While the data reveals an upward trend, the 5.7-point increase between 2020 and 2025 indicates only a slight improvement in overall payment performance within the software sector. This potentially reflects either the relative effectiveness of established payment processes or the difficulty in achieving more substantial gains in payment efficiency over a five-year period.
Overall payment practices improved slightly, from 70.2/100 in 2020 to 75.9/100 in 2025, with 146 and 132 companies tracked respectively. late payment calculator