diff --git a/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.ts b/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.ts
index 4e7bf4f6bc..0b10131ed6 100644
--- a/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.ts
@@ -136,11 +136,16 @@ export class EntityCountDashboardComponent
     this.label = this._entity.labelPlural;
     this.entityIcon = this._entity.icon;
 
+    // Load all entities of the specified type
     const entities = await this.entityMapper.loadType(this._entity);
-    this.totalEntities = entities.length;
+
+    // Filter entities to only include active ones for the total count
+    const activeEntities = entities.filter((e) => e.isActive);
+
+    this.totalEntities = activeEntities.length;
     for (const groupByField of this.groupBy) {
       this.entityGroupCounts[groupByField] = this.calculateGroupCounts(
-        entities.filter((e) => e.isActive),
+        activeEntities,
         groupByField,
       );
     }
diff --git a/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.stories.ts b/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.stories.ts
index 92ec77b99b..94679a5642 100644
--- a/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.stories.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.stories.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ const Template: StoryFn<EntityCountDashboardComponent> = (
 export const Primary = {
   args: {
     entityType: "TestEntity",
-    groupBy: ["other"],
+    groupBy: ["category", "other"],
   },
 };