diff --git a/read_buffer/src/column.rs b/read_buffer/src/column.rs
index 5a0551c485..9b498dbc47 100644
--- a/read_buffer/src/column.rs
+++ b/read_buffer/src/column.rs
@@ -153,6 +153,18 @@ impl Column {
         }
     }
 
+    // Returns statistics about the physical layout of columns
+    pub(crate) fn storage_stats(&self) -> Statistics {
+        match &self {
+            Self::String(_, data) => data.storage_stats(),
+            Self::Float(_, data) => data.storage_stats(),
+            Self::Integer(_, data) => data.storage_stats(),
+            Self::Unsigned(_, data) => data.storage_stats(),
+            Self::Bool(_, data) => data.storage_stats(),
+            Self::ByteArray(_, data) => data.storage_stats(),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn properties(&self) -> &ColumnProperties {
         match &self {
             Self::String(meta, _) => &meta.properties,
@@ -1309,6 +1321,15 @@ impl Iterator for RowIDsIterator<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+// Statistics about the composition of a column
+pub(crate) struct Statistics {
+    enc_type: &'static str,
+    log_data_type: &'static str,
+    values: u32,
+    nulls: u32,
+    bytes: usize,
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/read_buffer/src/column/boolean.rs b/read_buffer/src/column/boolean.rs
index a6da69f111..064025ea42 100644
--- a/read_buffer/src/column/boolean.rs
+++ b/read_buffer/src/column/boolean.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use super::cmp;
 use super::encoding::bool::Bool;
+use super::{cmp, Statistics};
 use crate::column::{RowIDs, Value, Values};
 
 /// Encodings for boolean values.
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ impl BooleanEncoding {
         }
     }
 
+    // Returns statistics about the physical layout of columns
+    pub(crate) fn storage_stats(&self) -> Statistics {
+        Statistics {
+            enc_type: self.name(),
+            log_data_type: "bool",
+            values: self.num_rows(),
+            nulls: self.null_count(),
+            bytes: self.size(),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Determines if the column contains a NULL value.
     pub fn contains_null(&self) -> bool {
         match self {
@@ -29,6 +40,13 @@ impl BooleanEncoding {
         }
     }
 
+    /// The total number of rows in the column.
+    pub fn null_count(&self) -> u32 {
+        match self {
+            Self::BooleanNull(enc) => enc.null_count(),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Determines if the column contains a non-null value.
     pub fn has_any_non_null_value(&self) -> bool {
         match self {
@@ -106,6 +124,13 @@ impl BooleanEncoding {
             Self::BooleanNull(c) => c.count(row_ids),
         }
     }
+
+    /// The name of this encoding.
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match &self {
+            Self::BooleanNull(_) => "None",
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for BooleanEncoding {
diff --git a/read_buffer/src/column/encoding/bool.rs b/read_buffer/src/column/encoding/bool.rs
index b9d6b58669..0752535d84 100644
--- a/read_buffer/src/column/encoding/bool.rs
+++ b/read_buffer/src/column/encoding/bool.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ impl Bool {
         self.arr.null_count() > 0
     }
 
+    pub fn null_count(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.arr.null_count() as u32
+    }
+
     /// Returns an estimation of the total size in bytes used by this column
     /// encoding.
     pub fn size(&self) -> usize {
diff --git a/read_buffer/src/row_group.rs b/read_buffer/src/row_group.rs
index 60f18c8f8c..693870aad4 100644
--- a/read_buffer/src/row_group.rs
+++ b/read_buffer/src/row_group.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use hashbrown::{hash_map, HashMap};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use snafu::{ResultExt, Snafu};
 
-use crate::column::{cmp::Operator, Column, RowIDs, RowIDsOption};
+use crate::column::{self, cmp::Operator, Column, RowIDs, RowIDsOption};
 use crate::schema;
 use crate::schema::{AggregateType, LogicalDataType, ResultSchema};
 use crate::value::{
@@ -1059,6 +1059,10 @@ impl RowGroup {
 
         dst
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn column_storage_statistics(&self) -> Vec<column::Statistics> {
+        self.columns.iter().map(|c| c.storage_stats()).collect()
+    }
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for &RowGroup {
diff --git a/read_buffer/src/table.rs b/read_buffer/src/table.rs
index 713a430e2a..fa9bc3c216 100644
--- a/read_buffer/src/table.rs
+++ b/read_buffer/src/table.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
 use data_types::{chunk::ChunkColumnSummary, partition_metadata::TableSummary};
 use internal_types::selection::Selection;
 
-use crate::row_group::{self, ColumnName, Predicate, RowGroup};
 use crate::schema::{AggregateType, ColumnType, LogicalDataType, ResultSchema};
 use crate::value::{OwnedValue, Scalar, Value};
+use crate::{
+    column,
+    row_group::{self, ColumnName, Predicate, RowGroup},
+};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
 pub enum Error {
@@ -513,6 +516,16 @@ impl Table {
             .iter()
             .any(|row_group| row_group.satisfies_predicate(predicate))
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn column_storage_statistics(&self) -> Vec<column::Statistics> {
+        let table_data = self.table_data.read();
+        table_data
+            .data
+            .iter()
+            .map(|rg| rg.column_storage_statistics())
+            .flatten()
+            .collect()
+    }
 }
 
 // TODO(edd): reduce owned strings here by, e.g., using references as keys.