EU business AI use (Eurostat)

How many businesses in the European Union use artificial intelligence, from Eurostat's survey of about 157,000 enterprises with 10 or more employees. Eurostat ran the AI questions in 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025, so every line here has four points and there is no 2022. The next year arrives in December 2026.

In 2025 Eurostat added image, video and audio generation to its list of AI technologies. Part of the rise in 2025 comes from the new answer, not from new use.

cadence · monthly 17 series updated 14 Aug 2026 ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/isoc_eb_ai/default/table ↗

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Language or code generation

8.8% of businesses +61.9% yr as of Jan 2025

By technology

Eurostat asked the same question about seven of these technologies in all four years. It asked about image, video and audio generation for the first time in 2025.

Text mining

11.8% of businesses +70.8% yr as of Jan 2025

Speech recognition

7.2% of businesses +51.0% yr as of Jan 2025

Machine learning for data analysis

5.1% of businesses +20.3% yr as of Jan 2025

Workflow automation

5.3% of businesses +27.7% yr as of Jan 2025

Image recognition

3.8% of businesses +17.0% yr as of Jan 2025

Autonomous robots and vehicles

1.4% of businesses +37.6% yr as of Jan 2025

The seven technologies measured since 2021 derived

43.4 +45.8% yr as of Jan 2025

We add the shares of the seven technologies that Eurostat measured in every year. A business that uses three of them counts three times.

By country

⚠ Do not compare 2021 with the later years. Eurostat marks a change in the survey at 2023, and Denmark drops from 24% to 15%.

EU businesses using AI (2025 adds one technology)

19.9% of businesses +48.0% yr as of Jan 2025

Slovenia

21.6% of businesses +3.4% yr as of Jan 2025

Denmark — the highest in the EU

42.0% of businesses +52.4% yr as of Jan 2025

Romania — the lowest in the EU

5.2% of businesses +69.7% yr as of Jan 2025

Slovenia's rank among the 27 EU countries derived

10 +42.9% yr as of Jan 2025

Rank 1 is the country with the highest share of businesses that use AI. The line goes up when other countries pass Slovenia.

By business size

Eurostat measures the whole EU here. It does not survey businesses with fewer than 10 employees, so the smallest businesses are absent.

10 to 49 employees

17% of businesses +51.7% yr as of Jan 2025

50 to 249 employees

30.4% of businesses +44.8% yr as of Jan 2025

250 or more employees

55.0% of businesses +33.7% yr as of Jan 2025

snapshots · collecting daily

These start accruing from first fetch — a curve builds over the coming days.

Image, video and audio generation 9.6 % of businesses · since Jan 2025

Figures

Series	Latest	Change	Min	Max	Coverage
Text mining	11.8%	+70.8% yr	2.5%	11.8%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
Language or code generation	8.8%	+61.9% yr	1.3%	8.8%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
Speech recognition	7.2%	+51.0% yr	2.3%	7.2%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
Machine learning for data analysis	5.1%	+20.3% yr	2.4%	5.1%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
Workflow automation	5.3%	+27.7% yr	2.9%	5.3%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
Image recognition	3.8%	+17.0% yr	2.1%	3.8%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
Autonomous robots and vehicles	1.4%	+37.6% yr	0.9%	1.4%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
Image, video and audio generation	9.6%	—	9.6%	9.6%	Jan 2025 — Jan 2025
EU businesses using AI (2025 adds one technology)	19.9%	+48.0% yr	7.7%	19.9%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
Slovenia	21.6%	+3.4% yr	11.4%	21.6%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
Denmark — the highest in the EU	42.0%	+52.4% yr	15.2%	42.0%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
Romania — the lowest in the EU	5.2%	+69.7% yr	1.4%	5.2%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
10 to 49 employees	17%	+51.7% yr	6.1%	17%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
50 to 249 employees	30.4%	+44.8% yr	12.6%	30.4%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
250 or more employees	55.0%	+33.7% yr	28.4%	55.0%	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
Slovenia's rank among the 27 EU countries	10	+42.9% yr	5	10	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025
The seven technologies measured since 2021	43.4	+45.8% yr	14.4	43.4	Jan 2021 — Jan 2025

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