This tutorial shows four methods of counting non-blank cells in excel. All the methods are super easy to follow and take no more than 10 seconds to get the result.
Excel Status bar is a thin bar at the bottom of the Excel window. It is useful when counting the non-empty cells in Excel.
Just select the range you need to calculate the non-blank cells, then check the Count option on the Status bar. Then you can see the number of non-empty cells.
Note: If there is only one filled cell in the selected range, the Count option will not work.
The Select Nonblank Cells feature of Kutools for Excel can calculate and select the non-empty cells with only one click. It's super easy and quick!
Go to the Kutools tab, and click Select > Select Nonblank Cells in the Editing group.
The Kutools for Excel dialog pops up, showing the message “6 nonblank cell(s).” At the meantime, the non-empty cells are selected.
Note: Before applying Kutools for Excel, please download and install it firstly.
With the COUNTA function, you can easily count the number of cells in a range that are not empty.
=COUNTA(D2:D11)
Note: In the formula above, D2:D11 stands for the data range in which you want to count the non-blank cells.
Using Find and Replace tool is also a good way to calculate the number of cells that are not empty. In addition, you can get all values and their cell addresses displayed in one window, and easily navigate to any item by clicking it in the list.
After that, you will see the number of non-blank cells on the pane, which shows “6 cell(s) found”.
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