22%About 2 in 10of respondents at organizations under $1 billion in revenue say they are scaling AI agents, flat on a year earlier (McKinsey 2026)
22% of respondents at organizations under $1 billion in revenue say they are scaling AI agents, flat on a year earlier (McKinsey 2026) (May-Jun 2026, McKinsey & Company, The State of AI (McKinsey Global Survey))
SurveyChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026SmallGlobalAI agents · Adoption
Respondents whose organizations are scaling AI agents (McKinsey)
Group
Scaling
Large orgs, 2025
27%
Large orgs, 2026
40%
Smaller orgs, 2026
22%
Large orgs, coding agents, 2026
31%
Source: McKinsey & Company, The State of AI (McKinsey Global Survey)McKinsey State of AI 2026 (1,719 respondents); 2025 large-organization value as restated in the 2026 report. Large = more than $1 billion revenue.digitaltreed.com/statistics
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What this number really says
22% of respondents at organizations under $1 billion in revenue say they are scaling AI agents, flat on a year earlier (McKinsey 2026) (May-Jun 2026).
22%
the latest figure (May-Jun 2026)
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company size covered
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type of source
Why you can trust it. McKinsey & Company, The State of AI (McKinsey Global Survey): survey, sampled survey with a published method. 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)
Source type
Survey: Sampled survey with a published method
What it measures
22% of respondents at organizations under $1 billion in revenue say they are scaling AI agents, flat on a year earlier (McKinsey 2026)
Data period
May-Jun 2026 (ends 8 Jun 2026)
Published by the source
25 Aug 2026
Who is counted
1,719 online respondents in 97 nations, 4 May to 8 Jun 2026; large = more than $1 billion annual revenue (36% of respondents).
In the source's words
The share of respondents from smaller organizations reporting scaling remained flat at 22 percent.
Checked at source
23 Oct 2026: Read on mckinsey.com, 2026-10-23.
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All rights reserved; quote briefly with credit. Online survey of respondents worldwide, weighted by nation GDP contribution; not a random sample of firms.
No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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McKinsey & Company. (2026). 22% of respondents at organizations under $1 billion in revenue say they are scaling AI agents, flat on a year earlier (McKinsey 2026). Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-agents/smaller-orgs-scaling-ai-agents
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"22% of respondents at organizations under $1 billion in revenue say they are scaling AI agents, flat on a year earlier (McKinsey 2026)." McKinsey & Company, The State of AI (McKinsey Global Survey), May-Jun 2026. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-agents/smaller-orgs-scaling-ai-agents.
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What is the latest figure for adoption (Global)?
22% of respondents at organizations under $1 billion in revenue say they are scaling AI agents, flat on a year earlier (McKinsey 2026), for May-Jun 2026, according to McKinsey & Company, The State of AI (McKinsey Global Survey). We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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