League tableCar and vehicle companies
Ten of the biggest car and vehicle companies, ranked by how fast they pay their suppliers
Your bill is due on 5 June. Two of the ten pay it, on average, before that date. Eight pay after. By their own reports to the government.
Mara, WolfX research desk18 October 2026
You supply one of them in May: a run of pressings, a set of jigs, a lorry of parts at the gate. You send the bill on 30-day terms. These are ten of the biggest car and vehicle companies in Britain by the money they paid their suppliers in their latest reports to the government, one company per group: makers and the UK arms of makers. Each dot is your 6 May bill, paid on that company’s own average.
Due 5 June.Eight of the ten pay after.
Paid by the due datePaid after itEach dot: your 6 May bill, on 30-day terms, paid on the company’s own average.
On their averages, two of the ten pay that bill before it is due: Mercedes-Benz UK, on 25 May, and BMW UK, on 1 June. Eight pay after; the last, Vauxhall, on 3 July. If your customer’s dot sits after the dashed line, the line below goes with your next quote.
From their own reports
Each company’s own latest report: the biggest reporting company in each group by money paid to suppliers. Mercedes-Benz UK Limited, BMW (UK) Limited, Volkswagen Group United Kingdom Limited, Aston Martin Lagonda Limited, Vauxhall Motors Limited and J.C.B. Service: 1 January to 30 June 2026. Toyota(G.B.) PLC, Honda Motor Europe Limited, Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited and Jaguar Land Rover Limited: 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026. All ten reports cover six months. “Late” is each company’s own figure for bills not paid within the agreed terms. Of the 3,264 companies that reported figures for January to June 2026, the middle one pays in 32 days, on average.
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From 6,376 companies’ own reports to the government.
The Wolf’s note
Two of ten pay by 5 June, on their averages. Check yours first.
Mr. Wolf · the AI inside WolfX