{
  "slug": "eu-cloud-itops",
  "name": "EU Cloud & IT Operations",
  "updated": "2026-09-19",
  "page": "https://godofstartups.com/atlas/markets/eu-cloud-itops",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "facts": [
    {
      "metric": "Enterprises using paid cloud computing services (EU-wide)",
      "value": "52.74",
      "unit": "% of enterprises",
      "geo": "EU27 (broader than cell scope EU-5 — DE/FR/IT/ES/NL are all within EU27, but figure is not EU-5-specific)",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Cloud_computing_-_statistics_on_the_use_by_enterprises"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of EU enterprises using paid cloud computing services",
      "value": "52.74",
      "unit": "percent of EU enterprises",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Cloud_computing_-_statistics_on_the_use_by_enterprises"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU non-adopter enterprises that considered using AI technologies",
      "value": "14.21",
      "unit": "% of EU enterprises not using AI technol",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Use_of_artificial_intelligence_in_enterprises"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU/EEA banks ICT-related costs as share of other administrative expenses",
      "value": "32.1",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EU/EEA",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.eba.europa.eu/publications-and-media/publications/risk-assessment-report-june-2026"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU information and communication sector enterprises using social media",
      "value": "83.15",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Social_media_-_statistics_on_the_use_by_enterprises"
    },
    {
      "metric": "share_of_eu_enterprises_experiencing_ict_service_unavailability_due_to_hardware_or_software_failure",
      "value": "18.0",
      "unit": "percent of EU enterprises",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250211-1"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Net turnover of computer programming & consultancy sector (J62), EU-5 aggregate",
      "value": "498467.12",
      "unit": "million EUR",
      "geo": "EU-5 (DE, FR, IT, ES, NL)",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df%5Bag%5D=OECD.SDD.TPS&df%5Bds%5D=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df%5Bid%5D=DSD_SDBSBSC_ISIC4%40DF_SDBS_ISIC4"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of EU enterprises using paid cloud computing services, growth 2023->2025",
      "value": "52.7",
      "unit": "% of enterprises",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2023-2025",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260203-1"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of EU enterprises experiencing at least one ICT security incident annually",
      "value": "21.54",
      "unit": "% of EU27 enterprises",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2023",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=ICT_security_in_enterprises"
    },
    {
      "metric": "EU enterprises using paid cloud computing for own-software compute power",
      "value": "9.80",
      "unit": "% of enterprises",
      "geo": "EU27",
      "period": "2021",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/isoc_cicce_use?format=JSON&lang=en&geo=EU27_2020&size_emp=GE10&nace_r2=C10-S951_X_K&unit=PC_ENT&indic_is=E_CC_PCPU&time=2021&time=2023&time=2025"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of VC investment volume received by all-male entrepreneurial teams",
      "value": "82",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "Europe (EU27, UK, Norway, Switzerland)",
      "period": "2011–2021",
      "tier": 1,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.eif.org/files/records/vc-factor-gender-lens-edition.pdf"
    },
    {
      "metric": "High Alpha 2025 SaaS Benchmarks Report: median growth rate for high-NRR/low-CAC-payback SaaS companies",
      "value": "26",
      "unit": "% median growth rate for B2B SaaS compan",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "2024 (2025 benchmark report)",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://www.highalpha.com/blog/webinar-recap-unpacking-the-saas-benchmarks-report-2025"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Median SaaS customer churn rate benchmark as companies reach product-market fit and scale",
      "value": "3.8",
      "unit": "% monthly churn",
      "geo": "Global",
      "period": "2024",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "ready",
      "url": "https://recurly.com/research/churn-rate-benchmarks/"
    },
    {
      "metric": "YoY increase in share of cloud decision-makers naming cost efficiency/savings as the #1 metric for cloud goal progress",
      "value": "22",
      "unit": "percentage-point increase from 2024, reaching 87% of respondents (cost efficiency/savings named top cloud-goal metric for the sixth year in a row); Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report, survey of 750+ global IT professionals and executive leaders",
      "geo": "",
      "period": "",
      "tier": 2,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.flexera.com/about-us/press-center/new-flexera-report-finds-84-percent-of-organizations-struggle-to-manage-cloud-spend"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of European GPU compute concentrated in five countries",
      "value": "70",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025-03",
      "tier": 3,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.stateofeuropeantech.com/chapters/shaping-europes-tech-future"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Share of European corporates actively engaging with startups",
      "value": "20",
      "unit": "percent",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025",
      "tier": 3,
      "status": "proxy",
      "url": "https://www.stateofeuropeantech.com/chapters/shaping-europes-tech-future"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Capital raised by European VC funds",
      "value": "6.4",
      "unit": "USD billion",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "H1 2025",
      "tier": 3,
      "status": "context",
      "url": "https://www.stateofeuropeantech.com/chapters/unlocking-capital-and-liquidity"
    },
    {
      "metric": "Count of $1B+ exit transactions by European tech companies",
      "value": "15",
      "unit": "transactions",
      "geo": "EU",
      "period": "2025 YTD",
      "tier": 3,
      "status": "context",
      "url": "https://www.stateofeuropeantech.com/chapters/unlocking-capital-and-liquidity"
    }
  ],
  "note": "status: ready = two or more independent sources or an official series; proxy = one source; context = macro background, not a validation figure."
}