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Tesco Distribution Limited

Registered as TESCO DISTRIBUTION LIMITED. Company number 02972724. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 August 2026, filed 28 September 2026.

59days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 2 March 2026 to 30 August 2026, Tesco Distribution Limited reported that it took an average of 59 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 10% of invoices within 30 days, 21% in 31 to 60 days and 69% after more than 60 days. It said 1% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 8% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 24 August 2025, the average was 58 days, so it is 1 day slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 41 Feb 2021 44 Aug 2021 45 Feb 2022 50 Aug 2022 52 Feb 2023 53 Aug 2023 55 Feb 2024 55 Aug 2024 57 Feb 2025 58 Aug 2025 58 Mar 2026 59 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 28 Sep 2026 59 10%21%69%1% Report
Aug 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Mar 2026 58 11%22%67%1% Report
Feb to Aug 2025 22 Sep 2025 58 11%27%62%1% Report
Aug 2024 to Feb 2025 21 Mar 2025 57 11%29%60%2% Report
Feb to Aug 2024 23 Sep 2024 55 12%35%53%2% Report
Aug 2023 to Feb 2024 25 Mar 2024 55 12%38%50%3% Report
Feb to Aug 2023 25 Sep 2023 53 11%50%39%2% Report
Aug 2022 to Feb 2023 24 Mar 2023 52 9%61%30%2% Report
Feb to Aug 2022 23 Sep 2022 50 11%70%19%2% Report
Aug 2021 to Feb 2022 25 Mar 2022 45 11%85%4%2% Report
Mar to Aug 2021 28 Sep 2021 44 16%79%5%2% Report
Aug 2020 to Feb 2021 29 Mar 2021 41 19%80%1%2% Report
Mar to Aug 2020 28 Sep 2020 39 22%77%1%2% Report
Aug 2019 to Feb 2020 30 Mar 2020 41 21%78%1%2% Report
Feb to Aug 2019 24 Sep 2019 38 32%65%3%8% Report
Aug 2018 to Feb 2019 26 Mar 2019 42 51%40%9%16% Report
Feb to Aug 2018 25 Sep 2018 36 29%71%0%2% 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.