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DHL Supply Chain Limited

Registered as DHL SUPPLY CHAIN LIMITED. Company number 00528867. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 22 July 2026.

36days 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, DHL Supply Chain Limited reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 46% of invoices within 30 days, 45% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 15% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% 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 41 days, so it is 5 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Dec 2020 40 Jun 2021 42 Dec 2021 41 Jun 2022 41 Dec 2022 41 Jun 2023 40 Dec 2023 42 Jun 2024 42 Dec 2024 41 Jun 2025 44 Dec 2025 36 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 22 Jul 2026 36 46%45%9%15% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 44 30%60%10%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 41 32%58%10%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 29 Jan 2025 42 31%59%10%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 42 31%58%11%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 40 37%52%11%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 20 Jul 2023 41 36%48%16%19% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 25 Jan 2023 41 36%51%13%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 41 32%55%13%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 42 29%58%13%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 40 33%55%12%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 40 34%54%12%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 13 Jul 2020 40 33%54%13%22% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 41 30%58%12%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 25 Jul 2019 39 36%53%11%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 40 37%51%12%28% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 38 37%53%10%41% 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.