Payment Practices Barometer

Survey of Payment History of European Companies

How long does it take our business partners to pay? Understanding the payment history of potential customers in foreign countries is vital. Assumptions or poor risk assessments can lead to major problems in financial planning due to the significant impact posed to both large and small companies by poor payment practices. For the Atradius Payment Practices Barometer, 1,200 companies from six European countries are asked to evaluate the payment practices of their domestic and international business partners and their company's credit management in general. 

Payment Practices Barometer - Autumn 2011  Twice a year, the international survey of B2B payment behaviour and credit management practices provides with your company information that can help reduce the impact of late payments and bad debts on the profitability of your business. In this survey, 5,400 companies from 27 major global economies have been surveyed. View a summary of the Hong Kong Report Download the Hong Kong Report and Group Report.

Payment Practices Barometer - Summer 2011  EU businesses believe their peers based in emerging markets are willing to take more risks when entering new markets and introducing new products.   Download

Payment Practices Barometer - Spring 2011  Most frequent reasons for offering credit to B2B customers are to improve long term business relationships and to promote sales growth.   Download

Payment Practices Barometer - Winter 2010  Payment Behaviour of European Companies Survey Results Winter 2010 Download

Payment Practices Barometer - Summer 2010  Atradius conducts regular surveys of corporate payment behaviour across a range of countries. In the second survey of 2010 and the eighth in the series, approximately 4,000 companies were interviewed for their views of their business partners’ payment behaviour. Find out more