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Visa Europe Limited

Registered as VISA EUROPE LIMITED. Company number 05139966. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 26 October 2026.

41days 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, Visa Europe Limited reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 37% of invoices within 30 days, 56% in 31 to 60 days and 7% after more than 60 days. It said 16% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 27% 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 36 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 48 Mar 2021 41 Sep 2021 39 Mar 2022 37 Sep 2022 37 Mar 2023 35 Sep 2023 38 Mar 2024 35 Sep 2024 35 Mar 2025 36 Sep 2025 38 Mar 2026 41 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 26 Oct 2026 41 37%56%7%16% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026 38 38%57%5%14% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 36 39%58%3%11% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 28 Apr 2025 35 41%57%2%9% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 30 Oct 2024 35 43%55%2%8% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 26 Apr 2024 38 41%57%2%7% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 27 Oct 2023 35 41%57%2%5% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 26 Apr 2023 37 38%59%3%8% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 27 Oct 2022 37 34%63%3%9% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 27 Apr 2022 39 27%69%4%10% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 28 Oct 2021 41 26%67%7%18% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 28 Apr 2021 48 22%67%11%21% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 28 Oct 2020 56 22%60%18%28% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 28 Apr 2020 62 19%52%29%50% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 31 Oct 2019 84 30%45%25%39% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 30 Apr 2019 68 20%54%26%41% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 30 Oct 2018 45 21%63%16%36% Report
Oct 2017 to Mar 2018 4 May 2018 45 24%62%14%46% 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.