How many US businesses use artificial intelligence, how that changed in a year, what they use it for and what it does to jobs, from the Census Bureau and the Small Business Administration.
By Working Wikily NewsroomUpdated Every figure sourced below
23.8%
US businesses that used AI in the last two weeks
17.3%
US businesses that used AI in the two weeks to November 16, 2025, the first period with this question
27.6%
US businesses that expect to use AI in the next six months
20.8%
US businesses whose employees used generative AI for work tasks in the last six months
43.7%
Among businesses using AI: share that used it to supplement or enhance a task done by an employee
2%
Among businesses using AI: share that said AI decreased their total employment
36,207,130
Small businesses in the US (firms under 500 employees)
31,985,874
US businesses with no employees (nonemployer firms)
Share of businesses using AI, by number of employees, two weeks to September 6, 2026
