FORMULA & SQL / TOTALS

Count empty cells.
Tested, not guessed.

The Excel and Google Sheets formula and the SQL query, each run on the rows below. Open this with your own data ↗

The example rows

Row	A: Region	B: Rep	C: Amount	D: Order Date	E: Status	F: Customer
2	North	Ana	1,200	2026-03-01	Paid	Jo Smith
3	South	Ben	450	2026-03-15	Open	Raj Patel
4	North	Cy	300	2026-04-02	Paid	Lee Wong
5	East	Ana	980.50	2026-04-20	Paid	Mia Ross
6	North	Ben	75	2026-05-05	Open	Jo Smith
7	West	Dee	1,640	2026-05-18	Paid	Sam Okoro

Excel

=COUNTBLANK(A2:A7)

COUNTBLANK(the Region column (A2:A7)) — which counts empty cells.

Run on the example rows:

Result0

PostgreSQL

SELECT COUNT(*) AS empty_cells
FROM sales
WHERE (region IS NULL OR region = '')

Run on the example rows:

empty_cells
0

Other databases

MySQL

SELECT COUNT(*) AS empty_cells
FROM sales
WHERE (region IS NULL OR region = '')

SQL Server

SELECT COUNT(*) AS empty_cells
FROM sales
WHERE (region IS NULL OR region = '')

SQLite

SELECT COUNT(*) AS empty_cells
FROM sales
WHERE (region IS NULL OR region = '')

BigQuery

SELECT COUNT(*) AS empty_cells
FROM sales
WHERE (region IS NULL OR region = '')

Snowflake

SELECT COUNT(*) AS empty_cells
FROM sales
WHERE (region IS NULL OR region = '')

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