Enterprise AI Agent Deployments Nearly Triple

Salesforce has released its 2026 Agentic Enterprise Index, which reveals a significant increase in enterprise AI agent deployments. According to the analysis, the average number of artificial intelligence agents activated by businesses nearly tripled over a 14-month period.

The study found that companies created agents within an average of two days after provisioning them, with a 53% decline in time required to begin creating agents during this period.

Consumer-facing industries generally deployed agents at higher volumes for narrowly defined tasks, while manufacturing, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, and the public sector used agents for more complex and cross-functional processes.