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We publish quarterly cross-industry research on AI adoption in European mid-market companies. Below: our latest report, key statistics ready to quote, brand boilerplate, and a direct contact for interviews and quotes.
Q2 2026 — State of European Mid-Market AI
The inaugural quarterly report on AI maturity in European mid-market companies. Anchored in MIT Sloan/BCG 2024, Stanford AI Index 2024, Capgemini, the EU AI Act, and ISO/IEC 42001.
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47/100
Median European mid-market AI maturity score
31%
Companies with a named AI governance owner
22%
AI pilots that reach production
60/100
Top-quartile threshold (p75)
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Each statistic below is sourced from our Q2 2026 report and can be quoted as published. The citation marker after each line is the suggested attribution.
- European mid-market companies score a median 47/100 on AI maturity, exactly on the cross-industry blend. [Q2 2026, Arqmetrica AI Maturity Index]
- Only 31% of European mid-market companies have a named AI governance owner ahead of the August 2026 EU AI Act enforcement window. [Q2 2026, Arqmetrica AI Maturity Index]
- Roughly one in five (22%) AI pilots in European mid-market companies reaches production — the largest gap between value-capturing firms and the rest. [Q2 2026, Arqmetrica AI Maturity Index]
- Governance is the lowest-scoring dimension in every industry surveyed, with a cross-industry median of 28/100. [Q2 2026, Arqmetrica AI Maturity Index]
- Financial services lead at a median 52/100, five points above the cross-industry blend, on the back of decades of regulator-led data and governance discipline. [Q2 2026, Arqmetrica AI Maturity Index]
- Tech and software companies score a median 56/100 — nine points above the blend — but score only 33/100 on Governance. [Q2 2026, Arqmetrica AI Maturity Index]
- Manufacturing scores Data (48) higher than Tooling (49) by a single point, undermining the popular 'manufacturers don't have the data' narrative. [Q2 2026, Arqmetrica AI Maturity Index]
- The top-quartile threshold (p75) for European mid-market AI maturity sits at 60/100; the bottom-quartile threshold (p25) sits at 33/100. [Q2 2026, Arqmetrica AI Maturity Index]
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Arqmetrica is an independent AI advisory founded in 2016, headquartered in Lisbon and operating across European mid-market companies. We publish the arqmetrica AI Maturity Index, a free interactive assessment of organisational AI maturity calibrated against EU AI Act, OECD AI Principles, NIST AI Risk Management Framework, and ISO/IEC 42001. We don't sell AI tools and don't take vendor commissions.
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