diff --git a/js/perf/index.js b/js/perf/index.js
index 0be4db3084dbf..d31b6430ec871 100644
--- a/js/perf/index.js
+++ b/js/perf/index.js
@@ -41,17 +41,23 @@ for (let { name, buffers} of config) {
     suites.push(getByIndexSuite, iterateSuite, sliceSuite, parseSuite);
 }
 
-for (let {name, buffers, tests} of require('./table_config')) {
+for (let {name, buffers, countBys, counts} of require('./table_config')) {
+    const table = Table.from(buffers);
+
+    const dfCountBySuite = new Benchmark.Suite(`DataFrame Count By "${name}"`, { async: true });
+    for (countBy of countBys) {
+        dfCountBySuite.add(createDataFrameCountByTest(table, countBy));
+    }
+
     const dfFilterCountSuite = new Benchmark.Suite(`DataFrame Filter-Scan Count "${name}"`, { async: true });
     const dfDirectCountSuite = new Benchmark.Suite(`DataFrame Direct Count "${name}"`, { async: true });
-    const table = Table.from(buffers);
 
-    for (test of tests) {
+    for (test of counts) {
         dfFilterCountSuite.add(createDataFrameFilterCountTest(table, test.col, test.test, test.value))
         dfDirectCountSuite.add(createDataFrameDirectCountTest(table, test.col, test.test, test.value))
     }
 
-    suites.push(dfFilterCountSuite, dfDirectCountSuite)
+    suites.push(dfCountBySuite, dfFilterCountSuite, dfDirectCountSuite)
 }
 
 console.log('Running apache-arrow performance tests...\n');
@@ -167,6 +173,18 @@ function createDataFrameDirectCountTest(table, column, test, value) {
     };
 }
 
+function createDataFrameCountByTest(table, column) {
+    let colidx = table.columns.findIndex((c)=>c.name === column);
+
+    return {
+        async: true,
+        name: `name: '${column}', length: ${table.length}, type: ${table.columns[colidx].type}`,
+        fn() {
+            table.countBy(col(column));
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 function createDataFrameFilterCountTest(table, column, test, value) {
     let colidx = table.columns.findIndex((c)=>c.name === column);
     let df;
diff --git a/js/perf/table_config.js b/js/perf/table_config.js
index 3c045e4571e44..e3c332c870f38 100644
--- a/js/perf/table_config.js
+++ b/js/perf/table_config.js
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ const glob = require('glob');
 const config = [];
 const filenames = glob.sync(path.resolve(__dirname, `../test/data/tables/`, `*.arrow`));
 
-tests = {
+countBys = {
+    "tracks": ['origin', 'destination']
+}
+counts = {
     "tracks": [
         {col: 'lat',    test: 'gteq', value: 0        },
         {col: 'lng',    test: 'gteq', value: 0        },
@@ -32,11 +35,12 @@ tests = {
 
 for (const filename of filenames) {
     const { name } = path.parse(filename);
-    if (name in tests) {
+    if (name in counts) {
         config.push({
             name,
             buffers: [fs.readFileSync(filename)],
-            tests: tests[name]
+            countBys: countBys[name],
+            counts: counts[name],
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/js/src/table.ts b/js/src/table.ts
index 620a4a701c80f..6f312746f2c71 100644
--- a/js/src/table.ts
+++ b/js/src/table.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 // under the License.
 
 import { Vector } from './vector/vector';
+import { DictionaryVector } from './vector/dictionary';
+import { Uint32Vector } from './vector/numeric';
 import { read, readAsync } from './reader/arrow';
-import { Predicate } from './predicate';
+import { Col, Predicate } from './predicate';
 
 export type NextFunc = (idx: number, cols: Vector[]) => void;
 
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ export interface DataFrame {
     filter(predicate: Predicate): DataFrame;
     scan(next: NextFunc): void;
     count(): number;
+    countBy(col: (Col|string)): Table;
 }
 
 function columnsFromBatches(batches: Vector[][]) {
@@ -111,6 +114,40 @@ export class Table implements DataFrame {
     count(): number {
         return this.lengths.reduce((acc, val) => acc + val);
     }
+    countBy(count_by: (Col|string)): Table {
+        if (count_by instanceof String) {
+            count_by = new Col(count_by);
+        }
+
+        // the last batch will have the most complete dictionary, use it's data
+        // vector as our count by keys
+        count_by.bind(this.batches[this.batches.length - 1]);
+        if (!(count_by.vector instanceof DictionaryVector)) {
+            throw new Error("countBy currently only supports dictionary-encoded columns");
+        }
+
+        let keys: Vector = (count_by.vector as DictionaryVector<any>).data;
+        // TODO: Adjust array byte width based on overall length
+        // (e.g. if this.length <= 255 use Uint8Array, etc...)
+        let counts: Uint32Array = new Uint32Array(keys.length);
+
+
+        for (let batch = -1; ++batch < this.lengths.length;) {
+            const length = this.lengths[batch];
+
+            // load batches
+            const columns = this.batches[batch];
+            count_by.bind(columns);
+
+            // yield all indices
+            for (let idx = -1; ++idx < length;) {
+                let key = (count_by.vector as DictionaryVector<any>).getKey(idx)
+                if (key !== null) { counts[key]++; }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new Table({batches: [[keys, new Uint32Vector({data: counts})]]})
+    }
     *[Symbol.iterator]() {
         for (let batch = -1; ++batch < this.lengths.length;) {
             const length = this.lengths[batch];
@@ -177,4 +214,38 @@ class FilteredDataFrame implements DataFrame {
             this.predicate.and(predicate)
         );
     }
+
+    countBy(count_by: (Col|string)): Table {
+        if (count_by instanceof String) {
+            count_by = new Col(count_by);
+        }
+
+        // the last batch will have the most complete dictionary, use it's data
+        // vector as our count by keys
+        count_by.bind(this.parent.batches[this.parent.batches.length - 1]);
+        if (!(count_by.vector instanceof DictionaryVector)) {
+            throw new Error("countBy currently only supports dictionary-encoded columns");
+        }
+
+        let keys: Vector = (count_by.vector as DictionaryVector<any>).data;
+        let counts: Uint32Array = new Uint32Array(keys.length);
+
+
+        for (let batch = -1; ++batch < this.parent.lengths.length;) {
+            const length = this.parent.lengths[batch];
+
+            // load batches
+            const columns = this.parent.batches[batch];
+            const predicate = this.predicate.bind(columns);
+            count_by.bind(columns);
+
+            // yield all indices
+            for (let idx = -1; ++idx < length;) {
+                let key = (count_by.vector as DictionaryVector<any>).getKey(idx)
+                if (key !== null && predicate(idx, columns)) { counts[key]++; }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new Table({batches: [[keys, new Uint32Vector({data: counts})]]})
+    }
 }