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ZF Automotive UK Limited

Registered as ZF AUTOMOTIVE UK LIMITED. Company number 00872948. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 24 August 2026.

72days 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, ZF Automotive UK Limited reported that it took an average of 72 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 6% of invoices within 30 days, 19% in 31 to 60 days and 75% after more than 60 days. It said 76% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 3% 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 71 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 60 Dec 2020 60 Jun 2021 60 Dec 2021 63 Jun 2022 62 Dec 2022 60 Jun 2023 62 Dec 2023 69 Jun 2024 70 Dec 2024 71 Jun 2025 72 Dec 2025 72 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 24 Aug 2026 72 6%19%75%76% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 72 5%18%77%75% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 25 Jul 2025 71 6%18%76%72% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 70 6%21%73%66% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 25 Jul 2024 69 7%20%73%67% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 31 Jan 2024 62 10%33%57%51% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 60 13%35%52%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 62 10%36%54%50% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 1 Aug 2022 63 9%30%61%60% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 60 13%34%53%50% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 60 12%43%45%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 60 11%43%46%36% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 61 11%37%52%45% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 59 13%42%45%44% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 31 Jul 2019 58 15%39%46%43% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 62 11%37%52%45% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 61 11%43%47%44% 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.