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EU Cloud & IT Operations

11 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.

MetricValueGeoPeriodTierSource
Share of EU enterprises using paid cloud computing services, growth 2023->202552.7% of enterprisesEU2023-2025T1ec.europa.eu
EU enterprises using paid cloud computing for own-software compute power9.80% of enterprisesEU272021T1ec.europa.eu
EU non-adopter enterprises that considered using AI technologies14.21% of EU enterprises not using AI technolEU2025T1ec.europa.eu
Enterprises using paid cloud computing services (EU-wide)52.74% of enterprisesEU27 (broader than cell scope EU-5 — DE/FR/IT/ES/NL are all within EU27, but figure is not EU-5-specific)2025T1ec.europa.eu
Net turnover of computer programming & consultancy sector (J62), EU-5 aggregate498467.12million EUREU-5 (DE, FR, IT, ES, NL)2024T1data-explorer.oecd.org
Share of EU enterprises experiencing at least one ICT security incident annually21.54% of EU27 enterprisesEU2023T1ec.europa.eu
Share of EU enterprises using paid cloud computing services52.74percent of EU enterprisesEU2025T1ec.europa.eu
share_of_eu_enterprises_experiencing_ict_service_unavailability_due_to_hardware_or_software_failure18.0percent of EU enterprisesEU2024T1ec.europa.eu
High Alpha 2025 SaaS Benchmarks Report: median growth rate for high-NRR/low-CAC-payback SaaS companies71% median revenue growth rate (with Rule of 40 at 47%) for the subset of SaaS companies combining high net revenue retention and low CAC payback periodglobal2025 (report launched November 2025)T2highalpha.com
Median SaaS customer churn rate benchmark as companies reach product-market fit and scale3-4% monthly customer churn (median, at stabilization)global12 months ending March 2023T2chartmogul.com
YoY increase in share of cloud decision-makers naming cost efficiency/savings as the #1 metric for cloud goal progress22percentage-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 leadersT2flexera.com

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