- Payments made to suppliers in the month of August amount to 763 million in Madrid and 578 are outstanding
- Payment Terms to Suppliers in the CCAA have risen by an average of 4.5 days.
The Community of Madrid paid its suppliers with an average of six days more than in July; thus the average is 25.91 days of average payment compared to 19.06 in July, a negative evolution, although within the limits of 30 days. Its minimum was in December 2024 in which it reached 13.55.
The Average Period of Payment to Suppliers (PMP) corresponding to the month of August has been maintained in the Autonomous Communities around the 30 days established as a legal limit. Specifically, the Autonomous Communities have reached a deadline of 30.45 days in the eighth month of the year.
For its part, the payment term of the Central Administration has been encrypted in the eighth month of the year in 26.74 days, while the Local Entities in the transfer model have a payment term to suppliers of 32.40 days in the month of August, that is, 17.47 days less than a year ago.
For its part, the PMP registered in the Social Security Funds has been encrypted in 9.73 days in August.
CCAA Regional Data
In the Autonomous Communities, the Average Period of Payment to Suppliers is located in August 2025 at 30.45 days, which means an increase of 3.93 days compared to the previous month. In this way, the PMP in this subsector remains in the 30-day environment established in the regulations.
In relation to the composition of the PMP, the ratio of operations paid is 26.92 days and that of operations pending payment is 35.25 days. This represents an increase of 4.51 days in the ratio of transactions paid and an increase of 2.86 days in the ratio of transactions pending payment, with respect to the previous month, respectively.
Galicia is the Community with the lowest ratio this August, standing at 12.88 days, while Murcia is the Community with the highest ratio.
Central Administration Data
The Central Administration’s PMP stood at 26.74 days in August this year, an increase of 3.73 days compared to July 2025.
The ratio of paid trades has stood at 26.26 days, while the ratio of unpaid trades has reached 27.38 days.
It should be remembered that the target of 30 days maximum payment was started with a 2004 Act amended in 2010.
Data from Local Corporations
In August, the transfer entities present an Average Period of Payment to Suppliers of 32.40 days. If compared to the same month of the previous year, the payment term in the Local Corporations improves by 17.47 days.
If you analyze the term of the component of unpaid invoices as of August 31, it is observed that it decreases 41.76 days compared to the one that presented the same day of the previous year.
With regard to the component of invoices paid during the month of August, the average payment term has been 20.80 days, which is 0.35 days more than the figure for the same month of the previous year.
On the other hand, if the PMP of August 2025 were compared with that of the previous month, it would be observed that it increases 3.67 days, although this result loses representativeness as it is a magnitude with seasonality.
As for the main cities, Madrid presents the best payout ratio with 12.83, as well as Barcelona with 11.5 days.
The aggregate MPP indicator for the set of entities with monthly reporting obligations is calculated using the methodology established for each local corporation at the individual level, that is, the days are weighted according to the volume of debt so that the entities with the highest indebtedness to the suppliers contribute more in the composition of the MPP.
From the data supplied from the PMP, an asymmetric distribution between entities is observed. Thus, while 115 entities, which account for 73.25% of the total, have a PMP of less than or equal to 30 days, on the contrary 14 of them have an excessive PMP since they exceed the 60 days of payment term to suppliers.
The PMP in the Social Security Funds
In the case of the Social Security Funds, the August PMP stood at 9.73 days, an increase of 1.21 days compared to the previous month.
The ratio of paid trades is calculated in 9 days, while the ratio of unpaid trades has stood at 12.37 days.
Commercial debt
As for the commercial debt, this figure is 4,500.2 million euros, equivalent to 0.27% of the national GDP. This represents a decrease of 785.2 million euros compared to the previous month, 14.86% less. On payments of a commercial nature made in August 2025, these amounted to 6,105.4 million euros, which represents an increase of 24.58% compared to August 2024. Of these, 4,175.6 million euros correspond to payments of a sanitary nature, which means an increase of 29.46% in relation to the same period of the previous year