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Google UK Limited

Registered as GOOGLE UK LIMITED. Company number 03977902. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 30 July 2026.

46days 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, Google UK Limited reported that it took an average of 46 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 22% of invoices within 30 days, 73% in 31 to 60 days and 5% after more than 60 days. It said 10% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 21% 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 40 days, so it is 6 days slower now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses at a standard rate of 3%.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 35 Dec 2020 38 Jun 2021 35 Dec 2021 33 Jun 2022 38 Dec 2022 41 Jun 2023 44 Dec 2023 40 Jun 2024 40 Dec 2024 40 Jun 2025 41 Dec 2025 46 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 30 Jul 2026 46 22%73%5%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 28 Jan 2026 41 23%73%4%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 40 22%76%2%7% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 28 Jan 2025 40 25%72%3%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 26 Jul 2024 40 20%77%3%8% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 29 Jan 2024 44 22%75%3%7% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 27 Jul 2023 41 23%72%5%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 30 Jan 2023 38 21%75%4%10% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 28 Jul 2022 33 41%55%4%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 27 Jan 2022 35 35%60%5%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 30 Jul 2021 38 34%60%6%16% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 29 Jan 2021 35 29%67%4%8% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 35 26%70%4%11% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 30 Jan 2020 35 23%74%3%9% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 32 41%56%3%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 28 Jan 2019 32 43%54%3%14% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 33 40%56%4%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2017 30 Jan 2018 35 27%70%3%12% 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.