diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/event.py b/homeassistant/helpers/event.py
index b363bc21e86..baf1f144a3f 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/event.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/event.py
@@ -551,6 +551,12 @@ def async_track_entity_registry_updated_event(
     )
 
 
+@callback
+def async_has_entity_registry_updated_listeners(hass: HomeAssistant) -> bool:
+    """Check if async_track_entity_registry_updated_event has been called yet."""
+    return _KEYED_TRACK_ENTITY_REGISTRY_UPDATED.key in hass.data
+
+
 @callback
 def _async_device_registry_updated_filter(
     hass: HomeAssistant,
diff --git a/tests/helpers/test_event.py b/tests/helpers/test_event.py
index a8691771580..b8bc89e29d7 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/test_event.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/test_event.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from homeassistant.helpers.event import (
     TrackTemplate,
     TrackTemplateResult,
     async_call_later,
+    async_has_entity_registry_updated_listeners,
     async_track_device_registry_updated_event,
     async_track_entity_registry_updated_event,
     async_track_point_in_time,
@@ -4682,12 +4683,17 @@ async def test_async_track_entity_registry_updated_event(hass: HomeAssistant) ->
     def run_callback(event):
         event_data.append(event.data)
 
+    assert async_has_entity_registry_updated_listeners(hass) is False
+
     unsub1 = async_track_entity_registry_updated_event(
         hass, entity_id, run_callback, job_type=ha.HassJobType.Callback
     )
     unsub2 = async_track_entity_registry_updated_event(
         hass, new_entity_id, run_callback
     )
+
+    assert async_has_entity_registry_updated_listeners(hass) is True
+
     hass.bus.async_fire(
         EVENT_ENTITY_REGISTRY_UPDATED, {"action": "create", "entity_id": entity_id}
     )