Data study ·
Use of artificial intelligence in Galician companies with ten or more employees grows by more than 56% in one year
Original title, in Spanish: “El uso de la inteligencia artificial en las empresas gallegas de diez o más trabajadores crece más de un 56 % en un año”
- Publication
- La Voz de Galicia (Spain)
- Author
- S. Gómez
- Published on
- 25 September 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
According to the Osimga report (Observatorio da Sociedad da Información e a Modernización de Galicia), the use of artificial intelligence grew in all categories of Galician companies over one year. Among companies with ten or more employees, adoption rose by 56.5%, reaching 20.5% of companies using it. Among micro-businesses, the increase is 84.9%, for an adoption rate of 9.8%. The report also details other digital indicators: cloud computing (45.7% of companies with 10 or more employees, above the Spanish average of 44.3%), data analysis (42.4%) and e-commerce (27%). On the investment side, companies with 10 or more employees spent €70.6 million on AI against €669 million on cybersecurity, while micro-businesses invested €2.3 million in AI.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
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20.5 %
Share of Galician companies with 10 or more employees using AI
Companies with 10 or more employees, Galicia, 2025
« el 20,5 % de las pymes y grandes empresas de la comunidad emplean la IA »
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56.5 %
Annual growth in AI use among companies with 10 or more employees
Companies with 10 or more employees, Galicia, over one year
« el crecimiento fue del 56,5 % »
Source: Osimga
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84.9 %
Annual growth in AI use among micro-businesses
Micro-businesses, Galicia, over one year
« El incremento en las microempresas fue del 84,9 % »
Source: Osimga
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9.8 %
Share of micro-businesses using AI
Micro-businesses, Galicia, 2025
« el que implica que el 9,8 % de ellas utiliza la inteligencia artificial »
Source: Osimga
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45.7 %
Cloud computing contracting rate among companies with 10 or more employees
Companies with 10 or more employees, Galicia, 2025
« la contratación de servicios de cloud computing, que alcanza el 45,7 % en las empresas de diez o más trabajadores con actividad en Galicia, frente al 36,1 % del 2024 »
Source: Osimga
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44.3 %
Cloud computing contracting rate in Spain
Spain, national average
« supera el promedio estatal, situada en el 44,3 % »
Source: Osimga
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42.4 %
Share of companies with 10 or more employees carrying out data analysis with their own staff
Companies with 10 or more employees, Galicia, 2025
« el 42,4 % de las empresas de mayor tamaño y actividad en Galicia realiza analítica de datos con su propio personal, con un incremento anual del 23,3 % »
Source: Osimga
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70.6 EUR million
Investment in AI systems by companies with 10 or more employees
Companies with 10 or more employees, Galicia, past year
« 70,6 millones a sistemas de inteligencia artificial »
Source: Osimga
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2.3 EUR million
Investment in AI systems by micro-businesses
Micro-businesses, Galicia, past year
« la inversión en sistemas de inteligencia artificial se situó en 2,3 millones »
Source: Osimga
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669 EUR million
Cybersecurity spending by companies with 10 or more employees
Companies with 10 or more employees, Galicia, past year
« destinaron más de 669 millones de euros a la seguridad TIC »
Source: Osimga
Classification
- Country
- Spain
- Company size
- SMEs, Large companies, Micro-businesses
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified
- Keywords
- AI adoption, SMEs, micro-businesses, cloud computing, cybersecurity, galicia
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 La Voz de Galicia and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.