55.03%About 6 in 10of large EU enterprises (250 or more employees) used AI in 2025, about three times the small-firm rate
55.03% of large EU enterprises (250 or more employees) used AI in 2025, about three times the small-firm rate (2025, Eurostat, ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprises)
Official dataChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026LargeEUAI · Adoption by size
Source: Eurostat, ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprisesEU size bands (by employees) differ from US Census bands; do not compare bar by bar. Firms with fewer than 10 staff are not covered.digitaltreed.com/statistics
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55.03% of large EU enterprises (250 or more employees) used AI in 2025, about three times the small-firm rate (2025).
55.03%
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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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What it measures
55.03% of large EU enterprises (250 or more employees) used AI in 2025, about three times the small-firm rate
Data period
2025 (ends 31 Dec 2025)
Published by the source
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.
In the source's words
In 2025, 55.03% of large EU enterprises used AI technologies.
Checked at source
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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55.03% of large EU enterprises (250 or more employees) used AI in 2025, about three times the small-firm rate, 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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