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Over 3,174
business leaders measured in total

Median Integration Index: 33 out of 100.

LIVE
40%
are Explorers, experimenting with tools, with little measurement of impact

The Big AI Secret, Integration Index. Shares are computed from responses measured on the Integration Index.

LIVE
17%
have AI genuinely working across the team, Integrators and Transformers together

The Big AI Secret, Integration Index. Shares are computed from responses measured on the Integration Index.

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5%
are Transformers, AI as a core business lever

The Big AI Secret, Integration Index. Shares are computed from responses measured on the Integration Index.

Counts update as each assessment completes and this page re-reads them every thirty seconds, last at 05:39:59. The most recent business was measured on 15 October 2026.

Every stage
Explorer40% · 672 businesses
Implementer43% · 732 businesses
Integrator12% · 193 businesses
Transformer5% · 77 businesses

The Big AI Secret, Integration Index. Shares are computed from responses measured on the Integration Index.

Sector by sector

Every business measured, grouped by the sector it works in. The score is the average Integration Index across all the businesses counted in that row, out of 100.

SectorBusinesses measuredAverage indexMost common stage
Agency and marketing29245Implementer
Construction and infrastructure21824Explorer
Property and real estate20235Explorer
Technology and software10351Implementer
Professional services9531Explorer
Financial services6646Implementer
Retail and e-commerce6634Explorer
Healthcare6144Implementer
Manufacturing and industrial6035Implementer
Public sector6048Implementer
Legal5736Implementer
Education5537Implementer
Travel and hospitality5229Explorer
Third sector5127Explorer
Logistics and transport5027Explorer
Recruitment5042Implementer
Media4842Implementer
Energy and utilities4646Implementer
Other4226Explorer
The index, business by business

Every business measured, most recent first, with the score it was given. New rows appear at the top as assessments are completed. The shares above are counted from these rows, so they are not an estimate. Names, companies and contact details never appear here. A score of 0 means a business scored at the lowest level on all six dimensions, which is a real starting point rather than a missing answer.

The four stages, lowest to highest

Explorer0 to 29
Implementer30 to 59
Integrator60 to 79
Transformer80 to 100
SectorSizeIndexStage
Agency and marketingunspecified78Integrator
Technology and softwareUnder 25 people50Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people56Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people50Implementer
Technology and softwareUnder 25 people72Integrator
Mediaunspecified50Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people50Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people50Implementer
Agency and marketing25 to 10072Implementer
Professional servicesUnder 25 people61Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people50Implementer
Technology and softwareUnder 25 people50Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people44Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people61Implementer
Agency and marketing25 to 10056Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people67Integrator
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people61Integrator
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people72Integrator
OtherUnder 25 people33Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people61Integrator
Agency and marketing25 to 10056Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people67Integrator
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people61Integrator
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people44Implementer
Agency and marketing25 to 10056Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people39Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people50Implementer
Technology and softwareUnder 25 people56Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people67Integrator
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people56Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people67Integrator
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people67Integrator
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people44Implementer
Agency and marketing25 to 10056Implementer
Healthcare25 to 10022Explorer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people56Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people67Integrator
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people39Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people61Implementer
Agency and marketing25 to 10078Integrator
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people33Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people56Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people0Explorer
Agency and marketing100+39Implementer
Agency and marketing25 to 10067Implementer
Agency and marketing100+61Implementer
Agency and marketing25 to 10061Implementer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people0Explorer
Agency and marketingUnder 25 people44Implementer
Agency and marketing25 to 10061Implementer
Sector
The industry the business told us it works in.
Size
How many people work there, grouped into bands so no single business can be picked out: Under 25 people, 25 to 100, 100+.
Index
The Integration Index score out of 100, built from the six dimensions of the method. A score of 0 is a real result, not a missing one. It means the business answered at the lowest level on all six dimensions: no AI in regular use, nothing measured, no rules in place. Every row here has been scored, so a business with nothing in place yet sits at the bottom of the scale rather than being left out.
Stage
The band that score falls into, shown as a ladder of four marks. One mark filled isExplorer, 0 to 29, trying tools with little measurement of impact. Two is Implementer, 30 to 59, AI working in a few places. Three is Integrator, 60 to 79, AI built into how work runs. Four is Transformer, 80 to 100, AI as a core business lever. The darker and fuller the marks, the further along the business is.

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The Big AI Secret, founding cohort, Edition 1, 2025/26. Basis: research with thousands of businesses, published as Edition 1, 2025/26. Businesses measured on the Integration Index are counted separately. Accessed 16 October 2026.

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