The use of AI among Swedish enterprises has increased rapidly in recent years. In 2025, 35 percent of enterprises in Sweden used AI, which was an increase of 10 percentage points compared to 2024. Large enterprises (250 or more employees) had the highest level of AI usage during the year, which has been the case since measurements began in 2021.

“The results show that large enterprises to a greater extent use AI compared to small enterprises. Larger enterprises also have more resources—such as the use of cloud computing services for development and operations, personnel who perform data analysis, and employed ICT specialists—all of which can act to enable a wider use of the technology” - says Fredric Nyström, Statistician at Statistics Sweden

There were substantial differences in AI usage across different industries. In 2025, 89.6 percent of all enterprises in Information Technology and other communication activities (J62–63) used AI, while only 12.3 percent of enterprises in Transportation and Storage (H49–53) did so during the same period. These industries represent the highest and lowest shares of AI usage within the business sector, respectively.

Among the Swedish population, the use of generative AI tools has increased, primarily for private purposes. In the age group 16 years and older, the share of users rose from 25 to 37 percent between 2024 and 2025. In total, 30 percent reported using generative AI for private purposes, while 18 percent had used such tools at work. A smaller share, 10 percent, used generative AI tools in formal education, for example in school or at university.

This relatively low usage of generative AI for this purpose across the overall population is partly explained by the fact that few individuals in the older age groups are studying. In the youngest cohort, 16–24 years, however, usage was almost equally common for educational and private purposes—48 and 49 percent, respectively.

Men used generative AI to a greater extent than women in 2025. Among men, 34 percent used the technology for private purposes, compared to 25 percent among women. In relation to work-related purposes, the differences were somewhat less pronounced, but men still used generative AI more for this purpose than women.

In order to describe the variation in enterprises’ use of AI, Statistics Sweden has developed seven AI profiles. These profiles are based on the breadth of AI use and how enterprises acquire their AI solutions. They range from enterprises that do not use AI (profile 1) to enterprises that use multiple technologies and purposes and develop their own AI systems (profile 7).

The AI usage of the large enterprises fell, to the greatest extent, within the profile with the broadest usage and in-house development of AI solutions (profile 7), while the absence of AI usage (profile 1) was the most common profile among the small enterprises (10 – 49 employees).

The breadth of AI usage was also linked to experience in using these technologies over a longer period. Among enterprises that had used AI for four years or more, 73.4 percent belonged to profile 7. The corresponding share among enterprises that had used AI for only one year was 15.9 percent.

In terms of where in the country AI tended to be used, enterprises in the Stockholm region and Western Sweden were at the forefront in 2025, while Northern middle Sweden and Middel Norrland showed the lowest levels of usage. That regions such as Stockholm and Western Sweden, including Gothenburg, exhibited the highest shares of AI-using enterprises is not particularly surprising. As metropolitan regions, they are characterized by a concentration of both expertise and capital, which both are factors that facilitate the adoption of new technologies such as AI.

Stockholm has had the highest level of AI usage throughout the entire period, and the gap compared to other regions has widened over time. Småland and the islands had the second-highest share in 2023 but subsequently fell behind as usage increased more rapidly in other regions.

As mentioned earlier, among the Swedish populace, it was more likely that men used generative AI at work in 2025. Among enterprises, however, the relationship was the opposite. Female dominated enterprises were more likely to have used AI than male dominated enterprises in 2024. An enterprise is defined as male or female dominated if more than 60 percent of its employees are of one gender. If the gender distribution lies between 40 and 60 percent, the enterprise is considered gender balanced. The highest share of AI-using enterprises in 2024 was found among these gender balanced enterprises.

In an international comparison Nordic enterprises rank highly. Every fifth enterprise in the EU’s 27 member states used some form of AI technology in 2025, while AI-usage in the Nordic countries ranged from 28.9 percent in Norway to 42.0 percent in Denmark. Sweden was among the top five countries in terms of both in-house development of AI and the combined use of AI, cloud services, and data analytics.

The report contains more detailed statistics on the topics mentioned above. It also covers areas related to AI usage for innovation and R&D, the role of employees' education in enterprises’ use of AI, and how the use of the technology differs between enterprises in rural and urban areas. You can find the report here: www.scb.se/publication/62482