Enterprise AI in Numbers · Adoption and spend
Share of EU enterprises using AI
20.0%
20.0% as of 2025, according to Eurostat, ICT usage in enterprises, up from 13.5% in 2024. Share of enterprises that use at least one AI technology (such as text mining, speech recognition, generative AI, image recognition, machine learning or AI-based automation), from Eurostat's survey on ICT usage in enterprises, carried out in the first half of each year.
What it means for leaders
AI use among EU enterprises is rising fast from a low base, with information and communication far ahead of other sectors. European competitors and suppliers are adopting later than US ones, which shapes partner choices and regulatory exposure.
What would change the reading: The next survey year, and whether manufacturing and retail close the gap with information businesses.
The trend
By sector
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Definition and method
- What it measures
- Share of enterprises that use at least one AI technology (such as text mining, speech recognition, generative AI, image recognition, machine learning or AI-based automation), from Eurostat's survey on ICT usage in enterprises, carried out in the first half of each year.
- Population
- Enterprises with 10 or more employees in the 27 EU countries, excluding the financial sector
- Updated
- Annual
- Source
- Eurostat, ICT usage in enterprises · CC BY 4.0
Caveats
- The survey excludes the financial sector and enterprises with fewer than 10 employees.
- The list of AI technologies asked about changes between survey years.
Cite this
Enterprise AI in Numbers, "Share of EU enterprises using AI", https://lucianoayres.com/ai-brief/data/eu-enterprise-ai-use/, retrieved October 25, 2026. Data: Eurostat, ICT usage in enterprises.