Firm Data on AI

An interactive data dashboard accompanying the NBER Working Paper "Firm Data on AI". It visualises firm-level survey results on AI adoption, personal AI use, and the employment and productivity impacts of AI across multiple countries.

Citation: Yotzov, I., J. M. Barrero, N. Bloom, P. Bunn, C. Chawla, S. J. Davis, K. M. Foster, A. Jalca, B. H. Meyer, P. Mizen, M. A. Navarrete, S. Oh, P. Smietanka, K. Garcia Loredo, M. Reid, G. Thwaites and B. Z. Wang (2026), "Firm Data on AI", NBER Working Paper 34836.

Working Paper (Updated October 2026): Firm Data on AI - Working Paper

VoxEU Column (March 2026): Firms predict an AI productivity boom is coming

Underlying Data (October 2026): Firm Data on AI - Aggregated Data

Features

Tab	Description
Current AI Adoption	AI technologies currently in use by firms
Expected AI Adoption	AI technologies firms expect to adopt over the next 3 years
Personal AI Use	Weekly AI use frequency reported by survey respondents
Employment Impacts	Distribution and cumulative employment effects of AI (past 3 years / next 3 years)
Productivity Impacts	Distribution and cumulative productivity effects of AI (past 3 years / next 3 years)
Survey Questions	Screenshots of the AI questions as asked in each country's survey
About Us	Information about the research team and surveys
In the Media	Media coverage and references to the project

Country Comparison

Technology Mix

Change Between Survey Waves

Underlying Data

The Team

Ivan Yotzov is a research economist at the Bank of England.

Jose Maria Barrero is Associate Professor of Finance at ITAM Business School.

Nicholas Bloom is the William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University.

Philip Bunn is a Senior Technical Advisor at the Bank of England.

Chanya Chawla is an Economist in the Survey and Economic Intelligence Division at the Bank of Canada.

Steven J. Davis is the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Hoover Institution.

Kevin M. Foster is Survey Director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Aaron Jalca is an Economic Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Brent H. Meyer is Vice President and Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Paul Mizen is a Professor of Economics, King's College London.

Michael A. Navarrete is an Assistant Policy Adviser and Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Samil Oh is an Economist at Bank of Korea.

Katia Garcia Loredo is Deputy Manager of Statistical Analysis at Banco de Mexico.

Monique Reid is a Lead Economist at the South African Reserve Bank.

Pawel Smietanka is a Senior Economist at the Deutsche Bundesbank.

Gregory Thwaites is an Associate Professor of Economics, University of Nottingham.

Ben Zhe Wang is an Associate Professor at Macquarie University.

The Surveys

The Survey of Business Uncertainty (SBU) is a monthly online survey of CEOs, CFOs and senior executives at US firms. It was launched in 2014 and is run by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

The Decision Maker Panel (DMP) is a monthly, online survey of UK businesses. The DMP was launched in 2016 and is run by the Bank of England.

The Bundesbank Online Panel – Firms (BOP-F) is an online survey of a representative panel of firms located in Germany and is run by the Deutsche Bundesbank – Germany's central bank. The survey was first conducted in June 2020.

The Business Outlook Scenarios Survey (BOSS) is a monthly, online survey of Australian businesses. It was established in 2024 by Macquarie University.

The Business Leaders' Pulse (BLP) is a monthly online survey of businesses in Canada run by the Bank of Canada. It was established in 2021.

The Monthly Survey on Regional Economic Activity (EMAER) is a monthly representative survey of establishments with more than 100 workers in Mexico. It was established in 2009 and is run by Banco de Mexico.

The Quarterly inflation expectations survey is conducted by the Bureau for Economic Research on behalf of the South African Reserve Bank. It was established in 2001.