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B&Q Limited

Registered as B&Q LIMITED. Company number 00973387. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 July 2026, filed 27 August 2026.

55days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 February 2026 to 31 July 2026, B&Q Limited reported that it took an average of 55 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 26% of invoices within 30 days, 30% in 31 to 60 days and 44% after more than 60 days. It said 3% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 12% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 July 2025, the average was 56 days, so it is 1 day faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 69 Jan 2021 62 Jul 2021 68 Jan 2022 62 Jul 2022 63 Jan 2023 60 Jul 2023 62 Jan 2024 58 Jul 2024 58 Jan 2025 56 Jul 2025 59 Jan 2026 55 Jul 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
Feb to Jul 2026 27 Aug 2026 55 26%30%44%3% Report
Aug 2025 to Jan 2026 25 Feb 2026 59 17%35%48%3% Report
Feb to Jul 2025 27 Aug 2025 56 19%38%43%1% Report
Aug 2024 to Jan 2025 25 Feb 2025 58 21%33%46%1% Report
Feb to Jul 2024 22 Aug 2024 58 21%35%44%2% Report
Aug 2023 to Jan 2024 26 Feb 2024 62 16%33%51%2% Report
Feb to Jul 2023 25 Aug 2023 60 18%36%46%3% Report
Aug 2022 to Jan 2023 22 Feb 2023 63 16%33%51%3% Report
Feb to Jul 2022 30 Aug 2022 62 16%34%50%3% Report
Aug 2021 to Jan 2022 1 Mar 2022 68 12%31%57%2% Report
Feb to Jul 2021 25 Aug 2021 62 15%33%52%2% Report
Aug 2020 to Jan 2021 24 Feb 2021 69 10%27%63%3% Report
Feb to Jul 2020 26 Aug 2020 80 7%15%78%4% Report
Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 26 Feb 2020 81 7%13%80%1% Report
Feb to Jul 2019 28 Aug 2019 80 13%9%79%2% Report
Aug 2018 to Jan 2019 26 Feb 2019 81 12%6%82%3% Report
Feb to Jul 2018 28 Aug 2018 84 29%10%61%9% 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.