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HSBC Holdings PLC

Registered as HSBC HOLDINGS PLC. Company number 00617987. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 28 July 2026.

14days 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, HSBC Holdings PLC reported that it took an average of 14 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 98% of invoices within 30 days, 2% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 90% 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 17 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 16 Dec 2020 23 Jun 2021 23 Dec 2021 15 Jun 2022 13 Dec 2022 15 Jun 2023 12 Dec 2023 13 Jun 2024 13 Dec 2024 17 Jun 2025 16 Dec 2025 14 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 28 Jul 2026 14 98%2%0%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 16 96%3%1%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 29 Jul 2025 17 94%4%2%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 13 96%3%1%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 25 Jul 2024 13 96%3%1%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 25 Jan 2024 12 94%5%1%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 24 Jul 2023 15 90%7%3%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 13 93%6%1%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 27 Jul 2022 15 91%7%2%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 23 82%11%7%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 23 79%18%4%24% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 16 93%5%2%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 19 90%7%3%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 22 82%11%7%25% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 19 91%5%4%25% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 22 89%6%5%49% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 25 Jul 2018 40 76%9%15%69% 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.