Ramp Index Puts Business AI Adoption at 56.1 Percent

Sep 9, 2026
Ramp's transaction data puts AI adoption among US businesses at 56.1%, more than double the 22.1% the Census Bureau's survey records.
Ramp Index Puts Business AI Adoption at 56.1 Percent

Ramp reports in its AI Index that 56.1% of businesses in its sample spend on AI models, subscriptions, tokens or APIs. The index uses transaction data from more than 70,000 US businesses that use Ramp corporate cards and bill payment services, and is updated monthly. August 2026 is the latest release.

The same chart puts the US Census Bureau's Business Trends and Outlook Survey estimate at 22.1%. The two measures differ by a factor of more than two because they count different things: Ramp observes payments that businesses actually made, while the Census figure comes from businesses describing their own AI use in a survey.

Neither number captures free tools or software employees buy on personal accounts, so both are floors rather than totals. Ara Kharazian is the index's lead economist.

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