Count the number of blank cells in a range in Microsoft Excel

In this chapter, you’ll learn about how to count the number of cells which is blank within a range in Microsoft Excel. We will make use of COUNTBLANK function.

COUNTBLANK function is used to count the blank cells within a defined range.

 
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Let’s take an example and understand:-

We have data in which, few cells are blank and we want to count blank cells.

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To count the blank cells follow below given steps:-

  • Enter the formula in cell D2
  • =COUNTBLANK(A2:C10)

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  • Press Enter
  • Function will return 10, it means 10 cells are blank within the range

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In this way we can count blank cells within range by using COUNTBLANK function in Microsoft Excel.

Few more examples:-

How to Count Blank and Non Blank Cells in Microsoft Excel?

Checking Whether Cells in a Range are Blank, and Counting the Blank Cells?

 

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Comments

  1. "I have a spreadsheet that I would like to equip with a checkbox on each of 134 rows in 7 columns. I was able to get them working once but now they seem to lock up the spreadsheet and render it useless. (good thing I saved the original!) Anyway, I am an excel rookie so if you could give me any tips I'd really appreciate it!

    Thank you,

    Steve

    (by the way, awesome site, excel-ent advice. Sorry bout that one, really)"

  2. "Hi Raghwendra,

    In the above example, presumably the answer you want is '3'?

    Please can you clarify:

    What answer would you want, if a row contained data in, say, Column B only (not Column C) for example?

    My general suggestion is to add a formula in Column D that creates a flag (0 or 1) indicating whether your criteria have been met. You can them sum that column.

    Hope that helps,

    Alan."

  3. "Hi
    I have one query regarding my excel sheet. My sheet contains data like
    A B C
    1 X Y Z
    2
    3 Y Z X
    4 K P Q
    5
    6
    7

    Now from here i wanted to know that which are those rows and there count that contains data in all it's cells

    It's very urgent
    Thankx
    Raghwendra"

  4. "I have a spreadsheet that I would like to equip with a checkbox on each of 134 rows in 7 columns. I was able to get them working once but now they seem to lock up the spreadsheet and render it useless. (good thing I saved the original!) Anyway, I am an excel rookie so if you could give me any tips I'd really appreciate it!

    Thank you,

    Steve

    (by the way, awesome site, excel-ent advice. Sorry bout that one, really)"

  5. "In the above example, presumably the answer you want is '3'?

    Please can you clarify:

    What answer would you want, if a row contained data in, say, Column B only (not Column C) for example?

    My general suggestion is to add a formula in Column D that creates a flag (0 or 1) indicating whether your criteria have been met. You can them sum that column.

    Hope that helps, "

  6. "Hi
    I have one query regarding my excel sheet. My sheet contains data like
    A B C
    1 X Y Z
    2
    3 Y Z X
    4 K P Q
    5
    6
    7

    Now from here i wanted to know that which are those rows and there count that contains data in all it's cells

    It's very urgent
    Thankx "

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