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# 24.6% of US businesses used AI in the fortnight to 4 Oct 2026; information led at 46.4%
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/us-businesses-using-ai-by-sector/
- Published: 2026-11-02T02:03:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T02:03:36.000Z
- Description: 24.6% of US businesses used AI in the fortnight 21 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026, by the Census Bureau's survey. Use was highest in information (46.4%) and lowest in agriculture, forestry and fishing (6.0%); health care 27.6%, education 33.4%.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Adoption, AI in the US, #chart, #hub-adoption, #country-us

24.6%

of US businesses used AI in the fortnight 21 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026

## What the chart shows

The US Census Bureau asks a sample of businesses every two weeks whether they used AI to produce goods or services. In the fortnight 21 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026, 24.6% said yes, published on 22 October 2026.

Use varies more than sevenfold by sector: information 46.4%, professional, scientific and technical services 43.8%, agriculture, forestry and fishing 6.0%. Educational services rank 5 of 19 at 33.4%; health care and social assistance rank 7 at 27.6%.

## Key numbers

| Measure                                         | Value |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| Information                                     | 46.4% |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 43.8% |
| Finance and insurance                           | 40.5% |
| Management of companies                         | 36.4% |
| Educational services                            | 33.4% |
| Educational services                            | 33.4% |
| Health care and social assistance               | 27.6% |
| All US businesses                               | 24.6% |

## How to read it

- Question 7 of the Business Trends and Outlook Survey: did the business use AI in producing goods or services in the last two weeks. The question was reworded from 17 November 2025, so earlier answers are a different series and are not shown.
- The form now says “Super Intelligence or SI (formerly referred to as Artificial Intelligence or AI)”; we keep the label AI. Shares are of businesses, not of workers or revenue, and are the Census Bureau’s weighted estimates.
- Each sector’s estimate has a standard error, shown in the CSV; utilities and management of companies have errors above 5 points, so treat them with care.
- Multi-sector companies count in the national figure but in no single sector.

**Source:** [US Census Bureau](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#census-btos), [Business Trends and Outlook Survey](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/data%5Fdownloads?ref=aiadoption.org), published 22 October 2026\. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 2 November 2026.  
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