68 export declarationsGU21 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include meat or offal of fowls of the species "gallus domesticus", prepared or preserved (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <=, prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces (excl. minced, merely smoked, and salmon, herrings, sardines, sardinella, brisling or sprats, tunas, skipjack, bonito "sarda spp.", mackerel, anchovies, eels and shark fins), 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 21.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity101 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
MOTION APPLIED LIMITED
71 import declarations91 export declarationsGU21 *Ch. 38Ch. 39Ch. 40Ch. 41Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include articles of aluminium, 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, parts suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 11.5% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity71 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity91 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SPECIALTY COATING SYSTEMS
79 import declarations77 export declarationsGU21 *Ch. 15Ch. 27Ch. 29Ch. 32Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include halogenated derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons (excl. chlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene, p-dichlorobenzene, hexachlorobenzene [iso], ddt [iso] "clofenotane [inn], 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis[p-chlorophenyl]ethane", pentachlorobenzene "iso" and hexabromo, separate chemically defined organo-inorganic compounds (excl. organo-sulphur, mercury, tetramethyl lead, tetraethyl lead and tributyltin compounds, and organo-phosphorous derivatives), articles of aluminium, 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 activity79 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity77 in the last 6 months
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What Woking trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 221 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)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 vTravelling-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 contaArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Perfumes and toilet waters (excl. aftershave lotions, personal deodorants and hair lotions)Parts and accessories of motorcycles, incl. mopeds, n.e.s.Articles of aluminium, n.e.s.
Common questions about trade in Woking
How many businesses import or export from Woking?
HMRC customs records show 221 businesses in Woking (GU21, GU22) filed declarations over the last six months — 4,391 import declarations and 2,057 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Woking businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Woking 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), 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, 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 Woking growing?
Import activity is down 14.8% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 1.1%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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