Unilever (UL) Payables (2009 - 2025)

Unilever (UL) recorded quarterly Payables of $19.7 billion in Q4 2025, up 6.89% quarter-over-quarter from $18.4 billion in Q2 2025, and up 10.56% on a YoY basis from $17.8 billion in Q4 2024.

Unilever (UL) Payables (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Unilever's Payables history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $19.7 billion for Q4 2025.

  • In Q4 2025, Payables rose 10.56% year-over-year to $19.7 billion; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at $19.7 billion (up 10.56% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $19.1 billion, up 7.31% from the prior year.
  • Payables was $19.7 billion for Q4 2025 at Unilever, up from $18.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Payables ranged from a high of $19.7 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $17.0 billion in Q4 2021.
  • Historically, Payables has averaged $18.0 billion across 5 years, with a median of $17.8 billion in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2023: Payables climbed 10.81% in 2021, then slipped 1.49% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Payables shows it stood at $17.0 billion in 2021, then rose by 5.05% to $17.9 billion in 2022, then dropped by 1.49% to $17.6 billion in 2023, then increased by 1.38% to $17.8 billion in 2024, then advanced by 10.56% to $19.7 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Payables figures came in at $19.7 billion (Q4 2025), $18.4 billion (Q2 2025), and $17.8 billion (Q4 2024), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Payables (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - 2.26 Mn
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 15.03 Bn
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - 19.72 Bn
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 2.13 Bn
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 2.53 Bn
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn 3.67 Bn
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 1.83 Bn
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 452.70 Mn
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 3.07 Bn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 Bn 326.45 Mn 97.47 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 19.72 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 18.45 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 17.83 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 18.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 17.59 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 18.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 17.86 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 17.72 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 17.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 17.82 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 16.85 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 16.08 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 16.35 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 16.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 16.50 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 16.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 9.67 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 13.74 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 8.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 14.73 Bn