diff --git a/common/changes/@visactor/vtable-plugins/fix-issue-5227-excel-leading-blank-row_2026-07-15-09-34.json b/common/changes/@visactor/vtable-plugins/fix-issue-5227-excel-leading-blank-row_2026-07-15-09-34.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4f9d08cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@visactor/vtable-plugins/fix-issue-5227-excel-leading-blank-row_2026-07-15-09-34.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "comment": "fix: preserve blank rows when importing excel files (GitHub #5227)",
+      "type": "patch",
+      "packageName": "@visactor/vtable-plugins"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@visactor/vtable-plugins",
+  "email": "biukam.w@gmail.com"
+}
diff --git a/packages/vtable-plugins/__tests__/excel-import/excel.test.ts b/packages/vtable-plugins/__tests__/excel-import/excel.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2535e43d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vtable-plugins/__tests__/excel-import/excel.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import ExcelJS from 'exceljs';
+import { parseWorksheetToSheetData } from '../../src/excel-import/excel';
+
+describe('Excel worksheet import', () => {
+  test('preserves data after a blank first row', async () => {
+    const workbook = new ExcelJS.Workbook();
+    const worksheet = workbook.addWorksheet('Sheet1');
+    worksheet.getCell('A2').value = 'Name';
+    worksheet.getCell('B2').value = 'Age';
+    worksheet.getCell('A3').value = 'Alice';
+    worksheet.getCell('B3').value = 30;
+
+    const result = await parseWorksheetToSheetData(worksheet, 0);
+
+    expect(result.rowCount).toBe(3);
+    expect(result.data).toEqual([
+      [null, null],
+      ['Name', 'Age'],
+      ['Alice', 30]
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/excel-import/issue-5227-leading-blank-row.ts b/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/excel-import/issue-5227-leading-blank-row.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0958dea612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/excel-import/issue-5227-leading-blank-row.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import ExcelJS from 'exceljs';
+import * as VTable from '@visactor/vtable';
+import { parseWorksheetToSheetData } from '../../src/excel-import/excel';
+
+const CONTAINER_ID = 'vTable';
+
+const removeDemoToolbar = () => {
+  document.getElementById('issue5227Toolbar')?.remove();
+};
+
+const setStatus = (message: string, pass: boolean) => {
+  const statusNode = document.getElementById('issue5227Status');
+  if (!statusNode) {
+    return;
+  }
+  statusNode.textContent = message;
+  statusNode.style.color = pass ? '#237804' : '#cf1322';
+};
+
+const createWorksheetWithLeadingBlankRow = () => {
+  const workbook = new ExcelJS.Workbook();
+  const worksheet = workbook.addWorksheet('Sheet1');
+  worksheet.getCell('A2').value = 'Name';
+  worksheet.getCell('B2').value = 'Age';
+  worksheet.getCell('A3').value = 'Alice';
+  worksheet.getCell('B3').value = 30;
+  return worksheet;
+};
+
+const renderImportedData = (container: HTMLElement, data: unknown[][]) => {
+  if ((window as any).tableInstance) {
+    (window as any).tableInstance.release();
+  }
+
+  const maxColumnCount = data.reduce((max, row) => Math.max(max, row.length), 0);
+  const records = data.map((row, index) => {
+    const record: Record<string, unknown> = { rowIndex: index + 1 };
+    for (let col = 0; col < maxColumnCount; col++) {
+      record[`col${col}`] = row[col] ?? null;
+    }
+    return record;
+  });
+
+  const columns: VTable.ColumnsDefine = [
+    { field: 'rowIndex', title: 'Excel Row', width: 100 },
+    ...Array.from({ length: maxColumnCount }, (_, col) => ({
+      field: `col${col}`,
+      title: String.fromCharCode(65 + col),
+      width: 140
+    }))
+  ];
+
+  const tableInstance = new VTable.ListTable({
+    container,
+    columns,
+    records,
+    defaultRowHeight: 36
+  });
+
+  (window as any).tableInstance = tableInstance;
+};
+
+export function createTable() {
+  removeDemoToolbar();
+
+  const container = document.getElementById(CONTAINER_ID)!;
+  container.style.width = '640px';
+  container.style.height = '360px';
+  container.innerHTML = '';
+
+  const toolbar = document.createElement('div');
+  toolbar.id = 'issue5227Toolbar';
+  toolbar.style.cssText = [
+    'display: flex',
+    'gap: 8px',
+    'align-items: center',
+    'height: 48px',
+    'font-size: 12px'
+  ].join(';');
+  toolbar.innerHTML = `
+    <button id="issue5227Import">导入首行空白的 Excel</button>
+    <span>预期：保留空白第 1 行，rowCount=3。</span>
+    <strong id="issue5227Status"></strong>
+  `;
+  container.before(toolbar);
+
+  document.getElementById('issue5227Import')?.addEventListener('click', async () => {
+    const worksheet = createWorksheetWithLeadingBlankRow();
+    const result = await parseWorksheetToSheetData(worksheet, 0);
+    const pass =
+      result.rowCount === 3 &&
+      result.columnCount === 2 &&
+      result.data[0]?.[0] === null &&
+      result.data[1]?.[0] === 'Name' &&
+      result.data[2]?.[0] === 'Alice';
+
+    renderImportedData(container, result.data);
+    setStatus(
+      `${pass ? 'PASS' : 'FAIL'} | rowCount=${result.rowCount}, columnCount=${result.columnCount}, data=${JSON.stringify(
+        result.data
+      )}`,
+      pass
+    );
+  });
+
+  setStatus('READY', true);
+}
diff --git a/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/menu.ts b/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/menu.ts
index f5e19298ca..c5da594533 100644
--- a/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/menu.ts
+++ b/packages/vtable-plugins/demo/menu.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ export const menus = [
     path: 'excel-import',
     name: 'excel-import'
   },
+  {
+    path: 'excel-import',
+    name: 'issue-5227-leading-blank-row'
+  },
   {
     path: 'filter',
     name: 'filter'
diff --git a/packages/vtable-plugins/src/excel-import/excel.ts b/packages/vtable-plugins/src/excel-import/excel.ts
index 3e64674de5..6d7de56b0a 100644
--- a/packages/vtable-plugins/src/excel-import/excel.ts
+++ b/packages/vtable-plugins/src/excel-import/excel.ts
@@ -150,9 +150,16 @@ export async function parseWorksheetToSheetData(
   const sheetTitle = worksheet.name || `Sheet${sheetIndex + 1}`;
   const sheetKey = `sheet_${Date.now()}_${sheetIndex}`;
 
-  // 获取实际数据范围
-  const rowCount = worksheet.actualRowCount || 0;
-  const columnCount = worksheet.actualColumnCount || 0;
+  // 获取实际数据范围。actualRowCount/actualColumnCount 只统计非空行列的数量，
+  // 当数据前面或中间存在空白行列时，不能作为最后一个数据单元格的索引。
+  let rowCount = 0;
+  let columnCount = 0;
+  worksheet.eachRow((row, rowNumber) => {
+    rowCount = Math.max(rowCount, rowNumber);
+    row.eachCell((_cell, colNumber) => {
+      columnCount = Math.max(columnCount, colNumber);
+    });
+  });
 
   if (rowCount === 0 || columnCount === 0) {
     // 空 sheet，但仍需要解析合并单元格信息（可能只有合并单元格没有数据）