Business & Invoicing Statistics
50 research pages covering payments, invoicing, freelancing, small business, and tax. Every statistic is attributed to a named published source — Atradius, Nacha, the Federal Reserve, BLS, the European Commission, and more — with a link to the original.
Payments
Late Payment Statistics
How common are late payments? Sourced statistics on overdue B2B invoices across North America, Europe, and the UK — from Atradius, QuickBooks, FSB, and more.
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B2B Payments Statistics
Sourced statistics on the size of B2B payments, how businesses pay each other (ACH, check, card), fraud exposure, and payment delays — with linked sources.
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ACH Payment Statistics
Official Nacha statistics on the ACH network: 33.6 billion payments, $86.2 trillion in value, Same Day ACH growth, B2B volume, and direct deposit penetration.
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Payment Fraud Statistics
Sourced statistics on payments fraud: 79% of organizations targeted, BEC as the top attack vector, FBI-reported losses, and check fraud's resurgence.
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Check Payment Statistics
Sourced statistics on paper check usage: Federal Reserve data on the decline, the B2B holdout, and the surge in check fraud reports.
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Digital Payments Statistics
Sourced statistics on digital payments: wallet share of e-commerce, global account ownership, real-time transaction growth, and payments industry revenue.
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Payment Terms Statistics
Sourced statistics and legal facts on B2B payment terms: standard net terms, EU payment-term caps, statutory interest, and prompt payment rules.
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Cross-Border Payments Statistics
Sourced statistics on international payments: global remittance volume, average transfer costs, the G20 cost target, and correspondent banking trends.
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Business Credit Card Statistics
Sourced statistics on business credit cards: small-business reliance on cards, US processing fee totals, and card share of payment volume.
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Real-Time Payments Statistics
Sourced statistics on instant payments: 266 billion global real-time transactions, India and Brazil's dominance, FedNow adoption, and Same Day ACH growth.
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Invoicing & AR
Invoicing Statistics
The key invoicing statistics in one place: global invoice volumes, processing costs, cycle times, overdue rates, and fraud exposure — all with linked sources.
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E-Invoicing Statistics
Sourced statistics on electronic invoicing: country mandates (Italy, Germany, France, Poland, Belgium), the EU ViDA timeline, savings, and market growth.
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Invoice Fraud Statistics
Sourced statistics on invoice fraud: business email compromise rates, FBI-reported losses, vendor impersonation, and what it costs organizations.
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Accounts Receivable Statistics
Sourced statistics on accounts receivable: typical DSO, overdue invoice value by region, average amounts owed to small businesses, and bad-debt write-offs.
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Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) Statistics
Sourced DSO benchmarks: typical days sales outstanding for US companies, what counts as healthy, and how late payments stretch collection cycles.
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Invoice Error Statistics
Sourced statistics on invoice errors: exception rates, the cost gap between clean and exception invoices, duplicate payments, and expense report errors.
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Invoice Automation Statistics
Sourced statistics on automating invoicing and billing: cost savings vs manual processing, cycle-time gains, e-invoicing savings, and market growth.
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Unpaid Invoices Statistics
Sourced statistics on unpaid invoices: share of businesses owed money, average amounts outstanding, business closures from late payment, and write-off rates.
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Invoice Factoring Statistics
Sourced statistics on invoice factoring and receivables finance: global factoring volume near €4 trillion, regional shares, and typical costs.
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Subscription Billing Statistics
Sourced statistics on subscription and recurring billing: SaaS market size, subscription-economy growth vs the S&P 500, and cloud spending forecasts.
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AP & Automation
Accounts Payable Statistics
Sourced AP statistics: cost per invoice, processing cycle times, exception rates, check usage in B2B, and payments-fraud exposure for AP teams.
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AP Automation Statistics
Sourced statistics on accounts payable automation: cost savings per invoice, adoption rates, cycle-time improvements, and market growth projections.
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Invoice Processing Cost Statistics
What it really costs to process an invoice: Ardent Partners benchmarks, the exception-cost multiplier, e-invoicing savings, and cycle-time economics.
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Procurement Statistics
Sourced statistics on procurement and purchase orders: invoice exception rates, three-way matching, CPO priorities, and the cost of unmanaged spend.
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Expense Management Statistics
Sourced statistics on expense management: cost to process an expense report, error rates, correction costs, and expense-reimbursement fraud data.
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AI in Finance Statistics
Sourced statistics on AI in finance teams: generative AI's estimated value in banking, adoption gaps in fraud prevention, and automation benchmarks.
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Freelancing & Gig Economy
Freelance Statistics
Sourced freelance statistics: 64 million American freelancers, 38% of the workforce, $1.27 trillion in earnings, and the rise of skilled knowledge work.
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Gig Economy Statistics
Sourced gig economy statistics: US platform-work participation, global online gig workforce estimates, and contingent work data from BLS and Pew.
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Self-Employment Statistics
Sourced self-employment statistics: BLS self-employed counts, Census nonemployer businesses, and the overlap with small business ownership.
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Independent Contractor Statistics
Sourced statistics on independent contractors: BLS workforce share, MBO Partners independent-worker counts, and classification rule changes.
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Freelance Income Statistics
Sourced statistics on freelance earnings: $1.27 trillion in US freelance income, global hourly rate research, and how late payments erode freelance pay.
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Side Hustle Statistics
Sourced side hustle statistics: share of US adults with side income, average monthly earnings, and generational patterns from Bankrate and Pew.
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Creator Economy Statistics
Sourced creator economy statistics: Goldman Sachs' half-trillion-dollar forecast, YouTube creator payouts, and how many creators earn online.
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Remote Work Statistics
Sourced remote work statistics: share of paid workdays from home, Census home-based work data, and the freelance-remote overlap.
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Small Business
Small Business Statistics
Sourced small business statistics: 33+ million US small businesses, 99.9% of all firms, employment share, and new business formation records.
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Small Business Failure Statistics
Sourced business failure statistics: BLS survival rates (year 1, 5, 10), top causes of failure, and the dominant role of cash flow problems.
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Cash Flow Statistics
Sourced cash flow statistics: the 27-day cash buffer, cash flow's role in 82% of failures, unpaid invoice drag, and late-payment knock-on effects.
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Small Business Lending Statistics
Sourced statistics on small business financing: Fed Small Business Credit Survey findings, SBA 7(a) volumes, and credit card reliance.
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Women-Owned Business Statistics
Sourced statistics on women-owned businesses: share of US employer firms, total counts including nonemployers, and growth trends.
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Startup Statistics
Sourced startup statistics: record business applications, venture funding levels, top failure reasons, and survival rates.
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Small Business Employment Statistics
Sourced statistics on small business employment: 61.6 million workers, 46% of the private workforce, and the small-business share of net new jobs.
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Small Business Software Statistics
Sourced statistics on small business technology: SaaS market size, cloud accounting adoption, automation savings, and digital payment uptake.
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Consulting Industry Statistics
Sourced statistics on the consulting industry: management analyst employment, projected growth, median pay, and independent consulting trends.
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Construction Payment Statistics
Sourced statistics on construction payments: the cost of slow payment, industry-worst payment cycles, retainage norms, and on-time payment rates.
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Tax & Accounting
VAT Statistics
Sourced VAT statistics: the EU's €128 billion VAT gap, country compliance ranges, rate spreads, and the e-invoicing response.
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Sales Tax Statistics
Sourced US sales tax statistics: how many states levy sales tax, combined rate ranges, the Wayfair economic-nexus revolution, and revenue scale.
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Tax Compliance Statistics
Sourced tax compliance statistics: the ~$700 billion US tax gap, voluntary compliance rates, underreporting drivers, and the EU's VAT shortfall.
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Accounting Industry Statistics
Sourced statistics on the accounting profession: 1.4+ million US accountants, median pay, projected growth, and the shrinking CPA pipeline.
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Fintech Statistics
Sourced fintech statistics: global consumer adoption, financial account access, payments industry revenue, and venture funding levels.
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Invoice Payment Time Statistics
Sourced statistics on invoice payment times: average days to payment, late-payment shares by region, processing cycle benchmarks, and what speeds payment up.
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Citing these statistics
Every figure on these pages is attributed to its original publisher with a link. If you reference a statistic, please cite the original source named alongside it. Pages note their compilation date and each source's report year — always check the linked source for the most current edition.