261 businesses in Worcester appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. That puts it second in Worcestershire 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 6.6% 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
3,575Import declarations▼ 15.3% on the 6 months before
1,533Export declarations
−6.6%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data
261Trading 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 261 businesses.
★ Most active in WorcesterFiled more customs declarations than any other Worcester business over the last six months — roughly 18% of the town's total import activity, mostly in dyes, pigments, paints and inks.
Most active business
BOSCH THERMOTECHNOLOGY LTD
632 import declarations128 export declarationsWR4 *Ch. 32Ch. 34Ch. 38Ch. 39Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include 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), threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, welded, of circular cross-section, of iron or non-alloy steel (excl. products having internal and external circular cross-sections and an external diameter of > 406,4 mm, or line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pi.
▼ Expected to slow by 11.4% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity632 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity128 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
SCIMITAR SPORTS UK LTD
112 import declarations4 export declarationsWR2 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 49Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include t-shirts, singlets and other vests of textile materials, knitted or crocheted (excl. cotton), t-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted, jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats).
▼ Expected to slow by 11.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity112 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
OBEX PROTECTION LTD
62 import declarations41 export declarationsWR5 *Ch. 20Ch. 29Ch. 32Ch. 35Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings, adhesives based on polymers of headings 3901 to 3913 or on rubber (excl. put up for retail sale with a net weight of <= 1 kg), glass fibres and articles thereof, n.e.s..
▼ Expected to slow by 15.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity62 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity41 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
ALLTEKO LTD
3 import declarations91 export declarationsWR1 *Ch. 27Ch. 28Ch. 32Ch. 34Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include paving blocks, slabs, bricks, squares, tiles and other articles of pressed or moulded glass, whether or not wired, for building or construction purposes (excl. laminated safety glass and multiple-walled insulating units of glass); leaded lights and t, textile products and articles, for technical purposes, specified in note 7 to chapter 59, n.e.s., slag-wool, rock-wool and similar mineral wools, incl. intermixtures thereof, in bulk, sheets or rolls.
▲ Expected to increase by 100.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity91 in the last 6 months
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Among the most active
CAPTIVATE BRANDS LTD
68 import declarations23 export declarationsWR5 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 44Ch. 45Active in 5 of the last 6 months
Recent shipments include tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of ceramics other than porcelain or china (excl. baths, bidets, sinks and similar sanitary fixtures, statuettes and other ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar recep, tableware and kitchenware, of porcelain or china (excl. ornamental articles, pots, jars, carboys and similar receptacles for the conveyance or packing of goods, and coffee grinders and spice mills with receptacles made of ceramics and working parts o, glassware for table or kitchen purposes (excl. glass having a linear coefficient of expansion <= 5 x 10 -6 per kelvin within a temperature range of 0 c to 300 c, glassware of glass ceramics or lead crystal, articles of heading 7018, drinking glasses,.
▲ Expected to increase by 3.8% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years
Imports — 2 years of monthly activity68 in the last 6 months
Exports — 2 years of monthly activity23 in the last 6 months
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Every importer and exporter in WR1 / WR2 / WR3 / WR4 with monthly activity, 24-month indicators, forecasts, Companies House records, AI research and validated contact reveals.
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What Worcester trades
The most frequently declared goods across all 261 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)Threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded)Cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excl. cast articles or articles of iron or steel wire)Fans (excl. table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output <= 125 W)Gears and gearing for machinery (excl. toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately); ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, incl. torque convertersNuts of iron or steelGaskets, washers and other seals, of vulcanised rubber (excl. hard rubber and those of cellular rubber)
Common questions about trade in Worcester
How many businesses import or export from Worcester?
HMRC customs records show 261 businesses in Worcester (WR1, WR2, WR3, WR4) filed declarations over the last six months — 3,575 import declarations and 1,533 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.
What do Worcester businesses import most?
The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Worcester 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), threaded screws and bolts, of iron or steel, whether or not with their nuts and washers (excl. coach screws and other wood screws, screw hooks and screw rings, self-tapping screws, lag screws, stoppers, plugs and the like, threaded), cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese), 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 Worcester growing?
Import activity is down 15.3% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 6.6%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.
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