COUNTIFS Function in Excel: Count With Multiple Conditions

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⏱ 1 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

StatisticalLevel: IntermediateAvailable in: Excel 2007+

In this article
  1. Syntax
  2. Examples
  3. Example 1
  4. Example 2
  5. Related functions

COUNTIFS counts rows where every condition is true.

Syntax

=COUNTIFS(criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2], ...)
Argument What it means
criteria_range1, criteria1 First range and condition.

Examples

Example 1

=COUNTIFS(B:B, "North", E:E, ">=50000")

Big North orders.

Example 2

=COUNTIFS(A:A, ">="&G1, A:A, "<="&G2)

Rows between two dates.

COUNTIF · SUMIFS · AVERAGEIFS

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