diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/startup_logger.go b/cmd/influxd/run/startup_logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e471deff07f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/startup_logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package run
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync/atomic"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+type StartupProgressLogger struct {
+	shardsCompleted atomic.Uint64
+	shardsTotal     atomic.Uint64
+	logger          *zap.Logger
+}
+
+func NewStartupProgressLogger(logger *zap.Logger) *StartupProgressLogger {
+	return &StartupProgressLogger{
+		logger: logger,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *StartupProgressLogger) AddShard() {
+	s.shardsTotal.Add(1)
+}
+
+func (s *StartupProgressLogger) CompletedShard() {
+	shardsCompleted := s.shardsCompleted.Add(1)
+	totalShards := s.shardsTotal.Load()
+
+	percentShards := float64(shardsCompleted) / float64(totalShards) * 100
+	s.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Finished loading shard, current progress %.1f%% shards (%d / %d).", percentShards, shardsCompleted, totalShards))
+}
diff --git a/storage/engine.go b/storage/engine.go
index 340a96af9d6..59f8aec7370 100644
--- a/storage/engine.go
+++ b/storage/engine.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/v2"
+	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/v2/cmd/influxd/run"
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/v2/influxql/query"
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/v2/kit/platform"
 	errors2 "github.com/influxdata/influxdb/v2/kit/platform/errors"
@@ -167,6 +168,9 @@ func (e *Engine) WithLogger(log *zap.Logger) {
 	if e.precreatorService != nil {
 		e.precreatorService.WithLogger(log)
 	}
+
+	sl := run.NewStartupProgressLogger(e.logger)
+	e.tsdbStore.WithStartupMetrics(sl)
 }
 
 // PrometheusCollectors returns all the prometheus collectors associated with
diff --git a/tsdb/store.go b/tsdb/store.go
index ca04fce6bae..0391aef91fd 100644
--- a/tsdb/store.go
+++ b/tsdb/store.go
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ const SeriesFileDirectory = "_series"
 // databaseState keeps track of the state of a database.
 type databaseState struct{ indexTypes map[string]int }
 
+// struct to hold the result of opening each reader in a goroutine
+type shardResponse struct {
+	s   *Shard
+	err error
+}
+
 // addIndexType records that the database has a shard with the given index type.
 func (d *databaseState) addIndexType(indexType string) {
 	if d.indexTypes == nil {
@@ -118,6 +124,11 @@ type Store struct {
 	baseLogger *zap.Logger
 	Logger     *zap.Logger
 
+	startupProgressMetrics interface {
+		AddShard()
+		CompletedShard()
+	}
+
 	closing chan struct{}
 	wg      sync.WaitGroup
 	opened  bool
@@ -148,6 +159,13 @@ func (s *Store) WithLogger(log *zap.Logger) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *Store) WithStartupMetrics(sp interface {
+	AddShard()
+	CompletedShard()
+}) {
+	s.startupProgressMetrics = sp
+}
+
 // CollectBucketMetrics sets prometheus metrics for each bucket
 func (s *Store) CollectBucketMetrics() {
 	// Collect all the bucket cardinality estimations
@@ -286,12 +304,6 @@ func (s *Store) Open(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (s *Store) loadShards(ctx context.Context) error {
-	// res holds the result from opening each shard in a goroutine
-	type res struct {
-		s   *Shard
-		err error
-	}
-
 	// Limit the number of concurrent TSM files to be opened to the number of cores.
 	s.EngineOptions.OpenLimiter = limiter.NewFixed(runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0))
 
@@ -339,9 +351,8 @@ func (s *Store) loadShards(ctx context.Context) error {
 	log, logEnd := logger.NewOperation(context.TODO(), s.Logger, "Open store", "tsdb_open")
 	defer logEnd()
 
+	shardLoaderWg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
 	t := limiter.NewFixed(runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0))
-	resC := make(chan *res)
-	var n int
 
 	// Determine how many shards we need to open by checking the store path.
 	dbDirs, err := os.ReadDir(s.path)
@@ -349,119 +360,150 @@ func (s *Store) loadShards(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	for _, db := range dbDirs {
-		dbPath := filepath.Join(s.path, db.Name())
-		if !db.IsDir() {
-			log.Info("Skipping database dir", zap.String("name", db.Name()), zap.String("reason", "not a directory"))
-			continue
-		}
+	walkShardsAndProcess := func(fn func(sfile *SeriesFile, sh os.DirEntry, db os.DirEntry, rp os.DirEntry) error) error {
+		for _, db := range dbDirs {
+			rpDirs, err := s.getRetentionPolicyDirs(db, log)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			} else if rpDirs == nil {
+				continue
+			}
 
-		if s.EngineOptions.DatabaseFilter != nil && !s.EngineOptions.DatabaseFilter(db.Name()) {
-			log.Info("Skipping database dir", logger.Database(db.Name()), zap.String("reason", "failed database filter"))
-			continue
-		}
+			// Load series file.
+			sfile, err := s.openSeriesFile(db.Name())
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
-		// Load series file.
-		sfile, err := s.openSeriesFile(db.Name())
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			for _, rp := range rpDirs {
+				shardDirs, err := s.getShards(rp, db, log)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				} else if shardDirs == nil {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				for _, sh := range shardDirs {
+					// Series file should not be in a retention policy but skip just in case.
+					if sh.Name() == SeriesFileDirectory {
+						log.Warn("Skipping series file in retention policy dir", zap.String("path", filepath.Join(s.path, db.Name(), rp.Name())))
+						continue
+					}
+
+					if err := fn(sfile, sh, db, rp); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
-		// Load each retention policy within the database directory.
-		rpDirs, err := os.ReadDir(dbPath)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// We use `rawShardCount` as a buffer size for channel creation below.
+	// If there is no startupProgressMetrics count then this will be 0 creating a
+	// zero buffer channel.
+	rawShardCount := 0
+	if s.startupProgressMetrics != nil {
+		err := walkShardsAndProcess(func(sfile *SeriesFile, sh os.DirEntry, db os.DirEntry, rp os.DirEntry) error {
+			rawShardCount++
+			s.startupProgressMetrics.AddShard()
+			return nil
+		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+	}
 
-		for _, rp := range rpDirs {
-			rpPath := filepath.Join(s.path, db.Name(), rp.Name())
-			if !rp.IsDir() {
-				log.Info("Skipping retention policy dir", zap.String("name", rp.Name()), zap.String("reason", "not a directory"))
-				continue
-			}
+	shardResC := make(chan *shardResponse, rawShardCount)
+	err = walkShardsAndProcess(func(sfile *SeriesFile, sh os.DirEntry, db os.DirEntry, rp os.DirEntry) error {
+		shardLoaderWg.Add(1)
 
-			// The .series directory is not a retention policy.
-			if rp.Name() == SeriesFileDirectory {
-				continue
-			}
+		go func(db, rp, sh string) {
+			defer shardLoaderWg.Done()
+			path := filepath.Join(s.path, db, rp, sh)
+			walPath := filepath.Join(s.EngineOptions.Config.WALDir, db, rp, sh)
 
-			if s.EngineOptions.RetentionPolicyFilter != nil && !s.EngineOptions.RetentionPolicyFilter(db.Name(), rp.Name()) {
-				log.Info("Skipping retention policy dir", logger.RetentionPolicy(rp.Name()), zap.String("reason", "failed retention policy filter"))
-				continue
+			if err := t.Take(ctx); err != nil {
+				log.Error("failed to open shard at path", zap.String("path", path), zap.Error(err))
+				shardResC <- &shardResponse{err: fmt.Errorf("failed to open shard at path %q: %w", path, err)}
+				return
 			}
+			defer t.Release()
 
-			shardDirs, err := os.ReadDir(rpPath)
+			start := time.Now()
+
+			// Shard file names are numeric shardIDs
+			shardID, err := strconv.ParseUint(sh, 10, 64)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				log.Info("invalid shard ID found at path", zap.String("path", path))
+				shardResC <- &shardResponse{err: fmt.Errorf("%s is not a valid ID. Skipping shard.", sh)}
+				if s.startupProgressMetrics != nil {
+					s.startupProgressMetrics.CompletedShard()
+				}
+				return
 			}
 
-			for _, sh := range shardDirs {
-				// Series file should not be in a retention policy but skip just in case.
-				if sh.Name() == SeriesFileDirectory {
-					log.Warn("Skipping series file in retention policy dir", zap.String("path", filepath.Join(s.path, db.Name(), rp.Name())))
-					continue
+			if s.EngineOptions.ShardFilter != nil && !s.EngineOptions.ShardFilter(db, rp, shardID) {
+				log.Info("skipping shard", zap.String("path", path), logger.Shard(shardID))
+				shardResC <- &shardResponse{}
+				if s.startupProgressMetrics != nil {
+					s.startupProgressMetrics.CompletedShard()
 				}
+				return
+			}
 
-				n++
-				go func(db, rp, sh string) {
-					path := filepath.Join(s.path, db, rp, sh)
-					walPath := filepath.Join(s.EngineOptions.Config.WALDir, db, rp, sh)
+			// Copy options and assign shared index.
+			opt := s.EngineOptions
 
-					if err := t.Take(ctx); err != nil {
-						log.Error("failed to open shard at path", zap.String("path", path), zap.Error(err))
-						resC <- &res{err: fmt.Errorf("failed to open shard at path %q: %w", path, err)}
-						return
-					}
-					defer t.Release()
+			// Provide an implementation of the ShardIDSets
+			opt.SeriesIDSets = shardSet{store: s, db: db}
 
-					start := time.Now()
+			// Open engine.
+			shard := NewShard(shardID, path, walPath, sfile, opt)
 
-					// Shard file names are numeric shardIDs
-					shardID, err := strconv.ParseUint(sh, 10, 64)
-					if err != nil {
-						log.Error("invalid shard ID found at path", zap.String("path", path))
-						resC <- &res{err: fmt.Errorf("%s is not a valid ID. Skipping shard", sh)}
-						return
-					}
+			// Disable compactions, writes and queries until all shards are loaded
+			shard.EnableOnOpen = false
+			shard.CompactionDisabled = s.EngineOptions.CompactionDisabled
+			shard.WithLogger(s.baseLogger)
 
-					if s.EngineOptions.ShardFilter != nil && !s.EngineOptions.ShardFilter(db, rp, shardID) {
-						log.Warn("skipping shard", zap.String("path", path), logger.Shard(shardID))
-						resC <- &res{}
-						return
-					}
-
-					// Copy options and assign shared index.
-					opt := s.EngineOptions
+			err = s.OpenShard(ctx, shard, false)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Failed to open shard", logger.Shard(shardID), zap.Error(err))
+				shardResC <- &shardResponse{err: fmt.Errorf("failed to open shard: %d: %w", shardID, err)}
+				if s.startupProgressMetrics != nil {
+					s.startupProgressMetrics.CompletedShard()
+				}
+				return
+			}
 
-					// Provide an implementation of the ShardIDSets
-					opt.SeriesIDSets = shardSet{store: s, db: db}
+			shardResC <- &shardResponse{s: shard}
+			log.Info("Opened shard", zap.String("index_version", shard.IndexType()), zap.String("path", path), zap.Duration("duration", time.Since(start)))
+			if s.startupProgressMetrics != nil {
+				s.startupProgressMetrics.CompletedShard()
+			}
+		}(db.Name(), rp.Name(), sh.Name())
 
-					// Open engine.
-					shard := NewShard(shardID, path, walPath, sfile, opt)
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
-					// Disable compactions, writes and queries until all shards are loaded
-					shard.EnableOnOpen = false
-					shard.CompactionDisabled = s.EngineOptions.CompactionDisabled
-					shard.WithLogger(s.baseLogger)
+	if err := s.enableShards(shardLoaderWg, shardResC); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
-					err = s.OpenShard(ctx, shard, false)
-					if err != nil {
-						log.Error("Failed to open shard", logger.Shard(shardID), zap.Error(err))
-						resC <- &res{err: fmt.Errorf("failed to open shard: %d: %w", shardID, err)}
-						return
-					}
+	return nil
+}
 
-					resC <- &res{s: shard}
-					log.Info("Opened shard", zap.String("index_version", shard.IndexType()), zap.String("path", path), zap.Duration("duration", time.Since(start)))
-				}(db.Name(), rp.Name(), sh.Name())
-			}
-		}
-	}
+func (s *Store) enableShards(wg *sync.WaitGroup, resC chan *shardResponse) error {
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(resC)
+	}()
 
-	// Gather results of opening shards concurrently, keeping track of how
-	// many databases we are managing.
-	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
-		res := <-resC
+	for res := range resC {
 		if res.s == nil || res.err != nil {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -472,7 +514,6 @@ func (s *Store) loadShards(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 		s.databases[res.s.database].addIndexType(res.s.IndexType())
 	}
-	close(resC)
 
 	// Check if any databases are running multiple index types.
 	for db, state := range s.databases {
@@ -892,9 +933,7 @@ func (s *Store) DeleteDatabase(name string) error {
 		// no files locally, so nothing to do
 		return nil
 	}
-	shards := s.filterShards(func(sh *Shard) bool {
-		return sh.database == name
-	})
+	shards := s.filterShards(byDatabase(name))
 	s.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	if err := s.walkShards(shards, func(sh *Shard) error {
@@ -956,9 +995,7 @@ func (s *Store) DeleteRetentionPolicy(database, name string) error {
 		// unknown database, nothing to do
 		return nil
 	}
-	shards := s.filterShards(func(sh *Shard) bool {
-		return sh.database == database && sh.retentionPolicy == name
-	})
+	shards := s.filterShards(ComposeShardFilter(byDatabase(database), byRetentionPolicy(name)))
 	s.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	// Close and delete all shards under the retention policy on the
@@ -1052,6 +1089,20 @@ func (s *Store) filterShards(fn func(sh *Shard) bool) []*Shard {
 	return shards
 }
 
+type ShardPredicate = func(sh *Shard) bool
+
+func ComposeShardFilter(fns ...ShardPredicate) ShardPredicate {
+	return func(sh *Shard) bool {
+		for _, fn := range fns {
+			if !fn(sh) {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true
+	}
+}
+
 // byDatabase provides a predicate for filterShards that matches on the name of
 // the database passed in.
 func byDatabase(name string) func(sh *Shard) bool {
@@ -1060,16 +1111,20 @@ func byDatabase(name string) func(sh *Shard) bool {
 	}
 }
 
+// byRetentionPolicy provides a predicate for filterShards that matches on the name of
+// the retention policy passed in.
+func byRetentionPolicy(name string) ShardPredicate {
+	return func(sh *Shard) bool {
+		return sh.retentionPolicy == name
+	}
+}
+
 // walkShards apply a function to each shard in parallel. fn must be safe for
 // concurrent use. If any of the functions return an error, the first error is
 // returned.
 func (s *Store) walkShards(shards []*Shard, fn func(sh *Shard) error) error {
-	// struct to hold the result of opening each reader in a goroutine
-	type res struct {
-		err error
-	}
 
-	resC := make(chan res)
+	resC := make(chan shardResponse, len(shards))
 	var n int
 
 	for _, sh := range shards {
@@ -1077,11 +1132,11 @@ func (s *Store) walkShards(shards []*Shard, fn func(sh *Shard) error) error {
 
 		go func(sh *Shard) {
 			if err := fn(sh); err != nil {
-				resC <- res{err: fmt.Errorf("shard %d: %s", sh.id, err)}
+				resC <- shardResponse{err: fmt.Errorf("shard %d: %s", sh.id, err)}
 				return
 			}
 
-			resC <- res{}
+			resC <- shardResponse{}
 		}(sh)
 	}
 
@@ -2192,3 +2247,49 @@ func (s shardSet) ForEach(f func(ids *SeriesIDSet)) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (s *Store) getRetentionPolicyDirs(db os.DirEntry, log *zap.Logger) ([]os.DirEntry, error) {
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(s.path, db.Name())
+	if !db.IsDir() {
+		log.Info("Skipping database dir", zap.String("name", db.Name()), zap.String("reason", "not a directory"))
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	if s.EngineOptions.DatabaseFilter != nil && !s.EngineOptions.DatabaseFilter(db.Name()) {
+		log.Info("Skipping database dir", logger.Database(db.Name()), zap.String("reason", "failed database filter"))
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	// Load each retention policy within the database directory.
+	rpDirs, err := os.ReadDir(dbPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return rpDirs, nil
+}
+
+func (s *Store) getShards(rpDir os.DirEntry, dbDir os.DirEntry, log *zap.Logger) ([]os.DirEntry, error) {
+	rpPath := filepath.Join(s.path, dbDir.Name(), rpDir.Name())
+	if !rpDir.IsDir() {
+		log.Info("Skipping retention policy dir", zap.String("name", rpDir.Name()), zap.String("reason", "not a directory"))
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	// The .series directory is not a retention policy.
+	if rpDir.Name() == SeriesFileDirectory {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	if s.EngineOptions.RetentionPolicyFilter != nil && !s.EngineOptions.RetentionPolicyFilter(dbDir.Name(), rpDir.Name()) {
+		log.Info("Skipping retention policy dir", logger.RetentionPolicy(rpDir.Name()), zap.String("reason", "failed retention policy filter"))
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	shardDirs, err := os.ReadDir(rpPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return shardDirs, nil
+}
diff --git a/tsdb/store_test.go b/tsdb/store_test.go
index 88e2373e87e..f0c4cc4515b 100644
--- a/tsdb/store_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/store_test.go
@@ -145,6 +145,96 @@ func TestStore_CreateShard(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Ensure the store can create a new shard.
+func TestStore_StartupShardProgress(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	test := func(index string) {
+		s := MustOpenStore(t, index)
+		defer s.Close()
+
+		// Create a new shard and verify that it exists.
+		require.NoError(t, s.CreateShard(context.Background(), "db0", "rp0", 1, true))
+		sh := s.Shard(1)
+		require.NotNil(t, sh)
+
+		// Create another shard and verify that it exists.
+		require.NoError(t, s.CreateShard(context.Background(), "db0", "rp0", 2, true))
+		sh = s.Shard(2)
+		require.NotNil(t, sh)
+
+		msl := &mockStartupLogger{}
+
+		// Reopen shard and recheck.
+		require.NoError(t, s.Reopen(t, WithStartupMetrics(msl)))
+
+		// Equality check to make sure shards are always added prior to
+		// completion being called. This test opens 3 total shards - 1 shard
+		// fails, but we still want to track that it was attempted to be opened.
+		require.Equal(t, msl.shardTracker, []string{
+			"shard-add",
+			"shard-add",
+			"shard-complete",
+			"shard-complete",
+		})
+	}
+
+	for _, index := range tsdb.RegisteredIndexes() {
+		t.Run(index, func(t *testing.T) { test(index) })
+	}
+}
+
+// Introduces a test to ensure that shard loading still accounts for bad shards. We still want these to show up
+// during the initial shard loading even though its in a error state.
+func TestStore_BadShardLoading(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	test := func(index string) {
+		s := MustOpenStore(t, index)
+		defer s.Close()
+
+		// Create a new shard and verify that it exists.
+		require.NoError(t, s.CreateShard(context.Background(), "db0", "rp0", 1, true))
+		sh := s.Shard(1)
+		require.NotNil(t, sh)
+
+		// Create another shard and verify that it exists.
+		require.NoError(t, s.CreateShard(context.Background(), "db0", "rp0", 2, true))
+		sh = s.Shard(2)
+		require.NotNil(t, sh)
+
+		// Create another shard and verify that it exists.
+		require.NoError(t, s.CreateShard(context.Background(), "db0", "rp0", 3, true))
+		sh = s.Shard(3)
+		require.NotNil(t, sh)
+
+		s.SetShardOpenErrorForTest(sh.ID(), errors.New("a shard opening error occurred"))
+		err2 := s.OpenShard(context.Background(), s.Shard(sh.ID()), false)
+		require.Error(t, err2, "no error opening bad shard")
+
+		msl := &mockStartupLogger{}
+
+		// Reopen shard and recheck.
+		require.NoError(t, s.Reopen(t, WithStartupMetrics(msl)))
+
+		// Equality check to make sure shards are always added prior to
+		// completion being called. This test opens 3 total shards - 1 shard
+		// fails, but we still want to track that it was attempted to be opened.
+		require.Equal(t, msl.shardTracker, []string{
+			"shard-add",
+			"shard-add",
+			"shard-add",
+			"shard-complete",
+			"shard-complete",
+			"shard-complete",
+		})
+	}
+
+	for _, index := range tsdb.RegisteredIndexes() {
+		t.Run(index, func(t *testing.T) { test(index) })
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStore_BadShard(t *testing.T) {
 	const errStr = "a shard open error"
 	indexes := tsdb.RegisteredIndexes()
@@ -2623,6 +2713,13 @@ func WithWALFlushOnShutdown(flush bool) StoreOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithStartupMetrics(sm *mockStartupLogger) StoreOption {
+	return func(s *Store) error {
+		s.WithStartupMetrics(sm)
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // NewStore returns a new instance of Store with a temporary path.
 func NewStore(tb testing.TB, index string, opts ...StoreOption) *Store {
 	tb.Helper()
@@ -2767,3 +2864,20 @@ func dirExists(path string) bool {
 	}
 	return !os.IsNotExist(err)
 }
+
+type mockStartupLogger struct {
+	shardTracker []string
+	mu           sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (m *mockStartupLogger) AddShard() {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	m.shardTracker = append(m.shardTracker, "shard-add")
+	m.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func (m *mockStartupLogger) CompletedShard() {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	m.shardTracker = append(m.shardTracker, "shard-complete")
+	m.mu.Unlock()
+}