Data report
52.7% of European companies now pay for cloud services, but the gap between the largest and smallest is still 35 points
Eurostat puts paid cloud use at 52.7% of EU enterprises with 10 or more employees in 2025. Among companies with 250 or more staff it reaches 84.7%; among those with 10 to 49 it is 49.3%. What Europe buys is still mostly e-mail, office software and storage rather than the platform services the market talks about.
Key takeaways
5 findings- 0152.7% of EU enterprises with 10 or more employees pay for cloud computing services.
- 02Adoption reaches 84.7% among enterprises with 250 or more employees, against 49.3% in the smallest bracket.
- 03E-mail is still the most bought cloud service at 44.9%.
- 04Only 13.8% buy a cloud platform for application development.
- 05Finland leads the EU at 79.2%, 26.5 points above the average.
How much of Europe buys cloud
Data points 1–6- 01
52.7% of EU enterprises with 10 or more employees used paid cloud computing services in 2025. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 02
52.4% bought at least one of the ten paid cloud services Eurostat asks about. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 03
50.9% bought at least one paid cloud software service. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 04
40.7% bought at least one paid cloud infrastructure service. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 05
13.8% bought paid cloud platform services for application development, testing or deployment. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 06
27.5% both buy cloud services and perform data analytics. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
What European companies actually buy
Data points 7–17- 07
44.9% of EU enterprises buy e-mail as a paid cloud service. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 08
37.8% buy office software such as word processors and spreadsheets as a paid cloud service. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 09
37.7% buy file storage as a paid cloud service. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 10
34.5% buy security software as a paid cloud service. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 11
30.7% buy finance or accounting applications as a paid cloud service. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 12
24.0% buy database hosting as a paid cloud service. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 13
15.9% buy ERP software as a paid cloud service. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 14
14.9% buy computing power to run their own software. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 15
14.7% buy CRM software as a paid cloud service. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 16
13.8% buy a hosted platform for application development, testing or deployment. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 17
40.1% buy database hosting or file storage, the combined measure Eurostat uses for cloud storage of any kind. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
How sophisticated that cloud use is
Data points 18–21- 18
40.9% buy sophisticated cloud services: security software, database hosting or a development platform. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 19
46.7% buy sophisticated or intermediate services, the wider band that includes finance, ERP and CRM applications. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 20
11.3% buy only basic or intermediate services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 21
5.6% buy only basic services such as e-mail, office software, storage or raw computing power. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
Company size still decides it
Data points 22–28- 22
84.7% of EU enterprises with 250 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 23
66.8% of EU enterprises with 50 to 249 employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 24
49.3% of EU enterprises with 10 to 49 employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 25
74.3% of EU enterprises with 250 or more employees buy sophisticated cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 26
54.3% of EU enterprises with 50 to 249 employees buy sophisticated cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 27
37.5% of EU enterprises with 10 to 49 employees buy sophisticated cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 28
The gap between the largest and smallest size class is 35.4 percentage points. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
Where cloud adoption is highest
Data points 29–38- 29
Finland: 79.2% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 30
Italy: 75.6% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 31
Malta: 75.1% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 32
Ireland: 73.0% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 33
Sweden: 72.0% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 34
Denmark: 68.9% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 35
Netherlands: 68.5% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 36
Norway: 66.5% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 37
Belgium: 61.6% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 38
Estonia: 60.7% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
Where cloud adoption is lowest
Data points 39–43- 39
Bulgaria: 17.8% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 40
Türkiye: 20.3% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 41
Greece: 24.3% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 42
Romania: 24.9% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
- 43
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 29.0% of enterprises with 10 or more employees buy paid cloud services. (Eurostat, 2025)Verified
Methodology
Figures come from Eurostat dataset isoc_cicce_use (Cloud computing services by size class of enterprise), last published 2026-02-27, reference period 2025. The unit is the percentage of enterprises in the stated size class, across all activities except agriculture, forestry, fishing and financial services. Eurostat asks about ten named paid cloud services; an enterprise counts as a cloud buyer if it reports at least one. Nothing on this page is modelled, weighted or adjusted by us: each figure is read straight from the dataset and can be reproduced in the Eurostat data browser.
Every data point carries one of three labels. Verified means the figure was read from the named primary source. Directional means sources agree on the trend but measure it differently. Single source means one publisher reported it and nobody has corroborated it. We would rather label a number honestly than round it into confidence it has not earned.
Sources
- Eurostat — Cloud computing services by size class of enterprise (
isoc_cicce_use). Period 2025, published 2026-02-27. View the dataset.
EU statistical office. Annual survey of enterprises; percentages are of enterprises in the stated size class unless noted.
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Cite this report
The Knowledge Engineers. (2026, 4 September 2026). Cloud Computing Adoption in European Enterprises. https://theknowledgeengineers.com/reports/cloud-adoption-europe
The Knowledge Engineers. “Cloud Computing Adoption in European Enterprises.” The Knowledge Engineers, 4 September 2026, https://theknowledgeengineers.com/reports/cloud-adoption-europe.
The Knowledge Engineers. “Cloud Computing Adoption in European Enterprises.” 4 September 2026. https://theknowledgeengineers.com/reports/cloud-adoption-europe.