How many professional services firms have no formal AI policy?
73%
73% of professionals say their firm has no formal AI policy.
n = 1,732 professionals at US service firms · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
No formal AI policy at the firm73%
Want more specific guidelines67%
Say staff use AI outside any structured policy61%
0%50%100%
Multiple responses possible; figures do not sum to 100.
What it means
Three-quarters of firms have no policy, two-thirds of staff want one, and six in ten confirm AI is being used without one. In regulated professions handling client data.
Methodology
- Sample
- 1,732
- Population
- professionals at US service firms
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- AI's quiet takeover of professional services
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "How many professional services firms have no formal AI policy?" Survey of 1,732 professionals at US service firms, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/how-many-firms-have-no-formal-ai-policy
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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