--- title: "Only 1 in 4 Spanish companies enjoys good digital health — Marsanne Studio AI watch" description: "According to a Zoho study, 25% of Spanish companies have good digital health, a key factor in return on investment in AI." url: "https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch/only-1-in-4-spanish-companies-enjoys-good-digital-713525/" lang: "en" --- [Marsanne Studio](https://marsanne.studio/en/) [← Back to home](https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch) [← The AI watch](https://marsanne.studio/en/ai-watch) Data study · 28 September 2026 # Only 1 in 4 Spanish companies enjoys good digital health Original title, in Spanish: “Sólo 1 de cada 4 empresas españolas goza de buena salud digital” **Publication** Emprendedores (Spain) **Author** David Ramos **Published on** 28 September 2026 · read in the page structured data ## Summary A Zoho study reveals that only 25% of Spanish companies have good digital health, compared with 35% with a weak foundation and 39% at an average level. Large companies are better placed (35%) than medium-sized (21%) and small ones (20%). Spain ranks behind Germany (37%) and the United Kingdom (35%), but ahead of France (24%) and the Netherlands (14%, the lowest score in Europe). According to Sridhar Iyengar, Managing Director of Zoho Europe, good digital health is decisive in benefiting from AI: 99% of well-positioned companies report a positive ROI in automation, compared with 46% of those in poor digital health. The perception of AI as business-critical also varies widely depending on this factor (38% versus 5%). Summary based on the full text of the article. [Read the article on Emprendedores →](https://emprendedores.es/inteligencia-artificial/empresas-espanolas-buena-salud-digital/) ## Figures cited - 25 % share of Spanish companies with good digital health Spain > « sólo 1 de cada 4 empresas nacionales (25%) gozan de una buena salud digital » Source: Zoho - 35 % share of Spanish companies with weak digital health Spain > « el 35% tienen una base deficiente » Source: Zoho - 39 % share of Spanish companies with average digital health Spain > « el 39% se quedan a mitad del camino, con una salud digital media » Source: Zoho - 35 % share of large Spanish companies with good digital health Spain, large companies > « el 35% de las grandes empresas españolas son organizaciones con buena salud digital » Source: Zoho - 21 % share of medium-sized Spanish companies with good digital health Spain, medium-sized companies > « Muy lejos quedan las medianas empresas (21%) » Source: Zoho - 20 % share of small Spanish companies with good digital health Spain, small companies > « y las pequeñas (20%) » Source: Zoho - 37 % share of German companies with good digital health Germany > « estamos lejos de Alemania y Reino Unido, que registran la mayor proporción de empresas con buena base digital, con un 37% y 35%, respectivamente » Source: Zoho - 35 % share of British companies with good digital health United Kingdom > « con un 37% y 35%, respectivamente » Source: Zoho - 24 % share of French companies with good digital health France > « nos encontramos ligeramente por encima de Francia (24%) » Source: Zoho - 14 % share of Dutch companies with good digital health Netherlands > « sustancialmente mejor que Países Bajos (14%) » Source: Zoho - 49 % share of Dutch companies with poor digital health Netherlands > « este país es el que presenta la mayor proporción de empresas con mala salud digital (49%) » Source: Zoho - 99 % positive ROI from AI in automation and efficiency for companies with good digital health Spain, companies with good digital health > « el 99% de ellas declaran haber tenido un ROI positivo de la IA en automatización y eficiencia » Source: Zoho - 46 % positive ROI from AI in automation and efficiency for companies with poor digital health Spain, companies with poor digital health > « el porcentaje cae hasta el 46% en el caso de las compañías con mala salud digital » Source: Zoho - 95 % positive ROI from AI in data analysis for companies with good digital health Spain, companies with good digital health > « el 95% de las empresas nacionales con buena salud digital afirma obtener ROI positivo » Source: Zoho - 14 % Spanish companies considering AI critical to their business Spain, all companies > « apenas el 14% de ellas consideran que la IA ya es crítica para su negocio » Source: Zoho - 38 % companies with good digital health considering AI critical Spain, companies with good digital health > « entre las compañías con buena salud digital, esta cifra asciende hasta el 38% » Source: Zoho - 5 % companies with poor digital health considering AI critical Spain, companies with poor digital health > « únicamente el 5% de las empresas con mala salud digital conceden tal importancia a esta tecnología » Source: Zoho ## Classification **Country** Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands **Company size** SMEs, Mid-sized companies, Large companies, All sizes **Industries** All industries, or industry not specified **Companies** Zoho (study author) **Keywords** digital health, AI adoption, return on investment, digital transformation, Spain Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Emprendedores and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.