The City Council of Antequera has set the average payment period to suppliers at 18.31 days during the second quarter of 2026, well below the legal limit of 30 days and improving by more than four days compared to the previous quarter.
The City Council of Antequera has managed to set the average payment period to suppliers at 18.31 days during the second quarter of 2026, as reported this Friday by the mayor, Manolo Barón, and the deputy mayor responsible for Finance, José Manuel Fernández. This figure represents an improvement of 4.27 days compared to the first quarter of the year, when the average was 22.58 days, and becomes the best figure in the last six years.
At the press conference, which was also attended by the spokesperson for the Government Team, Ana Cebrián, Barón highlighted that the City Council remains well below the legal limit established at 30 days, which demonstrates, in his opinion, the municipal solvency and the commitment to the companies and freelancers working for the City Council.
During the second quarter, 1,391 invoices were paid for a net amount of 4,468,326.56 euros. These figures add to the 1,459 invoices paid between January and March, worth 6,475,866.10 euros. In total, in the first six months of 2026, the City Council has settled 2,850 invoices for an amount close to 11 million euros (10,944,192.66 euros).
The mayor emphasized that a very significant part of the suppliers are companies from Antequera, Málaga or Andalusia, so timely payment directly contributes to economic activity and the maintenance of employment in the area. "The City Council of Antequera is a solvent, responsible council that pays and meets its commitments to small and medium-sized businesses, freelancers, and companies," Barón stated.
The mayor particularly valued these results in an economic context marked by rising energy prices, fuels, and materials necessary for the daily functioning of the city. He also congratulated the municipal head of Finance, the public employees in the relevant areas, and the entire Government Team for maintaining an agile and orderly invoice processing circuit.
For his part, José Manuel Fernández explained that the average payment period is calculated quarterly in accordance with current regulations and is communicated to the Ministry of Finance as part of the accountability obligations of local administrations. The Finance delegate noted that the record of 18.31 days is "the best in the last six years and one of the best in the historical series," constituting one of the main hallmarks of municipal economic management.
Fernández detailed that the period begins to be computed from the entry of the invoice into the City Council, once the corresponding service has been provided, and includes the entire procedure of verification, conformity, auditing, and payment by the municipal Treasury. "All that process is currently being completed in just 18 days," he emphasized.
The deputy mayor recalled that in 2011 the average payment period reached 547 days, compared to the current 18.31 days. An evolution that, in his opinion, evidences the change experienced by the municipal Treasury and the commitment maintained over the last few years to responsible management and punctual compliance with economic obligations.
"The City Council has the economic capacity to face the services provided daily in the city and, moreover, the commitment to pay them on time," Fernández concluded, reaffirming the goal of continuing to keep the average payment period below the legal limit and reducing it whenever possible.
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