diff --git a/nano/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/nano/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 97aa9665bb..dc3829303d 100644
--- a/nano/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nano/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-add_executable(benchmarks entry.cpp)
+add_executable(benchmarks entry.cpp stats.cpp)
 
 target_link_libraries(benchmarks test_common benchmark::benchmark)
 
diff --git a/nano/benchmarks/entry.cpp b/nano/benchmarks/entry.cpp
index e69de29bb2..ed325334e8 100644
--- a/nano/benchmarks/entry.cpp
+++ b/nano/benchmarks/entry.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
+
+static void BM_StringCreation (benchmark::State & state)
+{
+	for (auto _ : state)
+		std::string empty_string;
+}
+// Register the function as a benchmark
+BENCHMARK (BM_StringCreation);
+
+// Define another benchmark
+static void BM_StringCopy (benchmark::State & state)
+{
+	std::string x = "hello";
+	for (auto _ : state)
+		std::string copy (x);
+}
+BENCHMARK (BM_StringCopy);
+
+BENCHMARK_MAIN ();
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diff --git a/nano/benchmarks/stats.cpp b/nano/benchmarks/stats.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62e49ac526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nano/benchmarks/stats.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include <nano/lib/stats.hpp>
+
+#include <random>
+
+#include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
+
+static void benchmark_stats_inc_single (benchmark::State & state)
+{
+	nano::stats stats;
+
+	for (auto _ : state)
+	{
+		stats.inc (nano::stat::type::ledger, nano::stat::detail::open);
+	}
+}
+
+BENCHMARK (benchmark_stats_inc_single);
+BENCHMARK (benchmark_stats_inc_single)->Threads (16);
+
+static void benchmark_stats_inc_multiple (benchmark::State & state)
+{
+	nano::stats stats;
+
+	for (auto _ : state)
+	{
+		stats.inc (nano::stat::type::ledger, nano::stat::detail::open);
+		stats.inc (nano::stat::type::active, nano::stat::detail::activate);
+		stats.inc (nano::stat::type::active, nano::stat::detail::block);
+		stats.inc (nano::stat::type::aggregator, nano::stat::detail::block);
+		stats.inc (nano::stat::type::aggregator, nano::stat::detail::cleanup);
+		stats.inc (nano::stat::type::aggregator, nano::stat::detail::already_confirmed);
+		stats.inc (nano::stat::type::backlog, nano::stat::detail::insert);
+	}
+}
+
+BENCHMARK (benchmark_stats_inc_multiple);
+BENCHMARK (benchmark_stats_inc_multiple)->Threads (16);
+
+static void benchmark_stats_inc_random (benchmark::State & state)
+{
+	nano::stats stats;
+
+	auto random_subset = [] (auto elements, size_t count) -> std::vector<typename decltype (elements)::value_type> {
+		std::shuffle (elements.begin (), elements.end (), std::mt19937 (std::random_device () ()));
+		return { elements.begin (), elements.begin () + std::min (count, elements.size ()) };
+	};
+
+	auto stat_types = random_subset (nano::stat::all_types (), state.range (0));
+	auto stat_details = random_subset (nano::stat::all_details (), state.range (1));
+
+	size_t type_index = 0;
+	size_t detail_index = 0;
+
+	for (auto _ : state)
+	{
+		stats.inc (stat_types[type_index], stat_details[detail_index]);
+
+		type_index = (type_index + 1) % stat_types.size ();
+		detail_index = (detail_index + 1) % stat_details.size ();
+	}
+}
+
+BENCHMARK (benchmark_stats_inc_random)->Args ({ 8, 8 });
+BENCHMARK (benchmark_stats_inc_random)->Args ({ 16, 16 });
+BENCHMARK (benchmark_stats_inc_random)->Args ({ 64, 64 });
+BENCHMARK (benchmark_stats_inc_random)->Args ({ 8, 8 })->Threads (16);
+BENCHMARK (benchmark_stats_inc_random)->Args ({ 16, 16 })->Threads (16);
+BENCHMARK (benchmark_stats_inc_random)->Args ({ 64, 64 })->Threads (16);
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