Structured Data Adoption Accelerates Among Enterprise Companies
Adoption of machine-readable structured data (JSON-LD, schema.org) among enterprise companies reached 67% in Q1 2026, up from 41% a year ago. The primary driver is AI visibility, not traditional SEO.
Adoption data
- 67% of Fortune 1000 companies now publish JSON-LD Organization markup.
- 34% publish extended structured data beyond basic schema.org (custom properties, verified claims).
- AI visibility is cited as the primary motivation by 58% of adopters.
Laggards risk
- Companies in the remaining 33% are increasingly invisible to AI systems.
- The gap between structured-data-enabled and non-enabled companies is widening.
- Cost of implementation is decreasing while cost of not implementing is increasing.
Related signals
Other tracked signals in this area.
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