diff --git a/src/_pytest/stash.py b/src/_pytest/stash.py
index d6795b197..30786d6ef 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/stash.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/stash.py
@@ -123,3 +123,7 @@ class Stash:
     def __contains__(self, key: StashKey[T]) -> bool:
         """Return whether key was set."""
         return key in self._storage
+
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
+        """Return how many items exist in the stash."""
+        return len(self._storage)
diff --git a/testing/test_stash.py b/testing/test_stash.py
index f449a056c..bb294f5da 100644
--- a/testing/test_stash.py
+++ b/testing/test_stash.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ from _pytest.stash import StashKey
 def test_stash() -> None:
     stash = Stash()
 
+    assert len(stash) == 0
+    assert not stash
+
     key1 = StashKey[str]()
     key2 = StashKey[int]()
 
@@ -19,6 +22,8 @@ def test_stash() -> None:
     assert stash[key1] == "world"
     # Has correct type (no mypy error).
     stash[key1] + "string"
+    assert len(stash) == 1
+    assert stash
 
     # No interaction with another key.
     assert key2 not in stash
@@ -44,6 +49,8 @@ def test_stash() -> None:
     key_setdefault = StashKey[bytes]()
     assert stash.setdefault(key_setdefault, b"default") == b"default"
     assert stash[key_setdefault] == b"default"
+    assert len(stash) == 3
+    assert stash
 
     # Can't accidentally add attributes to stash object itself.
     with pytest.raises(AttributeError):