Slovenia had the largest share of enterprises using artificial intelligence (AI) technology among Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, at over 11 percent in 2023. To compare, in Croatia, which ranked second, almost eight percent of businesses used any AI technology, while in Romania this figure stood at only 1.5 percent.
In Czechia, the average share of businesses using artificial intelligence (AI) was **** percent in the first half of 2024. While this number amounted to *** percent of small companies, it increased to nearly ** percent of medium businesses. Large firms used AI the most, with a share of **** percent. The usage of AI has increased significantly compared to 2023.
Nearly ***** percent of construction companies in the United States used artificial intelligence (AI) in the first half of 2025. Although those figures are still very low, the percentage of companies using AI has been increasing. In the first half of 2025, over *** percent of construction firms thought that they would use some type of AI technology in the next six months.
In the United States, most retail companies are likely to use artificial intelligence (AI) for marketing purposes. Nearly ** percent of professionals from retail companies answering a survey in 2024 stated that their enterprises will be using AI to handle marketing automation. Chatbots and virtual shopping assistants follow in the ranking, with **** percent of answers.
In 2023, around 30.3 percent of companies in South Korea stated to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology and services, while around 69.7 percent of companies did not.
Artificial intelligence-based technology usage was the highest among Hungarian enterprises operating in the information and communication sector, as over ** percent of businesses utilized AI technology in 2021. The energy sector followed in the ranking with nearly ** percent of companies using AI solutions, while manufacturing came third, recording an AI penetration rate of **** percent.
In 2024, ** percent of enterprises with ** or more employees from the member states of the European Union used artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in their business activities. The share was highest in Denmark with ***** percent and lowest in Romania with **** percent.
In 2023, around **** percent of companies in the finance and insurance industry in South Korea stated to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology and services. The information and communication industry had an answer share of around **** percent, making it the second industry to record a usage rate of more than **** the companies surveyed in the respective industry. The adoption of AI was very much in its infancy across most other industries in the country.
During an August 2023 survey, approximately ** percent of surveyed small or medium business (SMB) owners used artificial intelligence (AI) for data analysis. ** percent of respondents said they would consider using AI in the future, while another ** percent stated they were not planning on using AI for this purpose.
By 2024, **** percent of companies in Poland were using AI technologies for automating different workflows or assisting in decision making (AI based software robotic process automation).
In 2024, artificial intelligence adoption has experienced a remarkable surge across global organizations. The percentage of companies integrating AI into at least one business function has dramatically increased to ** percent, representing a substantial leap from ** percent in the previous year. Even more striking is the exponential growth of generative AI, which has been embraced by ** percent of organizations worldwide. This represents an impressive increase of over ** percentage points, highlighting the technology's swift transition from an emerging trend to a mainstream business tool.
The adoption rate of artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to grow in companies operating in supply chains and manufacturing industries from 2022 to 2025. In 2022 ** percent of executives expected their companies to have a wide scale adoption of AI in their companies.
Artificial intelligence is used in retail companies around the world. In a 2023 survey carried out in the United States and the EMEA region, nearly ** percent of retail directors stated they used artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision (CV), and machine vision (MV) for selected operations and departments. Another ** percent of respondents reported to have already scaled up this type of technology, while ** percent of surveyed retail directors projected that it would be implemented within the next 12 months.
In 2024, *********** organizations in the United States were most likely to use artificial intelligence (AI) in their HR department. Almost ** percent of respondents stated that this was the case. Small organizations, with a size of * to ** employees, had ** percent of their HR departments using AI.
In 2024, most Czech companies used AI technologies for text mining (analysis of written language) at 6.36 percent, followed by natural language generation at nearly six percent..
Combined, China had the highest rate of exploring and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) globally in 2022. It was followed closely by India and Singapore. This lead was also marked when accounting only for the deployment of AI in organizations in China, with India following. Both nations had a nearly ** percent deployment rate. When accounting only for exploration, however, the leading nations were Canada and the United States. AI in Europe on the rise Europe contains an exceptionally vibrant technology sector. This is particularly true in the field of AI, where funding for startups specializing in this high-demand technology stood at more than *** billion U.S. dollars in late 2022. Many of Europe’s major economies are leaders in the exploration and deployment of AI and are ahead of the global curve. Opportunities for early adopters Those businesses that begin using AI early will find it easier to reap the benefits. The most desirable effect, or at least the one that directly affects most businesses, is a revenue increase as it underpins the whole of their business model. The most important benefit of AI usage in enterprises is in supply chain management and human resources. Major improvements to supply chains provide a major boost to revenue by using AI to map out idiosyncrasies and problematic stops. When it comes to human resources, the use of AI can drastically reduce time in hiring cycles by enabling AI-driven algorithms to select those candidates whose resume most aligns with the job requirements.
About ** percent of real estate firms used artificial intelligence, according to a 2023 survey among 750 CFOs at major companies worldwide. Approximately ** percent of respondents shared that their firm was in early-stage adoption, while ** percent were piloting the technology. Meanwhile, about ***** percent of industry experts were not interested.
According to a survey from April 2024 that was conducted among managers of companies in Japan with a revenue of more than 50 billion Japanese yen, 43 percent of the respondents stated that generative artificial intelligence (AI) was used at their company. About a quarter of the respondents answered that plans for the utilization of generative AI were in progress.
The statistic shows the percentage of U.S. enterprises that using artificial intelligence (AI) on the cloud, from before 2014 to 2017. As of June 2017, 18 percent of respondents indicated that they were using AI on the cloud.
In the first half of 2025, there were slightly more building construction firms than specialty trade contractors using artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States. Nevertheless, less than **** percent of those building construction companies had used AI in the past weeks. That rate was even lower among specialty trade contractors, amounting to **** percent.
Slovenia had the largest share of enterprises using artificial intelligence (AI) technology among Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, at over 11 percent in 2023. To compare, in Croatia, which ranked second, almost eight percent of businesses used any AI technology, while in Romania this figure stood at only 1.5 percent.