Technology & AI adoption
US small businesses using generative AI (2025)
58% of US small businesses said they use generative AI in 2025, up from 40% in 2024 and more than double the 2023 rate.
A roughly 45% year-over-year jump among the small-business base that includes salons, spas and barbershops.
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Source
Where this number comes from. The end of the reference chain.
U.S. Chamber's Latest 'Empowering Small Business' Report Shows Majority of Businesses in All 50 States Are Embracing AI
U.S. Chamber of Commerce/2025/report
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Every page on SalonAI that leans on this figure. This is the point: a number is not a dead end, it is a node, and you can see exactly what it supports and follow it up the hierarchy.
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