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Cochlear Europe Limited

Registered as COCHLEAR EUROPE LIMITED. Company number 03874867. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 7 September 2026.

29days 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, Cochlear Europe Limited reported that it took an average of 29 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 74% of invoices within 30 days, 17% in 31 to 60 days and 9% after more than 60 days. It said 26% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 55% 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 22 days, so it is 7 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 24 Dec 2020 26 Jun 2021 29 Dec 2021 31 Jun 2022 31 Dec 2022 26 Jun 2023 29 Dec 2023 21 Jun 2024 23 Dec 2024 22 Jun 2025 25 Dec 2025 29 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 7 Sep 2026 29 74%17%9%26% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 29 Jan 2026 25 77%18%5%23% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 22 93%6%1%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 31 Jan 2025 23 94%4%2%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 18 Jul 2024 21 94%4%2%6% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 26 Jan 2024 29 94%4%2%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 26 Jul 2023 26 95%4%1%5% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 19 Jan 2023 31 95%3%2%5% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 23 Aug 2022 31 92%6%2%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 29 92%6%2%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 9 Sep 2021 26 87%9%4%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 26 Jan 2021 24 86%9%5%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 5 Aug 2020 13 87%10%3%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 31 Jan 2020 5 96%3%1%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 14 Aug 2019 8 93%4%3%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 14 Aug 2019 6 94%4%2%6% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 18 Jul 2018 31 69%22%9%31% Report
Jun to Dec 2017 25 Jan 2018 24 82%16%2%18% 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.