diff --git a/src/data-loaders/entries/index.ts b/src/data-loaders/entries/index.ts
index 44e7b88c2..142d633cf 100644
--- a/src/data-loaders/entries/index.ts
+++ b/src/data-loaders/entries/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ export type {
 export { toLazyValue } from '../createDataLoader'
 
 // new data fetching
-export { DataLoaderPlugin, NavigationResult } from '../navigation-guard'
+export {
+  DataLoaderPlugin,
+  NavigationResult,
+  useIsDataLoading,
+} from '../navigation-guard'
 export type {
   DataLoaderPluginOptions,
   SetupLoaderGuardOptions,
diff --git a/src/data-loaders/navigation-guard.spec.ts b/src/data-loaders/navigation-guard.spec.ts
index 4675df2a6..b9d902446 100644
--- a/src/data-loaders/navigation-guard.spec.ts
+++ b/src/data-loaders/navigation-guard.spec.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   DataLoaderPlugin,
   NavigationResult,
   DataLoaderPluginOptions,
+  useIsDataLoading,
 } from 'unplugin-vue-router/data-loaders'
 import { mockPromise } from '../../tests/utils'
 import {
@@ -339,6 +340,35 @@ describe('navigation-guard', () => {
     'does not call commit for a loader if the navigation is canceled by another loader'
   )
 
+  it('sets isDataLoading within a navigation', async () => {
+    const { app } = setupApp({ isSSR: false })
+    const isGloballyLoading = app.runWithContext(() => useIsDataLoading())
+    expect(isGloballyLoading.value).toBe(false)
+
+    const router = getRouter()
+    const l1 = mockedLoader()
+    const l2 = mockedLoader()
+    router.addRoute({
+      name: '_test',
+      path: '/fetch',
+      component,
+      meta: {
+        loaders: [l1.loader, l2.loader],
+      },
+    })
+
+    router.push('/fetch')
+    await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync()
+    expect(isGloballyLoading.value).toBe(true)
+
+    l1.resolve()
+    await vi.runAllTimersAsync()
+    expect(isGloballyLoading.value).toBe(true)
+    l2.resolve()
+    await vi.runAllTimersAsync()
+    expect(isGloballyLoading.value).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   describe('signal', () => {
     it('aborts the signal if the navigation throws', async () => {
       setupApp({ isSSR: false })
diff --git a/src/data-loaders/navigation-guard.ts b/src/data-loaders/navigation-guard.ts
index 076b09f20..a34b89581 100644
--- a/src/data-loaders/navigation-guard.ts
+++ b/src/data-loaders/navigation-guard.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 import { isNavigationFailure } from 'vue-router'
-import { effectScope, type App, type EffectScope } from 'vue'
+import {
+  effectScope,
+  inject,
+  shallowRef,
+  type InjectionKey,
+  type ShallowRef,
+  type App,
+  type EffectScope,
+} from 'vue'
 import {
   ABORT_CONTROLLER_KEY,
   APP_KEY,
@@ -19,6 +27,12 @@ import type {
 import { type _Awaitable } from '../utils'
 import { toLazyValue, type UseDataLoader } from './createDataLoader'
 
+/**
+ * Key to inject the global loading state for loaders used in `useIsDataLoading`.
+ * @internal
+ */
+export const IS_DATA_LOADING_KEY = Symbol() as InjectionKey<ShallowRef<boolean>>
+
 /**
  * TODO: export functions that allow preloading outside of a navigation guard
  */
@@ -34,7 +48,7 @@ import { toLazyValue, type UseDataLoader } from './createDataLoader'
 export function setupLoaderGuard({
   router,
   app,
-  effect,
+  effect: scope,
   isSSR,
   errors: globalErrors = [],
   selectNavigationResult = (results) => results[0]!.value,
@@ -64,6 +78,10 @@ export function setupLoaderGuard({
 
   router[IS_SSR_KEY] = !!isSSR
 
+  // global loading state for loaders used in `useIsDataLoading`
+  const isDataLoading = scope.run(() => shallowRef(false))!
+  app.provide(IS_DATA_LOADING_KEY, isDataLoading)
+
   // guard to add the loaders to the meta property
   const removeLoaderGuard = router.beforeEach((to) => {
     // Abort any pending navigation. For cancelled navigations, this will happen before the `router.afterEach()`
@@ -156,6 +174,9 @@ export function setupLoaderGuard({
 
     // unset the context so all loaders are executed as root loaders
     setCurrentContext([])
+
+    isDataLoading.value = true
+
     return Promise.all(
       loaders.map((loader) => {
         const { server, lazy, errors } = loader._.options
@@ -164,7 +185,7 @@ export function setupLoaderGuard({
           return
         }
         // keep track of loaders that should be committed after all loaders are done
-        const ret = effect.run(() =>
+        const ret = scope.run(() =>
           app
             // allows inject and provide APIs
             .runWithContext(() =>
@@ -225,6 +246,7 @@ export function setupLoaderGuard({
         // unset the context so mounting happens without an active context
         // and loaders do not believe they are being called as nested when they are not
         setCurrentContext([])
+        isDataLoading.value = false
       })
   })
 
@@ -414,3 +436,11 @@ export interface DataLoaderPluginOptions {
    */
   errors?: Array<new (...args: any) => any> | ((reason?: unknown) => boolean)
 }
+
+/**
+ * Return a ref that reflects the global loading state of all loaders within a navigation.
+ * This state doesn't update if `refresh()` is manually called.
+ */
+export function useIsDataLoading() {
+  return inject(IS_DATA_LOADING_KEY)!
+}