The gap is not adoption. It is integration.
The Integration Index scores a business on six dimensions of AI integration and places it in one of four stages. The framework came from research with thousands of businesses, published as Edition 1. The Index turns it into a measurement anyone can take, and it grows with every response.
3,142
Businesses have taken part
What Edition 1 found
- Transformer5 to 10%
- Integrator15 to 20%
- Implementer30 to 35%
- Explorer40 to 45%
Published ranges from Edition 1, 2025/26 · qualitative analysis. Fixed, and never computed against.
The live index
- Businesses measured1,642
- Median Integration Index33
- Stage distributionPublished below
- Sector coveragePublished below
Computed from every response since the Index opened · counts update on every response, statistics weekly · last computed 7 October 2026.
Edition 1 holds no row-level data, so it supplies the four stages and the published ranges and nothing else. Every median, share and sector figure on this page is computed from the responses measured on the Integration Index, and from nothing else. The two columns are never averaged.
Six dimensions add up to a stage.
Transformer 80 to 100
Edition 1, published5 to 10%
Live index5%
Capacity plans assume the Agents.
Integrator 60 to 79
Edition 1, published15 to 20%
Live index11%
Work completes without being prompted.
Implementer 30 to 59
Edition 1, published30 to 35%
Live index43%
Pockets of real use, nothing connected.
Explorer 0 to 29
Edition 1, published40 to 45%
Live index41%
AI is one person's habit, not the team's.
The Edition 1 column is an editorial finding from the interview analysis. It is not a computed distribution and no business is placed against it. The live distribution publishes at 50 responses, computed from live responses alone.
Six dimensions, scored 0 to 3.
Each is scored 0 to 3, by an AI Analyst from the interview or self-reported in the two-minute questionnaire. The Integration Index expresses that total out of 100, so a score reads without needing to know how the instrument is built.
- Breadth
How much of the team actually uses it, not just the enthusiast.
- Autonomy
How much of a job it finishes without a person in the middle.
- Flow
Whether the output moves on without someone carrying it.
- Measurement
Whether anyone can say what it gave back.
- Governance
Whether there are rules people can name and follow.
- Access
What happens to a good idea between having it and trying it.
Responses by sector.
Completed responses since the Index opened. A sector showing no number has no completed responses yet, either because nobody in it has finished an assessment or because the ones started are still in progress. It stays listed so the gaps are visible. Edition 1 is not broken down by sector, because it holds no row-level data.
- Agency and marketing266
- Construction and infrastructure218
- Education56
- Energy and utilities46
- Financial services66
- Healthcare61
- Legal57
- Logistics and transport50
- Manufacturing and industrial60
- Media47
- Professional services93
- Property and real estate202
- Public sector60
- Recruitment50
- Retail and e-commerce66
- Technology and software97
- Third sector51
- Travel and hospitality52
- Other44
The businesses in the founding cohort are being measured again.
Same six dimensions, same method, same scale.
This is also how the Index fills. The 1,500 already know the research and already gave thirty minutes to it, which makes them the fastest route from a new index to a useful one.
And nobody has measured the same businesses twice on AI integration. Once enough have been remeasured, this page will show what actually moved, rather than what a fresh sample says about a different set of companies.
Were you part of the founding cohort?
FIND YOUR STAGE →The two-minute questionnaire
Six scored questions, answered by the operator, plus a few taps about the business. Scored on the same six dimensions and added to the live index on submission.
Find your stage →A thirty-minute AI Analyst interview
An AI Analyst scores the same six dimensions from the call itself, against what was said. Your interview becomes one evidenced row in the index. That is how the interview programme and the Index stay the same measurement. Find your stage to qualify for an Interview
29 interviews published into the live index so far.
Questions and answers
- What is the Integration Index?
- A score from 0 to 100 that shows how far AI is built into how a business actually works, not just whether people have tried it. It comes from six dimensions, each scored 0 to 3.
- What are the six dimensions?
- Breadth: How much of the team actually uses it, not just the enthusiast.
- Autonomy: How much of a job it finishes without a person in the middle.
- Flow: Whether the output moves on without someone carrying it.
- Measurement: Whether anyone can say what it gave back.
- Governance: Whether there are rules people can name and follow.
- Access: What happens to a good idea between having it and trying it.
- What are the 4 stages?
- Explorer (0 to 29): AI is in the building, but not in the business.
- Implementer (30 to 59): AI runs in a few chosen workflows. A person still owns the outcome.
- Integrator (60 to 79): AI completes work inside your systems, and the result is counted.
- Transformer (80 to 100): AI is a lever on how the business is run.
- How is a business measured?
- Either through a short online questionnaire or a recorded interview with an AI Analyst. Both use the same six questions and the same scoring ladder, so the results can be compared.
- How can I find my stage?
- Take the free assessment on the Find your stage page. You see your stage straight away and can share it with your team.