How fast companies in the West Midlands pay their suppliers
410 large companies and LLPs with a registered office in the West Midlands have filed a payment practices report for a period ending since May 2025. The typical one takes 38 days to pay an invoice, 7 days longer than the UK figure of 31 days.
38 daysTypical average time to pay (median)
45%Typical share of invoices paid within 30 days
27Companies averaging more than 60 days
51Construction reporters with retention clauses
Each company's latest report, for periods ending between 30 June 2025 and 29 October 2026. Location is the registered office on the Companies House register, which is not always where a company trades.
Council areas
| Council area | Companies | Typical days to pay | Typical % paid within 30 days | Averaging over 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Staffordshire | 21 | 48 | 9% | 1 |
| Shropshire | 5 | 48 | 27% | 1 |
| Sandwell | 11 | 47 | 18% | 1 |
| Coventry | 20 | 43.5 | 27% | 3 |
| North Warwickshire | 9 | 43 | 35% | 1 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 24 | 41.5 | 38% | 2 |
| Tamworth | 5 | 41 | 28% | 0 |
| Walsall | 13 | 41 | 32% | 0 |
| Redditch | 10 | 40.5 | 37% | 0 |
| Bromsgrove | 7 | 39 | 35% | 0 |
| Stafford | 8 | 39 | 49% | 0 |
| Rugby | 12 | 38.5 | 34% | 2 |
| Wychavon | 7 | 38 | 38% | 0 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 30 | 37.5 | 43.5% | 1 |
| Warwick | 19 | 37 | 41% | 2 |
| Solihull | 61 | 35 | 60% | 4 |
| Herefordshire | 5 | 33 | 39% | 0 |
| Dudley | 5 | 32 | 82% | 1 |
| Worcester | 7 | 32 | 46% | 0 |
| Birmingham | 78 | 31 | 65.5% | 6 |
| Wolverhampton | 10 | 29 | 70.5% | 1 |
| Lichfield | 11 | 27 | 72% | 0 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 6 | 27 | 68.5% | 0 |
| Cannock Chase | 10 | 25.5 | 75.5% | 0 |
Council areas with at least 5 companies filing, slowest typical payer first.
The 50 slowest payers registered in the West Midlands
* Figures look inconsistent with the company's earlier filings, for example an average more than double its previous report, so may contain a filing error. Shown as filed.
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Smaller areas
Council areas with fewer than 5 companies filing. Their companies are in the regional figures above.
- Malvern HillsMalvern Panalytical Limited, Speller Metcalfe Malvern Limited
- Newcastle-under-LymeThe Shaw Education Trust, WJ North Limited, Knights Professional Services Limited, Lemaca Limited
- Nuneaton and BedworthHolland & Barrett Retail Limited, Brose Limited
- South StaffordshireMann + Hummel (UK) Limited, P D M Produce (U.K.) Limited
- Staffordshire MoorlandsJCB Compact Products Limited, Ornua Foods UK Limited, ST Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
- Wyre ForestMorgan Technical Ceramics Limited, Brintons Carpets Limited, Amada United Kingdom Limited
91 companies here reported construction contracts and 51 said they hold back retention money, typically at 5%. All retention clauses.
Source: payment practices reports published by the Department for Business and Trade on Check payment practices, Open Government Licence v3.0. Registered office from Companies House. Free to use with credit to Fair Payment and a link to this page. Notes for journalists.