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Booker Limited

Registered as BOOKER LIMITED. Company number 00197380. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 August 2026, filed 28 September 2026.

42days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 2 March 2026 to 30 August 2026, Booker Limited reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 11% of invoices within 30 days, 84% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 24 August 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 42 Feb 2021 41 Aug 2021 42 Feb 2022 41 Aug 2022 42 Feb 2023 42 Aug 2023 42 Feb 2024 42 Aug 2024 42 Feb 2025 42 Aug 2025 42 Mar 2026 42 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 28 Sep 2026 42 11%84%5%2% Report
Aug 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Mar 2026 42 12%83%5%2% Report
Feb to Aug 2025 22 Sep 2025 42 12%83%5%2% Report
Aug 2024 to Feb 2025 21 Mar 2025 42 11%83%6%4% Report
Feb to Aug 2024 23 Sep 2024 42 12%83%5%3% Report
Aug 2023 to Feb 2024 25 Mar 2024 42 12%82%6%4% Report
Feb to Aug 2023 25 Sep 2023 42 13%82%5%4% Report
Aug 2022 to Feb 2023 24 Mar 2023 42 13%81%6%5% Report
Feb to Aug 2022 23 Sep 2022 41 14%81%5%4% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 25 Mar 2022 42 13%82%5%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 27 Sep 2021 41 14%81%5%4% Report
Aug 2020 to Feb 2021 29 Mar 2021 42 14%80%6%4% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 28 Sep 2020 41 16%79%5%5% Report
Aug 2019 to Mar 2020 30 Mar 2020 40 16%79%5%4% Report
Feb to Aug 2019 24 Sep 2019 40 16%80%4%4% Report
Oct 2018 to Feb 2019 26 Mar 2019 40 18%77%5%5% Report
Mar to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 39 20%74%6%7% 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.