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title: "Creative Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023"
date: 2024-03-14T00:00:00+00:00
url: https://paymentcheck.co.uk/blog/reports/creative-payment-trends-2022-vs-2023
description: "Creative Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023 - Payment practices analysis from PaymentCheck"
category: "Reports"
---

# Creative Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

# Creative Sector Payment Performance: Virtually Static, Dropping by a Negligible 0.1 Points Between 2022 and 2023

## The Comparison

*   **2022:** A study of 39 creative companies revealed an average payment performance score of 67.3 out of 100.
*   **2023:** The subsequent year, analysis of 42 companies showed a marginal decrease in the average score, settling at 67.2 out of 100.

## What This Means

The creative sector's payment performance remained essentially unchanged between 2022 and 2023, with a miniscule decrease in the overall score. This suggests that the industry is maintaining, but not improving, on existing payment practices. Businesses struggling with late payments can utilise a [late payment calculator](/free-late-invoice-calculator) to assess the potential impact on their finances.

One-line summary: Despite surveying a larger sample, the creative sector saw a negligible decrease in payment performance, from 67.3 (out of 100) across 39 companies in 2022 to 67.2 across 42 companies in 2023.