UK government publishes annual AI Sector Study 2025

The UK government has released the Artificial Intelligence sector study 2025, listed as research and analysis and provided as a PDF of 75 pages and 1.84 MB. The publication page presents it as a study of the UK AI sector that produces estimates of how large the country's AI product and service companies are and what they cover.

The page says the government publishes the study every year. It states that the study offers key insight into how the sector is classified, how big it is and how it changes. Alongside the numerical estimates, it includes qualitative views gathered directly from stakeholders working in the sector.

A central feature is a time series for the sector covering employment, revenue, gross value added and equity investment. The series runs from 2022 to 2025. The page itself gives none of the figures, which are contained in the PDF. On purpose, the page says the research helps the government department behind it, BIST, understand the AI sector better, follow developments across time, and assess which interventions best support the sector's growth.

An accessibility note is also included. It warns that the PDF could be unsuitable for people who rely on assistive technology such as screen readers. Anyone needing a more accessible format is invited to email the department and name the technology they use, which the page says will help the department respond.