AI adoption statistics for EU companies (2025)

1. The share was 8.06% in 2023, though the 2025 survey counts one more AI technology than earlier years.

2. 55.03% of companies with 250 or more employees used AI in 2025, against 17% of those with 10 to 49.

3. Denmark had the highest share at 42.03%, then Finland at 37.82% and Sweden at 35.04%. Romania had the lowest, at 5.21%.

4. Text mining was the most used AI technology, at 11.75% of companies.

EU, 10+ employees

19.95%

▲ +6.47 pts vs 2024

Large companies

55.03%

▲ +13.86 pts vs 2024

Small companies

17.00%

▲ +5.79 pts vs 2024

Denmark

42.03%

How many companies use AI?

In the EU, 19.95% of companies with 10 or more employees used at least one AI technology in 2025. That's about one in five, up from 13.48% in 2024 and 8.06% in 2023.^[1]

Share of EU companies using AI

Companies with 10 or more employees, yearly, %

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Share of EU companies using AI

Date	European Union
2023	8.06%
2024	13.48%
2025	19.95%

Do bigger companies use more AI?

Yes. In 2025, 55.03% of companies with 250 or more employees used AI, against 30.36% of those with 50 to 249 and 17% of those with 10 to 49. Small companies' share rose faster in relative terms, to more than two and a half times its 2023 level of 6.41%, but the gap to large companies widened from 24 to 38 points.^[1]

Share of EU companies using AI, by size

Number of employees, yearly, %

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Share of EU companies using AI, by size

Date	Large (250 or more)	Medium (50 to 249)	Small (10 to 49)
2023	30.48%	13.07%	6.41%
2024	41.17%	20.97%	11.21%
2025	55.03%	30.36%	17.00%

Which EU countries use AI the most?

Denmark, where 42.03% of companies used AI in 2025. Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were all above 33%. Eurostat flags a break in the Netherlands' series in 2025. Romania had the lowest share, at 5.21%.^[1]

Share of companies using AI by EU country, 2025

Companies with 10 or more employees, %

• Denmark
• Finland
• Sweden
• Belgium
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• Austria
• Germany
• Estonia
• Slovenia
• Malta
• Lithuania
• Spain
• European Union
• Ireland
• France
• Slovakia
• Czechia
• Italy
• Croatia
• Latvia
• Portugal
• Hungary
• Cyprus
• Greece
• Bulgaria
• Poland
• Romania

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Share of companies using AI by EU country, 2025

Category	2025
Denmark	42.03%
Finland	37.82%
Sweden	35.04%
Belgium	34.54%
Luxembourg	33.61%
Netherlands	33.21%
Austria	29.95%
Germany	25.97%
Estonia	23.40%
Slovenia	21.61%
Malta	21.51%
Lithuania	21.30%
Spain	20.27%
European Union	19.95%
Ireland	19.64%
France	18.16%
Slovakia	18.00%
Czechia	17.60%
Italy	16.40%
Croatia	15.19%
Latvia	12.21%
Portugal	11.54%
Hungary	10.37%
Cyprus	9.27%
Greece	8.93%
Bulgaria	8.55%
Poland	8.36%
Romania	5.21%

What do companies use AI for?

Text mining, the analysis of written language, was the most used AI technology in 2025, at 11.75% of companies. Generating images, video or audio followed at 9.55%, and generating text, speech or code at 8.76%.^[1]

AI technologies used by EU companies, 2025

Companies with 10 or more employees, %

• Text mining
• Media generation
• Language generation
• Speech recognition
• Process automation
• Machine learning
• Image recognition
• Autonomous machines

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AI technologies used by EU companies, 2025

Category	2025
Text mining	11.75%
Media generation	9.55%
Language generation	8.76%
Speech recognition	7.22%
Process automation	5.35%
Machine learning	5.10%
Image recognition	3.78%
Autonomous machines	1.39%

Data

Methodology

Eurostat's yearly survey on ICT usage in enterprises asks companies in every EU country whether they use any of a list of AI technologies. A company counts as using AI if it uses at least one. The figures cover companies with 10 or more employees in manufacturing, energy and water supply, construction, trade, transport, hospitality, information and communication, real estate, professional and administrative services, and computer repair. Agriculture, forestry and fishing, mining, finance, public administration, education, health and the arts are not covered.

The technologies are text mining, speech recognition, generating written or spoken language or code (language generation), generating pictures, video or audio (media generation, added in 2025), image recognition, machine learning for data analysis, AI-based process automation or decision support, and autonomous machines such as robots, self-driving vehicles or drones. Eurostat also asked about AI in 2021 but not in 2022; this page starts in 2023 so its charts cover consecutive years.

Eurostat flags a break in the Netherlands' series in 2025, so its 2025 figure may not be fully comparable with other countries' or its own earlier ones. Eurostat publishes these figures under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. This page and its CSVs are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.