- The average of all the Autonomous Communities is below 30 days with a ratio of 24.17.
- Of the big cities, Madrid and Barcelona are the ones that maintain a payment period below 15 days.
- The Average Period of Payment to Suppliers in the Central Administration manages to decrease to 4 percentage points compared to last year
- The City of Parla will benefit from the measure approved in May by the Executive to reduce its PMP of towns with difficulties.
The Community of Madrid paid its suppliers with an average of 17.62 days more, almost two points more than in December last year and 2.36 compared to the month of April. Averages that depend on many factors among them the ratio of operations paid that were 14.7 in May in Madrid, compared to 13.01 paid in April.
The Average Period of Payment to Suppliers (PMP) corresponding to the month of May has been maintained in almost all Autonomous Communities around the 30 days established as legal limit, except for the Balearic Islands, which exceeds it by over 50 days, although the ratio of operations paid also grows, which can have a seasonal impact on that increase and the Valencian Community that exceeds them by three days.
For its part, the city of Madrid is the City Hall, along with that of Barcelona that have a payment period below 13 days. Madrid has a payment period of 13.52, reducing the 14.59 of the month of April. The data supplied from the PMP show an asymmetric distribution between entities: 126 (80.25% of the total) have a PMP of less than or equal to 30 days, while 14 (8.92%) have an excessive PMP, exceeding the 60 days of payment term to suppliers. So we have, Madrid and Barcelona as an example, and others like Palma, Palma de Gran Canaria and Murcia that exceed 30 days, but only one is above 60. Meanwhile, Seville, Malaga or Valencia are down from 20.
Municipalities of Madrid
The data of the municipalities of Madrid are not yet updated as of May, but those of April where the disparity between municipalities forced to submit the PMP with more than 75,000 inhabitants is reflected. Below 15 are the municipalities of: Alcorcón, Coslada, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Las Rozas and Torrejón de Ardoz. Of particular note is Las Rozas, whose April PMP stands at only 4.78.
Worrying is the situation in Parla where its PMP stands at 192.59, although its operating ratio was important in April. The Executive, through the delegated Commission of the Government for Economic Affairs (CDGAE), approved an allocation for 2026 of the amounts necessary to meet the outstanding obligations of certain Local Entities with their suppliers, for a total of 304 million euros. The City of Parla will benefit from this measure to reduce its PMP that was already in February by 167 days.
Two cities surpass in the Community of Madrid the 30 days: Getafe and Leganés.
National
The Central Administration’s PMP stood at 20.85 days in May 2026, a decrease of 0.79 days compared to April 2026.
For its part, the PMP registered in the Social Security Funds has been calculated at 7.41 days in December, 0.62 days less than the previous month.
Commercial debt
As for the commercial debt, this figure is 4,634.5 million euros, equivalent to 0.26% of the national GDP. This represents an increase of 212 million euros compared to the previous month, 4.8% more.