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Abbott Laboratories Limited

Registered as ABBOTT LABORATORIES LIMITED. Company number 00329102. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

52days 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, Abbott Laboratories Limited reported that it took an average of 52 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 21% of invoices within 30 days, 46% in 31 to 60 days and 33% after more than 60 days. It said 40% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 14% 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 58 days, so it is 6 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 63 Dec 2020 64 Jun 2021 62 Dec 2021 66 Jun 2022 63 Dec 2022 66 Jun 2023 62 Dec 2023 59 Jun 2024 57 Dec 2024 58 Jun 2025 50 Dec 2025 52 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 31 Jul 2026 52 21%46%33%40% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 50 23%52%25%37% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 1 Aug 2025 58 9%58%33%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 3 Feb 2025 57 10%54%36%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 59 9%55%36%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 22 Jan 2024 62 10%54%36%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 10 Aug 2023 66 8%52%40%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 3 Feb 2023 63 9%52%39%38% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 30 Aug 2022 66 10%51%39%47% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 62 11%54%35%70% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 22 Sep 2021 64 11%56%33%79% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 63 10%53%37%75% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 64 9%50%41%84% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 5 Feb 2020 75 8%49%43%80% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 66 9%47%44%77% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 31 Jan 2019 63 10%53%37%83% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 31 Jul 2018 42 55%28%17%85% 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.