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Microsoft Limited

Registered as MICROSOFT LIMITED. Company number 01624297. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

35days 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, Microsoft Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 79% of invoices within 30 days, 16% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 8% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% 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 33 days, so it is 2 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 27 Dec 2020 21 Jun 2021 22 Dec 2021 30 Jun 2022 33 Dec 2022 33 Jun 2023 27 Dec 2023 44 Jun 2024 32 Dec 2024 33 Jun 2025 30 Dec 2025 35 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 35 79%16%5%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 9 Feb 2026 30 80%16%4%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 33 80%15%5%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 30 Jan 2025 32 75%19%6%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 5 Aug 2024 44 75%15%10%14% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 27 79%15%6%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 3 Aug 2023 33 80%14%6%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 1 Feb 2023 33 76%16%8%26% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 19 Jul 2022 30 80%15%5%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 22 84%15%1%12% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 2 Aug 2021 21 85%14%1%17% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 16 Feb 2021 27 95%4%1%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 31 Jul 2020 18 90%10%0%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 29 Jan 2020 28 77%21%1%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 7 Aug 2019 26 76%22%2%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 3 Apr 2019 25 64%36%0%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 3 Apr 2019 22 90%9%1%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 22 May 2018 31 77%16%7%17% 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.