What EU cloud-buying enterprises use the cloud for, 2025
Group
Share of cloud-using enterprises
E-mail
85.15%
Office software
71.69%
File storage
71.53%
Security software
65.49%
Finance or accounting
58.16%
ERP
30.12%
CRM
27.91%
Source: Eurostat, ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprisesBase: enterprises that buy paid cloud services.digitaltreed.com/statistics
In plain words
What this number really says
85.15% of EU enterprises that buy cloud services use it for e-mail, the most common use (2025).
85.15%
the latest figure (2025)
Official data
type of source
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+ employees or self-employed persons surveyed in 2025.
Official data: Government statistics office or regulator
What it measures
85.15% of EU enterprises that buy cloud services use it for e-mail, the most common use
Data period
2025 (ends 31 Dec 2025)
Published by the source
31 Jan 2026
Who is counted
157,000 of 1.53 million EU enterprises with 10+ employees or self-employed persons surveyed in 2025.
In the source's words
Among the enterprises that reported using paid cloud computing, some 85.15% relied on a cloud solution for their e-mail (see Table 1).
Checked at source
23 Oct 2026: Read on Eurostat Statistics Explained, cloud computing article (data extracted January 2026; exact day not shown, so publish date set to 31 Jan 2026). New stat.
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Eurostat. (2026). 85.15% of EU enterprises that buy cloud services use it for e-mail, the most common use. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/saas/eu-cloud-users-with-cloud-email
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"85.15% of EU enterprises that buy cloud services use it for e-mail, the most common use." Eurostat, ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprises, 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/saas/eu-cloud-users-with-cloud-email.
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What is the latest figure for adoption (EU)?
85.15% of EU enterprises that buy cloud services use it for e-mail, the most common use, 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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Sample: 157,000 of 1.53 million EU enterprises with 10+ employees or self-employed persons surveyed in 2025.
