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IKEA Limited

Registered as IKEA LIMITED. Company number 01986283. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 31 August 2026, filed 30 September 2026.

42days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 March 2026 to 31 August 2026, IKEA Limited reported that it took an average of 42 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 76% of invoices within 30 days, 15% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 24% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 26% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 31 August 2025, the average was 37 days, so it is 5 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 32 Feb 2021 28 Aug 2021 29 Feb 2022 28 Aug 2022 29 Feb 2023 30 Aug 2023 34 Feb 2024 39 Aug 2024 43 Feb 2025 37 Aug 2025 43 Feb 2026 42 Aug 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
Mar to Aug 2026 30 Sep 2026 42 76%15%9%24% Report
Sep 2025 to Feb 2026 31 Mar 2026 43 70%19%11%30% Report
Mar to Aug 2025 30 Sep 2025 37 78%14%8%22% Report
Sep 2024 to Feb 2025 28 Mar 2025 43 75%13%12%25% Report
Mar to Aug 2024 30 Sep 2024 39 70%18%12%31% Report
Sep 2023 to Feb 2024 31 Mar 2024 34 59%34%6%43% Report
Mar to Aug 2023 29 Sep 2023 30 83%13%4%18% Report
Sep 2022 to Feb 2023 28 Mar 2023 29 82%15%3%19% Report
Mar to Aug 2022 28 Sep 2022 28 86%12%2%15% Report
Sep 2021 to Feb 2022 30 Mar 2022 29 83%13%4%16% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 30 Sep 2021 28 84%14%3%15% Report
Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 30 Mar 2021 32 76%16%8%22% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 30 Sep 2020 31 82%12%6%17% Report
Sep 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 30 81%16%3%19% Report
Mar to Aug 2019 24 Sep 2019 29 85%13%3%23% Report
Sep 2018 to Feb 2019 15 Mar 2019 30 82%14%4%26% Report
Mar to Aug 2018 28 Sep 2018 29 83%13%4%29% Report
Sep 2017 to Feb 2018 30 Mar 2018 29 82%15%3%32% 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.