While the sector demonstrates an overall improvement, the increase of 3.8 points signals only marginal progress in payment behaviour. Despite a slight narrowing of the scope (39 to 36 companies), the consistent methodology allows for a like-for-like comparison, suggesting external pressures or internal initiatives have resulted in incremental gains, but not a radical transformation of payment cultures.
One-line summary: Average payment practices in media and publishing improved slightly from 69.2 to 73.1 between 2020 and 2025. If you want to determine how much late payments cost, use our late payment calculator.