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Pfizer Limited

Registered as PFIZER LIMITED. Company number 00526209. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 May 2026, filed 16 June 2026.

41days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 December 2025 to 31 May 2026, Pfizer Limited reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 19% of invoices within 30 days, 78% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 27% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 May 2025, the average was 40 days, so it is 1 day slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 55 Nov 2020 43 May 2021 35 Nov 2021 40 May 2022 38 Nov 2022 39 May 2023 39 Nov 2023 37 May 2024 34 Nov 2024 40 May 2025 38 Nov 2025 41 May 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
Dec 2025 to May 2026 16 Jun 2026 41 19%78%3%8% Report
Jun to Nov 2025 10 Dec 2025 38 24%75%1%10% Report
Dec 2024 to May 2025 18 Jun 2025 40 18%81%1%9% Report
Jun to Nov 2024 17 Dec 2024 34 26%73%1%0% Report
Dec 2023 to May 2024 21 Jun 2024 37 18%80%2%2% Report
Jul to Nov 2023 18 Dec 2023 39 22%77%1%1% Report
Dec 2022 to May 2023 22 Jun 2023 39 17%82%1%0% Report
Jun to Nov 2022 12 Dec 2022 38 21%78%1%0% Report
Dec 2021 to May 2022 24 Jun 2022 40 14%84%2%0% Report
Jun to Nov 2021 20 Dec 2021 35 26%73%1%0% Report
Dec 2020 to May 2021 25 Jun 2021 43 24%71%5%0% Report
Jun to Nov 2020 18 Dec 2020 55 13%67%20%0% Report
Dec 2019 to May 2020 29 Jun 2020 53 8%87%5%2% Report
Jun to Nov 2019 23 Dec 2019 55 24%43%33%0% Report
Dec 2018 to May 2019 28 Jun 2019 62 18%19%63%2% Report
Jun to Nov 2018 19 Dec 2018 59 19%35%46%1% Report
Dec 2017 to May 2018 27 Jun 2018 60 16%38%46%0% 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.