diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/reports/sales/route.ts b/src/app/api/v1/reports/sales/route.ts
index 4ef6b1bf..d060aca6 100644
--- a/src/app/api/v1/reports/sales/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/reports/sales/route.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   getClosingThisMonth,
   getRecentWins,
   getLostReasonBreakdown,
+  salesHasData,
 } from '@/lib/services/reports/sales.service';
 
 /**
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ export const GET = withAuth(
         recentWins,
         lostReasonBreakdown,
         priorKpis,
+        hasData,
       ] = await Promise.all([
         getSalesKpis(ctx.portId, range),
         getPipelineFunnel(ctx.portId),
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ export const GET = withAuth(
         // with the main batch (depends only on the derived priorBounds);
         // resolves to null when the toggle is off so we pay nothing.
         priorBounds ? getSalesKpis(ctx.portId, priorBounds) : Promise.resolve(null),
+        salesHasData(ctx.portId),
       ]);
 
       const comparison =
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ export const GET = withAuth(
           closingThisMonth,
           recentWins,
           lostReasonBreakdown,
+          hasData,
           range: {
             from: range.from.toISOString(),
             to: range.to.toISOString(),
diff --git a/src/lib/services/reports/sales.service.ts b/src/lib/services/reports/sales.service.ts
index 20ccc6a8..9729b73d 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/reports/sales.service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/reports/sales.service.ts
@@ -1663,6 +1663,19 @@ async function fetchNewLeads(
   return { total, bySource };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Window-independent existence check: does this port have any interest at
+ * all? Drives the Sales report-level empty state.
+ */
+export async function salesHasData(portId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  const rows = await db
+    .select({ one: sql<number>`1` })
+    .from(interests)
+    .where(eq(interests.portId, portId))
+    .limit(1);
+  return rows.length > 0;
+}
+
 // Re-export so the active-interest helper is available to callers that
 // want to add their own constraints layered onto the same predicate.
 export { activeInterestsWhere };