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John Lewis PLC

Registered as JOHN LEWIS PLC. Company number 00233462. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 1 August 2026, filed 28 August 2026.

44days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 1 August 2026, John Lewis PLC reported that it took an average of 44 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 35% of invoices within 30 days, 48% in 31 to 60 days and 17% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 23% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 26 July 2025, the average was 42 days, so it is 2 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 41 Jan 2021 42 Jul 2021 40 Jan 2022 39 Jul 2022 41 Jan 2023 42 Jul 2023 41 Jan 2024 44 Jul 2024 41 Jan 2025 42 Jul 2025 43 Jan 2026 44 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
Feb to Aug 2026 28 Aug 2026 44 35%48%17%2% Report
Jul 2025 to Jan 2026 5 Mar 2026 43 38%50%12%3% Report
Jan to Jul 2025 1 Sep 2025 42 40%52%8%6% Report
Jul 2024 to Jan 2025 28 Feb 2025 41 41%52%7%3% Report
Jan to Jul 2024 4 Sep 2024 44 41%49%10%3% Report
Jul 2023 to Jan 2024 26 Feb 2024 41 45%48%7%4% Report
Jan to Jul 2023 24 Aug 2023 42 47%44%9%4% Report
Jul 2022 to Jan 2023 27 Feb 2023 41 48%44%8%7% Report
Jan to Jul 2022 25 Aug 2022 39 46%44%10%6% Report
Jul 2021 to Jan 2022 25 Feb 2022 40 40%50%10%6% Report
Jan to Jul 2021 26 Aug 2021 42 37%50%13%6% Report
Jul 2020 to Jan 2021 1 Mar 2021 41 37%53%10%8% Report
Jan to Jul 2020 20 Aug 2020 42 32%59%9%6% Report
Jul 2019 to Jan 2020 24 Feb 2020 40 40%55%5%6% Report
Jan to Jul 2019 20 Aug 2019 40 37%49%14%6% Report
Jul 2018 to Jan 2019 25 Feb 2019 39 38%50%12%6% Report
Jan to Jul 2018 23 Aug 2018 40 37%46%17%15% 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.