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BP P.L.C.

Company number 00102498. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

17days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, BP P.L.C. reported that it took an average of 17 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 92% of invoices within 30 days, 8% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 12% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 86% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 25 days, so it is 8 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 16 Dec 2020 11 Jun 2021 9 Dec 2021 24 Jun 2022 1 Dec 2022 10 Jun 2023 5 Dec 2023 23 Jun 2024 40 Dec 2024 25 Jun 2025 19 Dec 2025 17 Jun 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jan to Jun 2026 28 Jul 2026 17 92%8%0%12% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 19 73%27%0%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 28 Jul 2025 25 76%19%5%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 40 55%30%15%33% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 23 75%19%6%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 5 88%8%4%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 10 82%18%0%18% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 14 Feb 2023 1 89%7%4%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 24 70%20%10%23% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 9 92%8%0%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 11 92%8%0%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 30 Jan 2021 16 83%15%2%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 10 94%6%0%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 24 79%17%4%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 22 72%24%4%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 27 44%53%3%46% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 24 52%44%4%33% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.