70.89%About 7 in 10of EU firms that considered AI but did not use it named lack of relevant expertise as a reason (2025)
70.89% of EU firms that considered AI but did not use it named lack of relevant expertise as a reason (2025) (2025, Eurostat, ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprises)
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70.89% of EU firms that considered AI but did not use it named lack of relevant expertise as a reason (2025) (2025).
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Why you can trust it. Eurostat, ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprises: official data, government statistics office or regulator. 157,000 of 1.53 million EU enterprises with 10 or more employees surveyed in the first months of 2025.
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70.89% of EU firms that considered AI but did not use it named lack of relevant expertise as a reason (2025)
Data period
2025 (ends 31 Dec 2025)
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10 Dec 2025
Who is counted
157,000 of 1.53 million EU enterprises with 10 or more employees surveyed in the first months of 2025.
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among EU enterprises who had ever considered using AI technologies, the most common reason for not using AI technologies was the lack of relevant expertise (70.89%)
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23 Oct 2026: Read on the Eurostat Statistics Explained article "Use of artificial intelligence in enterprises" (data extracted December 2025, planned update December 2026), 2026-10-23.
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70.89% of EU firms that considered AI but did not use it named lack of relevant expertise as a reason (2025), for 2025, according to Eurostat, ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprises. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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