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16% -- uk ai adoption rate for uk businesses (January 2026)

Name: UK AI Adoption Rate Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-07-07

January 2026 · DSIT

16% of UK businesses currently use at least one AI technology according to DSIT's research.

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16%

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January 2026

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uk businesses

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https://whitehat-seo.co.uk/blog/what-is-ai-automation ↗

Confidence: 64/100 Vintage: January 2026 Channel: Cc Extraction

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uk businesses: 16% uk ai adoption rate. Source: DSIT (January 2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-ai-adoption-rate-2026

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