AI in Belgian companies: the 2025 figures
One in three Belgian companies uses AI, far above the European average. Yet most of them hit the same obstacle.
In 2021, one in ten Belgian companies with at least ten employees used artificial intelligence. In 2025, it is one in three. That is what the figures from Eurostat, the European statistics office, show.
Belgium is ahead
In 2025, 34.5% of Belgian companies with 10 or more employees used at least one AI technology. The European average was 20.0%. Only Denmark, Finland and Sweden scored higher. Source: Eurostat, 2025
Growth is fast:
- 2021: 10.3%
- 2023: 13.8%
- 2024: 24.7%
- 2025: 34.5%
There was no measurement in 2022, and in 2021 Eurostat used a slightly different definition. Source: Eurostat
- Belgium
- EU (27)
Small companies are lagging behind
The larger the company, the more often it uses AI. In Belgium in 2025, that was 28.8% of companies with 10 to 49 employees, 54.5% of companies with 50 to 249 employees and 76.4% of large companies.
The biggest obstacle: knowledge
Eurostat asks companies that considered AI but do not use it why they don't. In Belgium, 74.5% answered that they lack the necessary expertise. That is the main reason, ahead of unclear legal consequences (57.9%), data protection concerns (50.9%) and data quality (46.2%). Cost only comes after that (35.5%).
And hiring extra people is hard
If you want to hire that knowledge, you run into a shortage. In 2024, 14.5% of Belgian companies were looking for ICT specialists, and 9.1% of all companies had ICT vacancies that were hard to fill. That means around 63% of the companies that were recruiting struggled to find candidates. In the EU, it was around 57%. Source: Eurostat
What this means
Belgian companies want to use AI. What they mainly lack is the knowledge and time to do it well. That is where we help: we bring the expertise, set up the tools and teach your team to work with them, without you having to hire anyone.
All the charts and sources are on our evidence and sources page.