News from 2026-04-23 / KfW Research
KfW SME Digitalisation Report 2025
Digitalisation efforts losing significant momentum
Digitalisation activity in the SME sector is clearly losing momentum. The key findings of the current KfW SME Digitalisation Report are as follows:
- Thirty per cent of businesses completed digitalisation projects in the period under review. This brings the percentage back down to its pre-pandemic level.
- Digitalisation expenditure is also falling.
- The digital divide between large and small SMEs remains wide.
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