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DHL International (UK) Limited

Registered as DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED. Company number 01184988. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

43days 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 International (UK) Limited reported that it took an average of 43 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 35% of invoices within 30 days, 50% in 31 to 60 days and 15% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 25% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. It is unchanged on the same period a year earlier (to 30 June 2025).

Average days to pay, report by report

30 47 Dec 2020 46 Jun 2021 49 Dec 2021 52 Jun 2022 49 Dec 2022 39 Jun 2023 43 Dec 2023 43 Jun 2024 45 Dec 2024 43 Jun 2025 46 Dec 2025 43 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 31 Jul 2026 43 35%50%15%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 46 35%49%16%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 43 36%52%12%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 27 Jan 2025 45 33%52%15%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 31 Jul 2024 43 33%51%16%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 43 34%46%20%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 39 42%46%12%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 17 Jan 2023 49 29%43%28%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 52 24%43%33%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 49 27%44%29%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 27 Jul 2021 46 30%45%25%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 27 Jan 2021 47 30%46%24%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 29 Jul 2020 48 29%47%24%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 46 31%45%24%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 56 16%40%44%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 29 Jan 2019 50 16%52%32%17% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 27 Jul 2018 41 34%51%15%5% 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.