How fast companies registered in Belfast pay their suppliers

33 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in Belfast have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 31 days to pay an invoice, the same as the UK figure of 31 days.

31 daysTypical average time to pay (median)

70%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days

2Companies averaging more than 60 days

16%Typical share not paid within agreed terms

Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 28 June 2025 and 30 September 2026. Location is the registered office on the Companies House register, which is not always where a company trades or employs people. Of the 6 council areas in Northern Ireland with at least five filers, Belfast ranks sixth for the longest typical time to pay, where first is the slowest.

Every Belfast company, slowest first

#	Company	Period ending	Average days to pay	Paid within 30 days	Not paid within terms
1	BRS Golf Limited^*	31 Dec 2025	139	2%	98%
2	Airbus Belfast Limited	30 Jun 2026	70	8%	56%
3	Macnaughton Blair Limited	30 Jun 2026	53	15%	56%
4	Hastings Hotels Management Limited	30 Apr 2026	47	15%	21%
5	Charles Hurst Limited	30 Jun 2026	45	42%	52%
6	Musgrave Retail Partners NI Limited	27 Jun 2026	44	12%	1%
7	Musgrave Retail Stores NI Limited	27 Jun 2026	44	27%	9%
8	Sangers (Northern Ireland) Limited	30 Sep 2026	44	14%	4%
9	Musgrave Distribution Limited	27 Jun 2026	43	20%	3%
10	Farrans Limited	30 Jun 2026	39	36%	36%
11	Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.	30 Jun 2026	36	82%	18%
12	Andor Technology Limited	31 Mar 2026	35	60%	25%
13	Lagan Aviation & Infrastructure Limited	31 Mar 2026	35	57%	3%
14	Hilton Foods UK Limited	28 Jun 2026	34	41%	49%
15	Powerteam Electrical Services (UK) Limited	30 Jun 2026	33	51%	71%
16	Scottishpower Renewables (UK) Limited	30 Jun 2026	33	72%	25%
17	Phoenix Energy Group Ltd	30 Jun 2026	31	70%	32%
18	Gilbert-Ash Limited	30 Jun 2026	30	59%	1%
19	Isaac Agnew Limited	30 Jun 2026	27	56%	13%
20	Creation Consumer Finance Limited	30 Jun 2026	24	75%	26%
21	SSE Renewables Services (UK) Limited	30 Sep 2026	22	90%	36%
22	Belfast Storage Limited	30 Jun 2026	21	84%	29%
23	SSE Airtricity Gas Supply (NI) Limited	30 Sep 2026	21	91%	39%
24	Moyle Interconnector Limited	30 Sep 2026	20	87%	16%
25	Inpost Northern Ireland Limited	28 Jun 2025	19	76%	12%
26	Kainos Worksmart Limited	30 Sep 2026	19	88%	12%
27	Cme Technology and Support Services Limited	31 Dec 2025	18	87%	6%
28	Kainos Software Limited	30 Sep 2026	17	90%	10%
29	Northern Ireland Water Limited	31 Mar 2026	14	93%	6%
30	Power NI Energy Limited	30 Sep 2026	13	87%	5%
31	SSE Airtricity Energy Supply (NI) Limited	30 Sep 2026	13	96%	16%
32	Allstate Northern Ireland Limited	30 Jun 2026	11	99%	1%
33	N.I.I.B. Group Limited	30 Jun 2026	8	99%	1%

* Figures look inconsistent with the company's earlier filings, for example an average more than double its previous report, so may contain a filing error. Shown as filed.

Most invoices paid late

Share of invoices not paid within the terms agreed with the supplier.

Construction and retentions

10 reported construction contracts in their latest period, and 6 said those contracts hold back retention money, typically at 3%.

SSE Renewables Services (UK) Limited5%
Lagan Aviation & Infrastructure Limited3%
Phoenix Energy Group Ltd3%
Farrans Limitedrate not given
Gilbert-Ash Limitedrate not given
Powerteam Electrical Services (UK) Limitedrate not given

All retention clauses

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Source: payment practices reports filed by each company under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations, published by the Department for Business and Trade on Check payment practices, Open Government Licence v3.0. Registered office from Companies House. Data as filed to 3 November 2026.