Name: 25% of large US organizations are developing or implementing multi-agent systems, up from 6% in each of the two quarters before (KPMG, Q3 2026) (Q3 2026)
Creator: KPMG LLP (US)
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25% of large US organizations are developing or implementing multi-agent systems, up from 6% in each of the two quarters before (KPMG, Q3 2026) (Q3 2026).

25%

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Why you can trust it. KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey: survey, sampled survey with a published method. 314 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 24 Jul to 25 Aug 2026.

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Period Q3 2026
Region USA
Company size Large
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Source: KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q3 2026

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Publisher: KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey
Source type: Survey: Sampled survey with a published method
What it measures: 25% of large US organizations are developing or implementing multi-agent systems, up from 6% in each of the two quarters before (KPMG, Q3 2026)
Data period: Q3 2026 (ends 25 Aug 2026)
Published by the source: 24 Sep 2026
Who is counted: 314 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 24 Jul to 25 Aug 2026.
In the source's words: Notably, the percentage actively developing or implementing multi-agent systems climbed to 25%, compared to only 6% in the last two quarters.
Checked at source: 23 Oct 2026: Read on kpmg.com, 2026-10-23.
Reuse: All rights reserved; quote briefly with credit. Quarterly survey of 200-320 US leaders at firms with $1B+ revenue; wording changes between quarters.
Next expected update: Quarterly (KPMG LLP (US), quarterly)
Original page: kpmg.com: AI Quarterly Pulse Survey
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KPMG LLP (US). (2026). 25% of large US organizations are developing or implementing multi-agent systems, up from 6% in each of the two quarters before (KPMG, Q3 2026). Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-agents/orgs-multi-agent-systems

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"25% of large US organizations are developing or implementing multi-agent systems, up from 6% in each of the two quarters before (KPMG, Q3 2026)." KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q3 2026. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-agents/orgs-multi-agent-systems.

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What is the latest figure for adoption (USA)?

25% of large US organizations are developing or implementing multi-agent systems, up from 6% in each of the two quarters before (KPMG, Q3 2026), for Q3 2026, according to KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.

62%

of large US organizations ($1B+ revenue) are building, deploying or developing AI agents, up from 53% the quarter before (KPMG, Q3 2026)

Sample: 314 US-based C-suite and business leaders at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue, 24 Jul to 25 Aug 2026.

KPMG LLP (US), AI Quarterly Pulse Survey, Q3 2026

SurveyLargeGlobal

40%

of respondents at large organizations ($1B+ revenue) say they are scaling AI agents, up from 27% a year earlier; smaller organizations stayed at 22%

Sample: 1,719 online respondents in 97 nations, 4 May to 8 Jun 2026; large = more than $1 billion annual revenue (36% of respondents).

McKinsey & Company, The State of AI (McKinsey Global Survey), May-Jun 2026

SurveySmallGlobal

22%

of respondents at organizations under $1 billion in revenue say they are scaling AI agents, flat on a year earlier (McKinsey 2026)

Sample: 1,719 online respondents in 97 nations, 4 May to 8 Jun 2026; large = more than $1 billion annual revenue (36% of respondents).

McKinsey & Company, The State of AI (McKinsey Global Survey), May-Jun 2026

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Group	Organizations
Building, deploying or developing agents	62%
Defined no-autonomy zones for agents	49%
Multi-agent systems	25%

25%of large US organizations are developing or implementing multi-agent systems, up from 6% in each of the two quarters before (KPMG, Q3 2026)

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