diff --git a/src/hooks/useExportActions.ts b/src/hooks/useExportActions.ts
index b6ad6a822d52..992db447e753 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useExportActions.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useExportActions.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,23 @@ function useExportActions({reportID, policy, onPDFModalOpen}: UseExportActionsPa
         });
     };
 
+    const showEmptyReportDownloadErrorModal = () => {
+        showDecisionModal({
+            title: translate('common.downloadFailedTitle'),
+            prompt: translate('common.downloadFailedEmptyReportDescription', {count: 1}),
+            secondOptionText: translate('common.buttonConfirm'),
+        });
+    };
+
+    // A report without expenses has nothing to export, so the export is blocked the same way it is in the Search export flow.
+    const isEmptyReport = transactionIDs.length === 0 && (moneyRequestReport?.transactionCount ?? 0) === 0;
+
     const beginExportWithTemplate = (templateName: string, templateType: string, transactionIDList: string[], exportName: string, policyID?: string) => {
+        if (isEmptyReport) {
+            showEmptyReportDownloadErrorModal();
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (isOffline) {
             showOfflineModal();
             return;
@@ -163,6 +179,10 @@ function useExportActions({reportID, policy, onPDFModalOpen}: UseExportActionsPa
                 if (!moneyRequestReport) {
                     return;
                 }
+                if (isEmptyReport) {
+                    showEmptyReportDownloadErrorModal();
+                    return;
+                }
                 if (isOffline) {
                     showOfflineModal();
                     return;
diff --git a/src/hooks/useSearchBulkActions.ts b/src/hooks/useSearchBulkActions.ts
index 5c55480d9bf3..4c3861f6ffe7 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useSearchBulkActions.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useSearchBulkActions.ts
@@ -648,6 +648,20 @@ function useSearchBulkActions({queryJSON}: UseSearchBulkActionsParams) {
         .map((report) => report.reportID)
         .filter((reportID) => reportID !== undefined);
 
+    // Reports with no expenses have nothing to export, so every export flow blocks them instead of producing an empty file.
+    const emptyReports = useMemo(
+        () =>
+            selectedReports.filter((selectedReport) => {
+                if (!selectedReport) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                const fullReport = currentSearchResults?.data?.[`${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT}${selectedReport.reportID}`];
+                return !!fullReport && (fullReport.transactionCount ?? 0) === 0;
+            }),
+        [selectedReports, currentSearchResults?.data],
+    );
+    const hasOnlyEmptyReports = selectedReports.length > 0 && emptyReports.length === selectedReports.length;
+
     const payableSelectedReports = useMemo(() => selectedReports.filter((report) => report.canPay), [selectedReports]);
     const payableSelectedReportIDs = useMemo(() => payableSelectedReports.map((report) => report.reportID).filter((reportID) => reportID !== undefined), [payableSelectedReports]);
     const payScopedReports = useMemo(() => (payableSelectedReports.length > 0 ? payableSelectedReports : selectedReports), [payableSelectedReports, selectedReports]);
@@ -916,16 +930,6 @@ function useSearchBulkActions({queryJSON}: UseSearchBulkActionsParams) {
 
     const beginExportWithTemplate = useCallback(
         (templateName: string, templateType: string, policyID: string | undefined, exportName: string) => {
-            const emptyReports =
-                selectedReports?.filter((selectedReport) => {
-                    if (!selectedReport) {
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                    const fullReport = currentSearchResults?.data?.[`${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.REPORT}${selectedReport.reportID}`];
-                    return !!fullReport && (fullReport.transactionCount ?? 0) === 0;
-                }) ?? [];
-            const hasOnlyEmptyReports = selectedReports.length > 0 && emptyReports.length === selectedReports.length;
-
             if (hasOnlyEmptyReports) {
                 setEmptyReportsCount(emptyReports.length);
                 setIsDownloadErrorModalVisible(true);
@@ -976,7 +980,8 @@ function useSearchBulkActions({queryJSON}: UseSearchBulkActionsParams) {
             clearSelectedTransactions(undefined, true);
         },
         [
-            selectedReports,
+            hasOnlyEmptyReports,
+            emptyReports.length,
             selectedTransactions,
             isOffline,
             areAllMatchingItemsSelected,
@@ -1056,6 +1061,11 @@ function useSearchBulkActions({queryJSON}: UseSearchBulkActionsParams) {
 
     const handleCSVExport = useCallback(
         async (isBasicExport: boolean) => {
+            if (hasOnlyEmptyReports) {
+                setEmptyReportsCount(emptyReports.length);
+                setIsDownloadErrorModalVisible(true);
+                return;
+            }
             if (isOffline) {
                 setIsOfflineModalVisible(true);
                 return;
@@ -1119,6 +1129,8 @@ function useSearchBulkActions({queryJSON}: UseSearchBulkActionsParams) {
             }
         },
         [
+            hasOnlyEmptyReports,
+            emptyReports.length,
             isOffline,
             areAllMatchingItemsSelected,
             queryJSON,
diff --git a/tests/unit/hooks/useExportActionsTest.ts b/tests/unit/hooks/useExportActionsTest.ts
index 6e94abde95fb..fead77c84605 100644
--- a/tests/unit/hooks/useExportActionsTest.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/hooks/useExportActionsTest.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ describe('useExportActions - template export status modal', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
         jest.clearAllMocks();
         mockIsOffline = false;
+        mockReportTransactions = {transaction1: {...createRandomTransaction(1), reportID: REPORT_ID}};
     });
 
     it('queues the export with progress tracking', () => {
@@ -137,6 +138,18 @@ describe('useExportActions - template export status modal', () => {
         expect(mockQueueExportSearchWithTemplate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(mockShowDecisionModal).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    it('does not queue the export and shows the empty report modal when the report has no expenses', () => {
+        mockReportTransactions = {};
+        const {result} = renderHook(() => useExportActions({reportID: REPORT_ID}));
+
+        act(() => {
+            result.current.beginExportWithTemplate('Test Template', 'csv', [], EXPORT_NAME, POLICY_ID);
+        });
+
+        expect(mockQueueExportSearchWithTemplate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(mockShowDecisionModal).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({prompt: 'common.downloadFailedEmptyReportDescription:1'}));
+    });
 });
 
 describe('useExportActions - download labels', () => {