The COUNTUNIQUEIFS function counts the unique values that meet multiple criteria in Google Sheets. This function accepts a variable number of arguments, each consisting of a range of cells and corresponding criteria.
It is similar to the COUNTIFS function, which also accepts multiple criteria. However, COUNTUNIQUEIFS counts unique values, whereas COUNTIFS counts all values that meet the specified criteria.

Contents
Syntax
=COUNTUNIQUEIFS(range, criteria_range1, criterion1, [criteria_range2, …], [criterion2, …])
range
– The cells with the unique values
criteria_range
– The cells to evaluate against the criterion
criterion
– The condition to apply to the criteria_range
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Similar Functions
COUNT – Count the numeric values in a data set
COUNTA – Count the non-blank values in a data set
COUNTIF – Count the cells that match a criterion
COUNTIFS – Count the cells that match multiple criteria
COUNTUNIQUE – Count the unique values
COUNTUNIQUEIFS – Count the unique values that meet multiple criteria
COUNTBLANK – Count the blank cells
Examples
Example 1 – Conditionally Counting Unique Values With One Criterion
Firstly, let’s start with an example of counting unique values based on one condition.

Formula used: =COUNTUNIQUEIFS(A2:A13,B2:B13,"East")
The first argument, A2:A13
, specifies the range
of cells to count. The second and third arguments, B2:B13
and "East"
are the criteria_range
containing the data to check against the criterion
.
In other words, the COUNTUNIQUEIFS function counts the number of unique items
in the East
warehouse.
Let’s look at another example using one criterion from a different angle.
Example 2 – Conditionally Counting Unique Values With One Criterion
Let’s keep the same source data but look for the number of warehouses
with wrenches
. This example will help us to understand how to build different formulas to analyze the same data.

Formula used: =COUNTUNIQUEIFS(B2:B13,A2:A13,"Wrench")
To find how many warehouses are stocking Wrenches
, we will switch the values of the range
and criteria_range
from the first example. We want to count unique values in the range
of B2:B13
if they match the criterion
of "Wrench"
in the criterian_range
of A2:A13
.
In other words, how many warehouses
have wrenches
in stock?
Last but not least, let’s look at a more complex example.
Example 3 – Conditionally Counting Unique Values With Two Criteria
Lastly, we will look for unique values based on the satisfaction of two conditions.

Formula used: =COUNTUNIQUEIFS(B2:B13,A2:A13,"Pliers",C2:C13,">12")
As we increase the criteria, we start to see the power of the COUNTUNIQUEIFS function. In this example, we are looking for locations that have more than 12
cases of pliers
. We count the warehouses
by specifying B2:B13
as the range
, then using A2:A13
and C2:C13
as the criteria_ranges
.
As an interesting twist, since there was only one situation with more than 12
cases of Pliers
, we would get the same result using the COUNTIFS function.
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Related Tutorials
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Conditionally Count Unique Values in Google Sheets
Three techniques to count unique values based on specified criteria.