diff --git a/app/views/taggings/_explore_by_combination.html.erb b/app/views/taggings/_explore_by_combination.html.erb
index 71ec068be..f167469bb 100644
--- a/app/views/taggings/_explore_by_combination.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/taggings/_explore_by_combination.html.erb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
           <% selected_sectors =
                @sector_names_all.to_s.split("--").map(&:strip).reject(&:blank?) %>
 
-          <% Sector.published.order(:name).each do |sector| %>
+          <% Sector.published.has_taggings.order(:name).each do |sector| %>
             <label class="flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-1 text-sm cursor-pointer
                         hover:bg-lime-50">
               <input type="checkbox"
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
           %>
 
           <% Category.published
+                     .has_taggings
                      .joins(:category_type)
                      .select("categories.*, category_types.name AS category_type_name")
                      .distinct
diff --git a/app/views/taggings/_explore_by_sector.html.erb b/app/views/taggings/_explore_by_sector.html.erb
index e60f84cce..db901913f 100644
--- a/app/views/taggings/_explore_by_sector.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/taggings/_explore_by_sector.html.erb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 </h3>
 
 <div class="flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-2 mb-6">
-  <% Sector.published.order(:name).each do |sector| %>
+  <% Sector.published.has_taggings.order(:name).each do |sector| %>
     <% next if sector.name == @sector_names %>
     <%= render "sectors/tagging_label", sector: sector %>
   <% end %>
diff --git a/spec/requests/taggings_spec.rb b/spec/requests/taggings_spec.rb
index 5a0e14dc6..06b0ac975 100644
--- a/spec/requests/taggings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/taggings_spec.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
   let!(:workshop) { create(:workshop, :published, title: "Art for Healing") }
 
   before do
-    # Make the sector + category actually appear via joins
+    # Make the sectors + category actually appear via joins
+    create(:sectorable_item, sector: sector_1, sectorable: workshop)
     create(:sectorable_item, sector: sector_2, sectorable: workshop)
     create(:categorizable_item, category: category, categorizable: workshop)
 
diff --git a/spec/system/taggings_multiselect_filter_spec.rb b/spec/system/taggings_multiselect_filter_spec.rb
index f5b9d643d..374f0c6c7 100644
--- a/spec/system/taggings_multiselect_filter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/taggings_multiselect_filter_spec.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
   let!(:category_trauma) { create(:category, :published, name: "Trauma", category_type: category_type_theme) }
 
   # Create workshops with tags
+  let!(:workshop_veterans) do
+    workshop = create(:workshop, :published, title: "Veterans Workshop")
+    create(:sectorable_item, sector: sector_veterans, sectorable: workshop)
+    workshop
+  end
+
   let!(:workshop_youth_healing) do
     workshop = create(:workshop, :published, title: "Youth Healing Workshop")
     create(:sectorable_item, sector: sector_youth, sectorable: workshop)