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How to count / sum cells based on filter with criteria in Excel?

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Actually, in Excel, we can quickly count and sum the cells with COUNTA and SUM function in a normal data range, but these functions will not work correctly in a filtered situation. To count or sum cells based on filter or filter with criteria, this article may do you a favor.

Count / Sum cells based on filter with formulas

Count / Sum cells based on filter with Kutools for Excel

Count / Sum cells based on filter with certain criteria by using formulas


Count / Sum cells based on filter with formulas

The following formulas can help you to count or sum the filtered cell values quickly and easily, please do as this:

To count the cells from the filtered data, apply this formula: =SUBTOTAL(3, C6:C19) (C6:C19 is the data range which is filtered you want to count from), and then press Enter key. See screenshot:

A screenshot of the SUBTOTAL formula used to count cells in filtered data in Excel

To sum the cell values based on the filtered data, apply this formula: =SUBTOTAL(9, C6:C19) (C6:C19 is the data range which is filtered you want to sum), and then press Enter key. See screenshot:

A screenshot of the SUBTOTAL formula used to sum cells in filtered data in Excel


Count / Sum cells based on filter with Kutools for Excel

If you have Kutools for Excel, the Countvisible and Sumvisible functions can also help you count and sum the filtered cells at once.

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After installing Kutools for Excel, please enter the following formulas to count or sum the filtered cells:

Count the filtered cells: =COUNTVISIBLE(C6:C19)

Sum the filtered cells: =SUMVISIBLE(C6:C19)

A screenshot showing the COUNTVISIBLE and SUMVISIBLE functions applied in Excel

Tips: You can also apply these functions by clicking Kutools > Kutools Functions > Statistical & Math > AVERAGEVISIBLE / COUNTVISIBLE / SUMVISIBLE as you need. See screenshot:

A screenshot showing how to access Kutools Functions like AVERAGEVISIBLE and SUMVISIBLE

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Count / Sum cells based on filter with certain criteria by using formulas

Sometimes, in your filtered data, you want to count or sum based on criteria. For example, I have the following filtered data, now, I need to count and sum the orders which name is “Nelly”. Here, I will introduce some formulas to solve it.

A screenshot of filtered data with criteria for counting and summing in Excel

Count cells based on filter data with certain criteria:

Please enter this formula: =SUMPRODUCT(SUBTOTAL(3,OFFSET(B6:B19,ROW(B6:B19)-MIN(ROW(B6:B19)),,1)), --( B6:B19="Nelly")), (B6:B19 is the filtered data that you want to use, and the text Nelly is the criteria that you want to count by) and then press Enter key to get the result:

A screenshot showing the result of counting filtered cells with the criteria 'Nelly' in Excel

Sum cells based on filter data with certain criteria:

To sum the filtered values in column C based on the criteria, please enter this formula: =SUMPRODUCT(SUBTOTAL(3,OFFSET(B6:B19,ROW(B6:B19)-MIN(ROW(B6:B19)),,1)),( B6:B19="Nelly")*(C6:C19)) (B6:B19 contains the criteria that you want to use, the text Nelly is the criteria, and C6:C19 is the cell values you want to sum), and then press Enter key to return the result as following screenshot shown:

A screenshot showing the result of summing filtered cells with the criteria 'Nelly' in Excel

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