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Adoption

How many companies use AI, how deeply, and why the numbers vary so much between surveys.

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Share of companies at each stage of AI adoptionPercent of companies, by what each survey counted. Each tick is one report.
Tried itAny use of AI
18–90%
ApprovedSanctioned in a function
25–60%
In core workRunning in key processes
5–36%
Pays offMeasurable profit impact
5–38%
Source: 15 reports in the AI Unite library. Some values are derived (for example, 100% minus the share reporting no return); each report page explains how.

Reports on adoption

Ramp · Sep 2026Ramp AI Index, September 2026: Cracks in the AI Thesis, Part 2
Business AI adoption keeps rising but more slowly; heavy spenders cut per-employee AI spend as token prices fell 41% from their 2026 peak.Usage data
Gartner · Sep 2026Gartner Survey Finds Only 22% of Organizations Have Successfully Scaled AI Across Multiple Business Units (press release)
85% of functional leaders plan to increase AI spending in 2026 after allocating an average 12% of functional budgets to AI in 2025.Executive survey
New York Fed · Sep 2026Businesses Are Using AI to Transform Work, Not Cut Jobs
AI use among regional firms jumped again in 2026, but layoffs stayed rare; retraining remains the main workforce response.Executive survey
McKinsey · Aug 2026The state of AI in 2026: On the road to ROI
80% say AI improved their individual productivity, yet only about 6% are AI high performers, flat since 2025.Mixed survey
OpenAI · Aug 2026Enterprise Signals: What Frontier Firms Are Doing Differently
OpenAI usage data shows agent use overtaking chat in enterprises, and the heaviest-using firms pulling further ahead of typical ones.Usage data
NCMM · Jul 2026Mid-Year 2026 Middle Market Indicator
Year-over-year revenue growth held at 11% while employment growth slowed to 7.2%, its lowest post-pandemic level.Executive survey
RSM · Jul 2026RSM Middle Market AI Survey 2026: U.S. and Canada
86% have partially or fully integrated AI into operations, and 97% say they are satisfied with the business value AI delivers.Executive survey
Schwab · Jul 20262026 RIA Benchmarking Study
Top Performing Firms use AI to automate time-consuming, manual workflows 31% of the time versus 19% for other firms.Benchmark
Anthropic · Jun 2026Anthropic Economic Index report: Cadences
Over one-third of respondents expect AI to handle most or nearly all of their work tasks within 12 months.Usage data
U.S. Bank · Jun 2026The Small Business Perspective 2026 (U.S. Bank Small Business Survey)
Owners most often apply AI to marketing and sales (56%), data analysis (51%), content creation (51%) and automation (44%).Small business survey
CPA.com · Jun 2026AI Tax Research Solution Outlook Report 2026
60% use AI for tax research at least weekly, nearly double the 33% reported in 2025.Mixed survey
BCG · Jun 2026AI at Work 2026: Why Strategy Matters More Than Tools
42% of frontline regular AI users save about eight hours a week, but 66% get limited or no guidance on using that time.Worker survey
Minneapolis Fed · May 2026AI adoption in business grows steadily but unevenly
Nationally, AI use in producing goods or services was about 10% in late 2025; under the broader question it reached 20% in early 2026.Government statistics
Census Bureau · May 2026Large Firms With at Least 20 Employees Biggest AI Users (America Counts story, Business Trends and Outlook Survey)
37% of firms with 250+ employees and 32% of firms with 100–249 employees reported using AI.Government statistics
Deltek · May 202647th Annual Deltek Clarity Architecture & Engineering Industry Study
AI adoption among A&E firms rose from 53% to 70% year over year; generative AI use rose from 64% to 78%.Benchmark
Deltek · May 202617th Annual Deltek Clarity Government Contracting Industry Study
90% are using or planning to use AI in at least one business function in 2026.Benchmark
Stanford HAI · Apr 2026The 2026 AI Index Report
Global corporate AI investment reached $581.7 billion in 2025, up about 130% from the prior year.Data compilation
Federal Reserve · Apr 2026Monitoring AI Adoption in the U.S. Economy (FEDS Notes)
About 78% of the labor force works at firms that have adopted AI (SBU, employment-weighted), and about 54% at firms using LLMs.Analysis
Atlanta Fed · Mar 2026How Might AI Change the Workplace? Evidence from Corporate Executives (Policy Hub: Macroblog)
More than 80% of firms expect to invest in AI in 2026; about 30% of large firms expect to spend over $1 million.Executive survey
CAQH · Feb 20262025 CAQH Index
U.S. healthcare avoided an estimated $258 billion in administrative costs in 2024 through electronic transactions, a 17% increase in cost avoidance.Data compilation
Thomson Reuters · Feb 20262026 AI in Professional Services Report
Organizational GenAI use nearly doubled to 40%, up from 22% the prior year.Mixed survey
NBER · Feb 2026Firm Data on AI (NBER Working Paper 34836)
Across four countries, most firms use AI, but nine in ten executives report no effect yet on jobs or productivity at their own firm.Executive survey
Schwab · Jan 20262026 RIA & AI Research Study: Advisor AI in Action
63% of RIAs now use AI tools in some capacity, and 82% of those users rely on generative AI.Mixed survey
OpenAI · Dec 2025The State of Enterprise AI: 2025 Report
ChatGPT Enterprise message volume grew 8x and API reasoning token use per organization rose about 320x year over year.Usage data
SPI Research · Dec 20252025 Impact of AI on Professional Services Benchmark
Only one in ten professional services firms are attempting truly transformational AI.Benchmark
McKinsey · Nov 2025The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation
Nearly two-thirds say their organizations have not yet begun scaling AI across the enterprise.Mixed survey
Air Street · Oct 2025State of AI Report 2025
Average contract value for AI products hit $530k in 2025 and is expected to pass $1M in 2026.Data compilation
Wolters Kluwer · Oct 20252025 Future Ready Accountant Report
Reported AI adoption rose from 9% in 2024 to 41% in 2025.Mixed survey
MIT NANDA · Jul 2025The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025
Just 5% of integrated AI pilots are extracting millions in value; most show no measurable P&L impact.Interviews + survey

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