diff --git a/datafusion/physical-expr-common/src/aggregate/groups_accumulator/accumulate.rs b/datafusion/physical-expr-common/src/aggregate/groups_accumulator/accumulate.rs
index c9393349d931..608595f0828c 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-expr-common/src/aggregate/groups_accumulator/accumulate.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-expr-common/src/aggregate/groups_accumulator/accumulate.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use arrow::buffer::{BooleanBuffer, NullBuffer};
 use arrow::datatypes::ArrowPrimitiveType;
 
 use datafusion_expr::EmitTo;
+
 /// Track the accumulator null state per row: if any values for that
 /// group were null and if any values have been seen at all for that group.
 ///
@@ -487,6 +488,18 @@ impl NullState {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Check if the accumulated value for the group at the given `index` is valid,
+    /// meaning that there was at least one value passing the filter for this group.
+    pub fn is_valid(&self, index: usize) -> bool {
+        self.seen_values.get_bit(index)
+    }
+
+    /// Check if the accumulated value for the group at the given `index` is `null`,
+    /// meaning that no values passing the filter were seen yet for this group.
+    pub fn is_null(&self, index: usize) -> bool {
+        !self.is_valid(index)
+    }
+
     /// Creates the a [`NullBuffer`] representing which group_indices
     /// should have null values (because they never saw any values)
     /// for the `emit_to` rows.
@@ -623,11 +636,12 @@ fn initialize_builder(
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use super::*;
+    use std::collections::HashSet;
 
     use arrow::array::UInt32Array;
     use rand::{rngs::ThreadRng, Rng};
-    use std::collections::HashSet;
+
+    use super::*;
 
     #[test]
     fn accumulate() {
@@ -991,9 +1005,12 @@ mod test {
 
             // Validate the final buffer (one value per group)
             let expected_null_buffer = mock.expected_null_buffer(total_num_groups);
+            for (i, expected) in expected_null_buffer.iter().enumerate() {
+                assert_eq!(expected, null_state.is_valid(i));
+                assert_eq!(!expected, null_state.is_null(i))
+            }
 
             let null_buffer = null_state.build(EmitTo::All);
-
             assert_eq!(null_buffer, expected_null_buffer);
         }
     }