{
    "statement": "of US small employer firms said the business or its employees use AI; another 15% plan to start within 12 months",
    "value_display": "46%",
    "value_numeric": 46,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "Sep-Nov 2025",
    "data_period_end": "2025-11-14",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "small",
    "source": {
        "name": "Small Business Credit Survey",
        "publisher": "Federal Reserve Banks",
        "type": "survey",
        "url": "https://www.fedsmallbusiness.org/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.fedsmallbusiness.org/2026-report-on-employer-firms",
    "source_quote": "Nearly half of firms (46%) reported that their business or its employees currently use AI, while an additional 15% planned to begin using it in the next 12 months. One-third of firms have no plans to use AI.",
    "verification_note": "Read on fedsmallbusiness.org (\"2026 Report on Employer Firms\", 3 Mar 2026) on 2026-10-23. Governor Cook repeated the finding on 24 Jun 2026 (federalreserve.gov). Convenience sample, not random.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": {
        "columns": [
            "Small employer firms (1-499 staff), 2025 survey",
            "Share"
        ],
        "rows": [
            [
                "Use AI now (business or employees)",
                "46%"
            ],
            [
                "Plan to start in next 12 months",
                "15%"
            ],
            [
                "No plans to use AI",
                "33%"
            ],
            [
                "AI users: writing or marketing",
                "83%"
            ],
            [
                "AI users: individual productivity",
                "61%"
            ],
            [
                "AI users: planning or analysis",
                "51%"
            ],
            [
                "AI users: increased productivity",
                "71%"
            ],
            [
                "AI users: improved quality",
                "39%"
            ],
            [
                "AI users: higher sales",
                "31%"
            ],
            [
                "AI users: top challenge, accuracy",
                "46%"
            ]
        ]
    },
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/small-employer-firms-using-ai",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/small-employer-firms-using-ai.csv"
}