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Mastercard Europe Services Limited

Registered as MASTERCARD EUROPE SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 09210818. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 27 July 2026.

37days 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, Mastercard Europe Services Limited reported that it took an average of 37 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 38% of invoices within 30 days, 58% in 31 to 60 days and 4% after more than 60 days. It said 36% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 35% 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 31 days, so it is 6 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 28 Dec 2020 19 Jun 2021 20 Dec 2021 21 Jun 2022 22 Dec 2022 21 Jun 2023 23 Dec 2023 24 Jun 2024 22 Dec 2024 31 Jun 2025 34 Dec 2025 37 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 27 Jul 2026 37 38%58%4%36% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 34 48%45%7%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 30 Jul 2025 31 77%17%6%27% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 20 Jan 2025 22 88%12%0%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 6 Sep 2024 24 90%11%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 22 Jan 2024 23 92%7%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 17 Jul 2023 21 95%5%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 25 Jan 2023 22 88%12%0%0% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 22 Jul 2022 21 95%5%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 3 Feb 2022 20 91%8%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 5 Aug 2021 19 96%4%0%0% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 25 Jan 2021 28 84%9%7%22% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 28 Jul 2020 34 80%10%10%35% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 27 Jan 2020 24 89%6%5%21% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 18 94%5%1%13% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 23 Jan 2019 22 91%5%4%24% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 24 81%18%1%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.