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Apple Europe Limited

Registered as APPLE EUROPE LIMITED. Company number 05051046. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 26 September 2026, filed 21 October 2026.

35days on average to pay

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

In the reporting period from 29 March 2026 to 26 September 2026, Apple Europe Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 36% of invoices within 30 days, 60% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 13% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 27 September 2025, the average was 37 days, so it is 2 days faster now. It reported construction contracts in this period, and said they include retention clauses.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 40 Mar 2021 41 Sep 2021 42 Mar 2022 42 Sep 2022 45 Apr 2023 52 Sep 2023 51 Mar 2024 41 Sep 2024 38 Mar 2025 37 Sep 2025 38 Mar 2026 35 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
Mar to Sep 2026 21 Oct 2026 35 36%60%4%13% Report
Sep 2025 to Mar 2026 23 Apr 2026 38 42%52%6%18% Report
Mar to Sep 2025 24 Oct 2025 37 36%59%5%13% Report
Sep 2024 to Mar 2025 29 Apr 2025 38 40%55%5%14% Report
Mar to Sep 2024 23 Oct 2024 41 37%58%5%15% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 25 Apr 2024 51 37%51%12%19% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 52 33%53%14%29% Report
Sep 2022 to Apr 2023 28 Apr 2023 45 32%58%10%24% Report
Mar to Sep 2022 26 Oct 2022 42 35%54%11%23% Report
Sep 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 42 35%55%10%20% Report
Mar to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 41 32%59%8%15% Report
Sep 2020 to Mar 2021 22 Apr 2021 40 47%45%7%14% Report
Mar to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 42 36%57%7%15% Report
Sep 2019 to Mar 2020 24 Apr 2020 40 40%54%7%18% Report
Mar to Sep 2019 25 Oct 2019 49 33%53%15%27% Report
Sep 2018 to Mar 2019 26 Apr 2019 55 19%59%22%38% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 31 Oct 2018 57 19%60%21%41% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 30 Apr 2018 62 18%60%22%43% 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.