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Alfa Laval Limited

Registered as ALFA LAVAL LIMITED. Company number 00187261. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 24 July 2026.

38days 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, Alfa Laval Limited reported that it took an average of 38 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 32% of invoices within 30 days, 66% in 31 to 60 days and 2% after more than 60 days. It said 9% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 33% 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 36 days, so it is 2 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 39 Dec 2020 38 Jun 2021 39 Dec 2021 42 Jun 2022 43 Dec 2022 45 Jun 2023 43 Dec 2023 37 Jun 2024 37 Dec 2024 36 Jun 2025 36 Dec 2025 38 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 24 Jul 2026 38 32%66%2%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 26 Jan 2026 36 45%53%2%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 36 42%56%2%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 21 Jan 2025 37 40%58%2%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 11 Jul 2024 37 39%60%2%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 43 38%57%4%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 12 Jul 2023 45 37%57%6%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 43 35%57%8%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 42 32%60%8%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 1 Feb 2022 39 39%57%4%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 2 Sep 2021 38 38%59%3%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 25 Jan 2021 39 39%58%3%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 27 Jul 2020 39 37%61%2%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 38 39%58%3%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 36 41%57%2%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 37 39%60%1%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 23 Jul 2018 38 31%68%1%6% 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.