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Elsevier Limited

Registered as ELSEVIER LIMITED. Company number 01982084. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 3 August 2026.

15days 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, Elsevier Limited reported that it took an average of 15 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 85% of invoices within 30 days, 14% in 31 to 60 days and 1% after more than 60 days. It said 4% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 89% 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 21 days, so it is 6 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, with no retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 24 Dec 2020 24 Jun 2021 19 Dec 2021 28 Jun 2022 27 Dec 2022 22 Jun 2023 26 Dec 2023 24 Jun 2024 24 Dec 2024 21 Jun 2025 19 Dec 2025 15 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 3 Aug 2026 15 85%14%1%4% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 3 Aug 2026 19 81%13%6%15% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 21 73%25%2%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 27 Jan 2025 24 67%32%1%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 29 Jul 2024 24 66%31%3%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 26 63%34%3%11% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 21 Jul 2023 22 70%28%2%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 27 Jan 2023 27 55%44%1%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 25 Jul 2022 28 56%42%2%3% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 31 Jan 2022 19 72%26%2%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 29 Jul 2021 24 50%49%1%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 15 Feb 2021 24 52%47%1%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 21 Jul 2020 24 59%40%1%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 21 Jan 2020 28 42%56%2%13% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 24 Jul 2019 25 48%52%0%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 28 38%62%0%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 18 Jul 2018 26 54%45%1%16% 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.