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Hitachi Europe Limited

Registered as HITACHI EUROPE LIMITED. Company number 02210686. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 29 October 2026.

36days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Hitachi Europe Limited reported that it took an average of 36 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 60% of invoices within 30 days, 31% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 43% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 37% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 39 days, so it is 3 days faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 53 Mar 2021 52 Sep 2021 46 Mar 2022 42 Sep 2022 48 Mar 2023 51 Sep 2023 55 Mar 2024 43 Sep 2024 48 Mar 2025 39 Sep 2025 38 Mar 2026 36 Sep 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
Apr to Sep 2026 29 Oct 2026 36 60%31%9%43% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 14 May 2026 38 63%26%11%39% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 28 Oct 2025 39 57%30%13%47% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 24 Apr 2025 48 65%23%12%44% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 11 Oct 2024 43 62%23%15%47% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 55 61%18%21%41% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 51 45%27%28%55% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 48 62%19%19%31% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 42 52%32%17%31% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 21 Apr 2022 46 54%22%24%37% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 24 Nov 2021 52 42%28%30%43% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 2 Jul 2021 53 41%27%32%46% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 3 Nov 2020 51 40%33%27%46% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 20 Apr 2020 46 40%39%21%34% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 25 Oct 2019 47 40%41%19%33% Report
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019 15 Apr 2019 47 37%45%18%34% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 26 Oct 2018 47 37%42%21%33% 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.