Town trade profile · BD1 · BD10 · BD12 · BD14

Bradford importers & exporters

Q: How many businesses import or export from Bradford?

HMRC customs records show 809 businesses in Bradford (BD1, BD10, BD12, BD14) filed declarations over the last six months — 12,792 import declarations and 4,945 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

Q: What do Bradford businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bradford traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), 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, 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, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Q: Is trade from Bradford growing?

Import activity is down 14.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

Q: How do I get contact details for Bradford importers?

Create an account to see all 809 businesses, open their Companies House records, run AI research on their website and buying signals, and reveal validated email and LinkedIn contacts.

Over the last six months, 809 Bradford businesses filed customs declarations. That puts it second in West Yorkshire 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 ease back by around 8.0% 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

12,792Import declarations▼ 14.3% on the 6 months before

4,945Export declarations

−8.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

809Trading 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 809 businesses.

Keyword

HMRC category

Activity

★ Most active in BradfordFiled more customs declarations than any other Bradford business over the last six months — roughly 11% of the town's total import activity, mostly in meat and edible offal.

Most active business

WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED

1407 import declarations 472 export declarations BD3 *Ch. 02Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 05 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), 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, sparkling wine of fresh grapes.

▼ Expected to slow by 14.7% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1407 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity472 in the last 6 months

Earlier monthsLast 6 monthsOur forecast for the next 3

✦ Research this business Open their official record, run AI research, or find the people who make the freight decisions.

Among the most active

BARRETT STEEL LIMITED

271 import declarations 67 export declarations BD4 *Ch. 23Ch. 32Ch. 33Ch. 38 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include bars and rods, of iron or non-alloy steel, only hot-rolled, only hot-drawn or only hot-extruded (excl. of rectangular [other than square] cross-section and those containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling, bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded (excl. products of high-speed steel or silico-manganese steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in i, bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished (excl. products of high-speed steel or silico-manganese steel, semi-finished products, flat-rolled products and hot-rolled bars and rods in irregu.

▼ Expected to slow by 5.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity271 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity67 in the last 6 months

Earlier monthsLast 6 monthsOur forecast for the next 3

✦ Research this business Open their official record, run AI research, or find the people who make the freight decisions.

Among the most active

PRESTIGIOUS TEXTILES LIMITED

204 import declarations 97 export declarations BD4 *Ch. 39Ch. 48Ch. 49Ch. 51 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 200 g/m , printed, woven fabrics of yarn containing predominantly, but < 85% synthetic filament by weight, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, mixed principally or solely with cotton, made of yarn of different colours, woven fabrics of yarn containing >= 85% synthetic filament by weight, incl. monofilament of >= 67 decitex and a maximum diameter of <= 1 mm, made of yarn of different colours (excl. those of polyester, nylon or other polyamide filaments or monofilame.

▲ Expected to increase by 2.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity204 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity97 in the last 6 months

Earlier monthsLast 6 monthsOur forecast for the next 3

✦ Research this business Open their official record, run AI research, or find the people who make the freight decisions.

Among the most active

UNIVAR SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED

10 import declarations 262 export declarations BD3 *Ch. 11Ch. 13Ch. 17Ch. 21 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include salts, incl. table salt and denatured salt, and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water, light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. losses" distil at 210 c "astm d 86 method" (excl. containing biodiesel), 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.

▲ Expected to increase by 8.3% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity10 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity262 in the last 6 months

Earlier monthsLast 6 monthsOur forecast for the next 3

✦ Research this business Open their official record, run AI research, or find the people who make the freight decisions.

Among the most active

I C S ( UK ) LIMITED

257 import declarations 8 export declarations BD4 *Ch. 03Ch. 04Ch. 07Ch. 08 Active in 5 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard (excl. of bamboo paper or bamboo paperboard), semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed, 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 6.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity257 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity8 in the last 6 months

Earlier monthsLast 6 monthsOur forecast for the next 3

✦ Research this business Open their official record, run AI research, or find the people who make the freight decisions.

799 more Bradford businesses

Every importer and exporter in BD1 / BD10 / BD12 / BD14 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.

Free to browse. An account takes a minute to set up.

What Bradford trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 809 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine)Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size "scale" recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kindsBread, 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 theArticles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum)Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, n.e.s.Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars, with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine of a cylinder capacity > 1.500 cm but <= 3.000Food preparations, n.e.s.

Common questions about trade in Bradford

How many businesses import or export from Bradford?

HMRC customs records show 809 businesses in Bradford (BD1, BD10, BD12, BD14) filed declarations over the last six months — 12,792 import declarations and 4,945 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Bradford businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Bradford traders the leading goods are wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. sparkling wine), 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, 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, articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Bradford growing?

Import activity is down 14.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 8.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

How do I get contact details for Bradford importers?

Create an account to see all 809 businesses, open their Companies House records, run AI research on their website and buying signals, and reveal validated email and LinkedIn contacts.

Nearby in West Yorkshire

Other West Yorkshire locations with active customs entries.

Bradford importers & exporters

Top 10 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED

BARRETT STEEL LIMITED

PRESTIGIOUS TEXTILES LIMITED

UNIVAR SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED

I C S ( UK ) LIMITED

799 more Bradford businesses

What Bradford trades

Common questions about trade in Bradford

Nearby in West Yorkshire

Leeds (Leeds)

Huddersfield

Keighley

Halifax