EU AI Act Compliance Assessment Tool

This free assessment tool helps UK small and medium-sized businesses understand whether their use of AI may fall within the EU AI Act.

Not sure whether the EU AI Act applies to your business?

Answer a few simple questions about how your business uses AI, whether you serve EU customers, and whether AI is used in areas such as recruitment, customer service, finance or decision-making.

You’ll receive a practical result indicating whether your business is likely to be outside direct scope, using lower-risk AI, subject to transparency requirements, or potentially in need of a fuller compliance review. Use the tool below or read more about the EU AI Act. This tool provides general guidance only and is not legal advice.

EU AI Act – Self-Assessment Survey

A short questionnaire to indicate whether your business may be affected by the EU AI Act and what governance steps to consider. Not legal advice.

1. Business location and EU connection

Q1. Is your business based in the UK?

Q2. Do you sell products, software, services or AI-enabled tools to customers in the EU?

Q3. Are any of your AI outputs used by customers, employees or users in the EU?

The EU AI Act can apply to non-EU businesses where AI systems are placed on the EU market or where AI outputs are used in the EU.
2. How the business uses AI

Q4. How does your business currently use AI? Select all that apply.

3. Role under the AI Act

Q5. Do you build, develop or sell an AI system under your own brand?

If yes, you may be a provider — generally the person or organisation that develops an AI system or places it on the market under its own name or trademark.

Q6. Do you use an AI system supplied by another company in your own business?

If yes, you may be a deployer — generally a person or organisation using an AI system in a professional context.
4. Risk area check

Q7. Does your AI system help make decisions about people?

Q8. Does the AI system influence any of the following? Select all that apply.

AI used in employment, education, essential services, biometrics and certain safety-related contexts may fall into high-risk categories.
5. Transparency check

Q9. Do customers, website visitors or users interact directly with an AI chatbot or AI assistant?

Q10. Do you publish AI-generated images, audio, video or synthetic content?

Certain AI interactions and AI-generated or manipulated content can trigger transparency obligations, such as informing people that they are interacting with AI or that content is AI-generated.
6. Basic governance

Q11. Do you have an internal AI use policy?

Q12. Have staff received guidance or training on safe and responsible AI use?

Providers and deployers are expected to ensure an appropriate level of AI literacy for staff and others involved in the operation and use of AI systems.

This tool provides general guidance only and is not legal advice. The EU AI Act can apply differently depending on your business activities, customers, AI systems, role and risk category. If your business develops AI systems, sells to EU customers, or uses AI for decisions about people, you should seek specialist legal or compliance advice.