- The average of all the Autonomous Communities is below 30 days with a ratio of 25.42 days in the month of July, rising two points
- The Community of Madrid maintains one of the best ratios, although most meet the payment period of 30 days except two: Baleares (54,09) and Murcia (35,31), although they are below 60 days.
- Barcelona, Madrid and Zaragoza are the Spanish cities that have the lowest ratio in the month of July and only two are above 30 days
- The City of Parla continues to reduce its PMP in 20 days in relation to the month of May.
The Community of Madrid paid its suppliers with an average of 17.53 days. Averages that depend on many factors, including the ratio of operations paid, which has been 15.86, amounting to 1,288 million, slightly higher than last month.
The Average Period of Payment to Suppliers (PMP) corresponding to the month of July has been maintained in almost all Autonomous Communities around the 30 days established as a legal limit, except for the Balearic Islands, which exceeds it by placing it above the 50 days it marked in May, although the rate of operations paid increases considerably, which has been able to condition compliance with the deadlines. Specifically, the average of the Autonomous Communities has risen in relation to the month of June from 23.43 days to 25.
For its part, the city of Madrid is the City Hall, along with that of Barcelona, the capitals that have a payment period below 13 days and Zaragoza below 20 days. Madrid has a payment period of 12.87, Barcelona of 8.65 and Zaragoza arrives 16.06.
The data provided by the PMP show an asymmetric distribution between the ten large municipalities: most have a PMP of less than or equal to 30 days, while 2, Palma and Las Palma de Gran Canaria, exceed 30 days, although the number of operations is quite significant.
Municipalities of Madrid
The data of the municipalities of Madrid reflect the disparity between municipalities obliged to the presentation of the PMP with more than 75,000 inhabitants. Among these municipalities are those that in July are positioned, even, below 10 days as Below 15 are the municipalities of: Alcorcón, Coslada, Pozuelo de Alarcón or Rivas-Vaciamadrid. Below 15 days are Fuenlabrada, Madrid. Las Rozas and San Sebastián de los Reyes. Among the smaller municipalities there are different situations, since many of them may have executed investments that burden payments, and then be within the legal deadlines.
Parla, whose situation is worrying, where its PMP stood at 192.59 in April, received from the Executive, through the delegated Commission of the Government for Economic Affairs (CDGAE), 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 begins to make effective this measure to reduce its PMP, although it is still in 105 days. However, it reached 411 days of PMP in August 2025, and its best figure in this last year has been 51 in January of this year.
Two important cities surpass in the Community of Madrid the 30 days: Alcobendas, Leganés and Torrejón de Ardoz.
National
The Average Period of Payment to Suppliers (PMP) corresponding to the month of July 2026 has been kept in the Autonomous Communities below the 30 days established as legal limit. Specifically, the Autonomous Communities have reached a deadline of 25.42 days in the seventh month of the year.
For its part, the payment term of the Central Administration has been encrypted in the seventh month of the year in 21.81 days, while the Local Entities in the model of assignment have a payment term to suppliers of 26.48 days in the month of July, which is 2.25 days less than in the same month of the previous year.
For its part, the PMP registered in the Social Security Funds has been encrypted in 8.37 days in July.
Central Administration Data
The Central Administration’s PMP stood at 21.81 days in July 2026, an increase of 1.26 days compared to June 2026.
The ratio of paid trades has stood at 23.04 days, while the ratio of unpaid trades has reached 19.39 days.