West Midlands Payment Practices: Slight Improvement from 2020 to 2025, Up 4.4 Points

The Comparison

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the West Midlands:

• 2020: Data collected from 371 companies yielded an average payment score of 59.3 out of 100.
• 2025: A smaller sample of 310 companies showed an average payment score of 63.8 out of 100.

What This Means

The observed improvement of 4.4 points over five years suggests a marginal positive shift in payment behaviour within the West Midlands business community. While the upward trend is encouraging, the magnitude of change indicates that significant challenges related to timely payments likely persist. Businesses can see the impact of late payments with this late payment calculator.

One-line summary: Between 2020 (59.3/100 across 371 companies) and 2025 (63.8/100 across 310 companies), the average payment score in the West Midlands increased by 4.4 points.