AI adoption among European businesses increased by 50% last year.

Omissions

• The claim rounds up a ~48% relative increase to 50%, which is a minor overstatement.
• The 2024 baseline figure of 13.5% was obtained from a secondary source citing Eurostat's ICT Enterprise Survey; a primary Eurostat source directly stating the 2024 figure could not be located within the search limit.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat News – 20% of EU enterprises use AI technologiesIn 2025, 20.0% of EU enterprises with 10 or more employees used artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to conduct their business.
• PrimaryEurostat Statistics Explained – Use of artificial intelligence in enterprisesIn 2025, 19.95% of EU enterprises used AI technologies. In 2025, 55.03% of large EU enterprises used AI technologies.
• SecondaryAlice Labs – AI Adoption by Country 2026EU27 enterprise AI adoption reached 20.0% in the 2025 reference year — up from 13.5% in 2024, according to Eurostat's ICT Enterprise Survey.