At EU level, 55% of large companies use artificial intelligence.

Omissions

• The claim refers only to large enterprises; the EU average across all enterprises (10+ employees) was 20.0% in 2025, and 13.5% in 2024. The claim does not specify the reference year (2025) or the enterprise-size definition used (large = 250+ employees).

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat – Statistics Explained: Use of artificial intelligence in enterprisesIn 2025, 55.03% of large EU enterprises used AI technologies. In 2025, 19.95% of EU enterprises used AI technologies.
• PrimaryEurostat – News release: 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 – Interactive publication: Digitalisation in Europe 2026 editionIn 2025, 20% of businesses in the EU used AI, an increase compared with 13% in 2024. As with cloud computing, its use was more common in large businesses (55%)
• SecondaryIpsos – Making AI work for Europe (March 2026)In 2025, 55% of large businesses used AI tools compared to 17% of small businesses, extending the adoption gap to 38%.