diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_base.py b/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_base.py
index 9d16dacf60..7bfe6ada6f 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_base.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
-from invokeai.app.services.board_records.board_records_common import BoardChanges, BoardRecord
+from invokeai.app.services.board_records.board_records_common import BoardChanges, BoardRecord, UncategorizedImageCounts
 from invokeai.app.services.shared.pagination import OffsetPaginatedResults
 
 
@@ -48,3 +48,8 @@ class BoardRecordStorageBase(ABC):
     def get_all(self, include_archived: bool = False) -> list[BoardRecord]:
         """Gets all board records."""
         pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_uncategorized_image_counts(self) -> UncategorizedImageCounts:
+        """Gets count of images and assets for uncategorized images (images with no board assocation)."""
+        pass
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_common.py b/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_common.py
index 0dda8a8b6b..1c25aab565 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_common.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_common.py
@@ -79,3 +79,8 @@ class BoardRecordDeleteException(Exception):
 
     def __init__(self, message="Board record not deleted"):
         super().__init__(message)
+
+
+class UncategorizedImageCounts(BaseModel):
+    image_count: int = Field(description="The number of uncategorized images.")
+    asset_count: int = Field(description="The number of uncategorized assets.")
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_sqlite.py b/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_sqlite.py
index c64e060b95..c5167824cd 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_sqlite.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/board_records/board_records_sqlite.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from invokeai.app.services.board_records.board_records_common import (
     BoardRecordDeleteException,
     BoardRecordNotFoundException,
     BoardRecordSaveException,
+    UncategorizedImageCounts,
     deserialize_board_record,
 )
 from invokeai.app.services.shared.pagination import OffsetPaginatedResults
@@ -228,3 +229,28 @@ class SqliteBoardRecordStorage(BoardRecordStorageBase):
             raise e
         finally:
             self._lock.release()
+
+    def get_uncategorized_image_counts(self) -> UncategorizedImageCounts:
+        try:
+            self._lock.acquire()
+            query = """
+                SELECT
+                    CASE
+                        WHEN i.image_category = 'general' THEN 'images'
+                        ELSE 'assets'
+                    END AS category_type,
+                    COUNT(*) AS unassigned_count
+                FROM images i
+                LEFT JOIN board_images bi ON i.image_name = bi.image_name
+                WHERE i.image_category IN ('general', 'control', 'mask', 'user', 'other')
+                AND bi.board_id IS NULL
+                AND i.is_intermediate = 0
+                GROUP BY category_type;
+                """
+            self._cursor.execute(query)
+            results = self._cursor.fetchall()
+            image_count = results[0][1]
+            asset_count = results[1][1]
+            return UncategorizedImageCounts(image_count=image_count, asset_count=asset_count)
+        finally:
+            self._lock.release()