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Tesco Stores Limited

Registered as TESCO STORES LIMITED. Company number 00519500. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 August 2026, filed 29 September 2026.

43days 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, Tesco Stores Limited reported that it took an average of 43 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 13% of invoices within 30 days, 82% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 25% 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 41 Feb 2021 41 Aug 2021 40 Feb 2022 40 Aug 2022 41 Feb 2023 42 Aug 2023 43 Feb 2024 43 Aug 2024 43 Feb 2025 43 Aug 2025 43 Mar 2026 43 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 29 Sep 2026 43 13%82%5%1% Report
Aug 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Mar 2026 43 13%81%6%1% Report
Feb to Aug 2025 22 Sep 2025 43 13%82%5%1% Report
Aug 2024 to Feb 2025 21 Mar 2025 43 13%81%6%3% Report
Feb to Aug 2024 23 Sep 2024 43 12%83%5%3% Report
Aug 2023 to Feb 2024 25 Mar 2024 43 12%84%4%3% Report
Feb to Aug 2023 25 Sep 2023 42 13%83%4%3% Report
Aug 2022 to Feb 2023 24 Mar 2023 41 14%82%4%3% Report
Feb to Aug 2022 23 Sep 2022 40 16%82%2%3% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 25 Mar 2022 40 15%82%3%3% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 28 Sep 2021 41 14%84%2%2% Report
Aug 2020 to Feb 2021 29 Mar 2021 41 13%85%2%3% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 28 Sep 2020 40 13%85%2%3% Report
Aug 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 41 14%84%2%3% Report
Feb to Aug 2019 24 Sep 2019 40 16%82%2%1% Report
Aug 2018 to Feb 2019 26 Mar 2019 40 15%82%3%4% Report
Feb to Aug 2018 25 Sep 2018 40 15%83%2%4% 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.