Research

Data studies

Plain, sourced reads on the supplier-payment figures reported by qualifying large UK companies — calculated from the public registers, not opinion. Every figure links back to its source.

• Which UK industries pay their suppliers slowest? A sector read

  Manufacturing pays suppliers in a median 45 days, financial services in 21 — a 24-day gap across 5,817 UK firms grouped by industry.

  Artur Vainer, Founder · 14 July 2026

• How long do UK companies really take to pay? What statutory payment reports show

  The median large UK company now pays a supplier invoice in 31 days, and 33 days is the median across all 110,873 statutory payment reports filed since 2017 by 10,142 companies. What the whole register shows, and how the fastest and slowest payers compare.

  Eugene Vovk, CTO · 13 July 2026