Small Teams
How companies of 2 to 50 people work and use AI. Each number is a range across primary studies.
96 to 99 of 100 F-28 96–99%
of businesses have fewer than 50 people
US Census 2025 · Eurostat 2026 · UK government 2025 20 to 46 of 100 F-29 20–46%
of small businesses use AI, mostly for writing and marketing
US Census 2026 · ONS 2026 · OECD 2025 · Federal Reserve 2026 a gap of 13 to 38 points out of 100 F-30 13–38 pts
more AI use in large firms than in small ones
Eurostat 2025 · US Census 2026 · ONS 2026 54 to 63 of 100 F-31 54–63%
of small firms with no AI plans say AI does not apply to them
US Census 2026 · Federal Reserve 2026 · OECD 2025 65 to 78 of 100 F-32 65–78%
of AI-using small firms say AI raised productivity
Federal Reserve 2026 · OECD 2025 45 to 52 hours; the first five rows are a 40-hour week F-33 45–52 h
a week worked by small business owners, against about 37 for employees
Eurostat 2025 · Time etc 2023 · Sage 2024Each 5 by 8 grid is a 40-hour week: a row per day, a square per hour. Each 10 by 10 grid is 100%. Solid orange is the low end of the range across studies, light orange runs to the high end.
Methods, samples and links for every study are at evy.so/facts.