Creditsafe, the world's most used supplier of online company credit reports, released a report tracking the speed at which companies in each of the fifty states pays its bills.  Among the fastest bill paying states are Maine, New Hampshire and Oregon with Alabama, Nevada and Florida being some of the slowest.  The report analyses trade payment data for companies in each of the fifty states and tracked the changes from start of Quarter 2 to the end of Quarter 3 2016.

"We've analyzed the payment behavior submitted to us by thousands of individual suppliers for companies in each of the fifty states for the period of April thru September of 2016.  In nearly all the cases, the average DBT for companies in each state has increased, meaning companies are taking longer to pay their suppliers over the course of the year," explained Matthew Debbage, CEO of Creditsafe USA and Asia. "The states paying their bills the fastest were Maine, New Hampshire and Oregon with an average DBT of 4.53 or just over four days.  The slowest states were Nevada, Alabama and New Hampshire with an average DBT of 14.91 or nearly fifteen days beyond the agreed due date. It is truly incredibly the significance in the variation between the states."

Creditsafe's global database is one of the most rapidly expanding in the industry and also one of the most comprehensive. Each day over 200,000 users around the world leverage the company's database to gather strategic, insightful business information. Creditsafe's database is updated over a million times a day with information gathered from thousands of sources. In 99.9% of the cases, reports requested by customers are delivered instantly. Over forty percent of Creditsafe's customers leverage the company's internationally reporting capabilities.

"Worsening of DBT or taking longer to pay is a key indicator when analyzing a company's likelihood of failure. By analyzing the payment behavior of companies in a state, may reveal insight into the state's overall financial wellbeing," explained Debbage.