Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2)
0 All activities, without financial sector
Information society indicator
0 Enterprises use IoT (interconnected devices or systems that can be monitored or remotely controlled via the internet) (until 2020)
1 Enterprises use smart meters, smart lamps, smart thermostats to optimise energy consumption in the enterprise's premises (until 2020)
2 Enterprises use IoT for energy consumption management (e.g. smart-meters, -thermostats, -lights) (as of 2021)
3 Enterprises use sensors, RFID or IP tags or internet-controlled cameras to improve customer service, monitor customers' activities or offer them a personalised shopping experience (until 2020)
4 Enterprises use movement or maintenance sensors to track the movement of vehicles or products, to offer condition-based maintenance of vehicles (until 2020)
5 Enterprises use sensors or RFID tags to monitor or automate production processes, to manage logistics, to track the movement of products (until 2020)
6 Enterprises use IoT for premises' security (e.g. smart-alarm systems, -smoke detectors, -door locks, -security cameras) (as of 2021)
7 Enterprises use IoT for production processes (e.g. sensors or RFID tags to monitor or automate the production processes) (as of 2021)
8 Enterprises use IoT for logistics management (e.g. sensors for tracking products or vehicles in warehouse management) (as of 2021)
9 Enterprises use IoT for condition-based maintenance (e.g. sensors to monitor maintenance needs of machines or vehicles) (as of 2021)
a Enterprises use IoT for customer service (e.g. smart cameras or sensors to offer customers a personalised shopping experience) (as of 2021)
b Enterprises use other IoT devices or systems (than IOTDEC, IOTDCUS, IOTDMTN, IOTDPRD) (until 2020)
c Enterprises use IoT for other purposes (than IOTDEC1, IOTDSEC, IOTDPP, IOTDLOG, IOTDMTN1, IOTDCUS1)
d Enterprises use two or more IoT devices or systems (until 2020)
e Enterprises use IoT for one or more purposes of: IOTDEC1, IOTDSEC, IOTDPP, IOTDLOG, IOTDMTN1, IOTDCUS1, IOTDOTH1
f Enterprises use IoT for two or more purposes of: IOTDEC1, IOTDSEC, IOTDPP, IOTDLOG, IOTDMTN1, IOTDCUS1, IOTDOTH1
g Enterprises use IoT for three or more purposes of: IOTDEC1, IOTDSEC, IOTDPP, IOTDLOG, IOTDMTN1, IOTDCUS1, IOTDOTH1
h Enterprises use IoT (interconnected devices or systems that can be monitored or remotely controlled via the internet) (as of 2021)
i Enterprises do not use IoT (interconnected devices or systems that can be monitored or remotely controlled via the internet) (as of 2021)
j Enterprises use IoT for production processes or logistics management (as of 2021)
k Enterprises buying CC services and using IoT (until 2020)
l Enterprises buying CC services but not using IoT (until 2020)
m Enterprises analysing big data internally (from any data source) or externally and using IoT (until 2020)
n Enterprises analysing big data internally (from any data source) or externally but not using IoT (until 2020)
Unit of measure
0 Percentage of enterprises
1 Percentage of enterprises using Internet of Things (as of 2021)
2 Percentage of enterprises using Internet of Things
3 Percentage of enterprises where persons employed have access to the internet
Geopolitical entity (reporting)
0 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
1 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023)
Internet of Things by size class of enterprise
methods, notes and classification
Variables