diff --git a/datagouv-components/src/components/Search/GlobalSearch.vue b/datagouv-components/src/components/Search/GlobalSearch.vue
index 4fa2c0034..1965e43fb 100644
--- a/datagouv-components/src/components/Search/GlobalSearch.vue
+++ b/datagouv-components/src/components/Search/GlobalSearch.vue
@@ -107,28 +107,28 @@
                 v-if="isEnabled('format_family')"
                 v-model="formatFamily"
                 :facets="getFacets('format_family')"
-                :loading="searchResultsStatus === 'pending'"
+                :loading="facetsLoading"
                 :style="{ order: getOrder('format_family') }"
               />
               <AccessTypeFilter
                 v-if="isEnabled('access_type')"
                 v-model="accessType"
                 :facets="getFacets('access_type')"
-                :loading="searchResultsStatus === 'pending'"
+                :loading="facetsLoading"
                 :style="{ order: getOrder('access_type') }"
               />
               <LastUpdateRangeFilter
                 v-if="isEnabled('last_update_range')"
                 v-model="lastUpdateRange"
                 :facets="getFacets('last_update')"
-                :loading="searchResultsStatus === 'pending'"
+                :loading="facetsLoading"
                 :style="{ order: getOrder('last_update_range') }"
               />
               <ProducerTypeFilter
                 v-if="isEnabled('producer_type')"
                 v-model="producerType"
                 :facets="getFacets('producer_type')"
-                :loading="searchResultsStatus === 'pending'"
+                :loading="facetsLoading"
                 :exclude="currentTypeConfig?.class === 'organizations' ? ['user'] : []"
                 :style="{ order: getOrder('producer_type') }"
               />
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@
                 v-if="isEnabled('badge')"
                 v-model="badge"
                 :facets="getFacets('badge')"
-                :loading="searchResultsStatus === 'pending'"
+                :loading="facetsLoading"
                 :style="{ order: getOrder('badge') }"
               />
               <ReuseTypeFilter
                 v-if="isEnabled('type')"
                 v-model="reuseType"
                 :facets="getFacets('type')"
-                :loading="searchResultsStatus === 'pending'"
+                :loading="facetsLoading"
                 :style="{ order: getOrder('type') }"
               />
               <slot
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { computed, provide, shallowReactive, useSlots, watch, useTemplateRef, type Component, type Ref } from 'vue'
+import { computed, provide, shallowReactive, useSlots, watch, useTemplateRef, type Component, type ComputedRef, type Ref } from 'vue'
 import { useRouteQuery } from '@vueuse/router'
 import { RiBookShelfLine, RiBuilding2Line, RiCloseCircleLine, RiDatabase2Line, RiLightbulbLine, RiLineChartLine, RiRssLine, RiTerminalLine } from '@remixicon/vue'
 import magnifyingGlassSrc from '../../../assets/illustrations/magnifying_glass.svg?url'
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from '../../composables/useTranslation'
 import { useDebouncedRef } from '../../composables/useDebouncedRef'
 import { configKey, forEachActiveCustomFilter, isCustomFilterActive, searchFilterContextKey, type CustomFilterEntry } from '../../composables/useSearchFilter'
 import { useStableQueryParams } from '../../composables/useStableQueryParams'
+import { useStableFacets } from '../../composables/useStableFacets'
 import { useComponentsConfig } from '../../config'
 import { useFetch } from '../../functions/api'
 import type { AsyncDataRequestStatus } from '../../functions/api.types'
@@ -590,13 +591,19 @@ const stableParamsOptions = {
   pageSize,
 }
 
+// Refs produced by the fetch, before facets stabilization is attached.
+type SearchResultRefs<C extends SearchType> = {
+  class: C
+  data: Ref<SearchResponseByClass[C] | null>
+  status: Ref<AsyncDataRequestStatus>
+}
+
 // Discriminated union: each variant carries its own response type so a `class`
 // narrow gives the precise shape of `data.value` (no cast needed).
 type SearchEntry = {
-  [K in SearchType]: {
-    class: K
-    data: Ref<SearchResponseByClass[K] | null>
-    status: Ref<AsyncDataRequestStatus>
+  [K in SearchType]: SearchResultRefs<K> & {
+    facets: ComputedRef<SearchResponseByClass[K]['facets'] | null>
+    facetsLoading: ComputedRef<boolean>
   }
 }[SearchType]
 
@@ -610,7 +617,7 @@ type SearchStrategy<C extends SearchType> = {
   fetch: (
     params: Ref<Record<string, unknown>>,
     server: boolean,
-  ) => Promise<Extract<SearchEntry, { class: C }>>
+  ) => Promise<SearchResultRefs<C>>
 }
 
 function makeStrategy<C extends SearchType>(
@@ -624,9 +631,9 @@ function makeStrategy<C extends SearchType>(
         meta.url,
         { params, lazy: true, server },
       )
-      // Tautologically equivalent to Extract<SearchEntry, { class: C }>, but TS
-      // cannot prove it on a generic C, so we assert.
-      return { class: cls, data, status } as Extract<SearchEntry, { class: C }>
+      // Tautologically equivalent to SearchResultRefs<C>, but TS cannot prove
+      // it on a generic C, so we assert.
+      return { class: cls, data, status } as SearchResultRefs<C>
     },
   }
 }
@@ -668,8 +675,15 @@ const strategies: { [K in SearchType]: SearchStrategy<K> } = {
 const resultsMap: Record<string, SearchEntry> = {}
 for (const c of props.config) {
   const key = configKey(c)
-  const params = useStableQueryParams({ ...stableParamsOptions, typeConfig: c })
-  resultsMap[key] = await strategies[c.class].fetch(params, initialType === key)
+  const { params, facetParams } = useStableQueryParams({ ...stableParamsOptions, typeConfig: c })
+  const result = await strategies[c.class].fetch(params, initialType === key)
+  const { facets, loading: facetsLoading } = useStableFacets({
+    data: result.data,
+    status: result.status,
+    facetParams,
+  })
+  // Same generic-C limitation as in makeStrategy: the union is narrowed by key.
+  resultsMap[key] = { ...result, facets, facetsLoading } as SearchEntry
 }
 
 // Reset page on filter/sort change. Custom filters (registered via
@@ -788,8 +802,11 @@ const rssUrl = computed(() => {
   return `${componentsConfig.apiBase}${basePath}${queryString ? '?' + queryString : ''}`
 })
 
-// Facets for filters
-const currentFacets = computed(() => searchResults.value?.facets)
+// Facets for filters. Stabilized per type by useStableFacets: sort and page
+// changes refetch the results but keep the previous facets, so the facet
+// filters neither flash their loading state nor re-render their counts.
+const currentFacets = computed(() => resultsMap[currentType.value]?.facets.value ?? undefined)
+const facetsLoading = computed(() => resultsMap[currentType.value]?.facetsLoading.value ?? false)
 
 function getFacets(key: string): FacetItem[] | undefined {
   if (!currentFacets.value) return undefined
diff --git a/datagouv-components/src/composables/useStableFacets.ts b/datagouv-components/src/composables/useStableFacets.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c00231349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datagouv-components/src/composables/useStableFacets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { computed, shallowRef, watch, type ComputedRef, type Ref } from 'vue'
+import type { AsyncDataRequestStatus } from '../functions/api.types'
+
+interface StableFacetsOptions<F> {
+  data: Ref<{ facets: F } | null>
+  status: Ref<AsyncDataRequestStatus>
+  facetParams: Ref<Record<string, unknown>>
+}
+
+interface StableFacets<F> {
+  facets: ComputedRef<F | null>
+  loading: ComputedRef<boolean>
+}
+
+/**
+ * Keeps facets stable across refetches that cannot change them (sort/page
+ * changes): the cached facets object is kept instead of the new response's
+ * copy, so facet filters neither re-render their counts nor flash loading.
+ */
+export function useStableFacets<F>(options: StableFacetsOptions<F>): StableFacets<F> {
+  const { data, status, facetParams } = options
+  const cachedFacets = shallowRef<F | null>(null)
+  // facetParams only gets a new identity when its content changes
+  const appliedFacetParams = shallowRef<Record<string, unknown> | null>(null)
+
+  // Cache a response only if it answers the current facetParams.
+  // Sort/page refetch: facetParams identity is unchanged and the new response
+  // is a copy of the same aggregations — skip it to keep facets stable.
+  watch(data, (results) => {
+    if (!results) return
+    if (facetParams.value !== appliedFacetParams.value) {
+      cachedFacets.value = results.facets
+      appliedFacetParams.value = facetParams.value
+    }
+  }, { immediate: true })
+
+  const facets = computed(() => cachedFacets.value)
+
+  // A change to a facet-affecting param updates facetParams and triggers a new fetch.
+  //  While that fetch is pending, facetParams is ahead of the cached facets.
+  const loading = computed(() =>
+    status.value === 'pending' && facetParams.value !== appliedFacetParams.value,
+  )
+
+  return { facets, loading }
+}
diff --git a/datagouv-components/src/composables/useStableQueryParams.ts b/datagouv-components/src/composables/useStableQueryParams.ts
index 0063a0d86..265f19c50 100644
--- a/datagouv-components/src/composables/useStableQueryParams.ts
+++ b/datagouv-components/src/composables/useStableQueryParams.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ interface StableQueryParamsOptions {
 }
 
 /**
- * Creates a stable ref for query params that only updates when content actually changes.
+ * Creates stable refs for query params that only update when content actually changes.
  * Applies hiddenFilters first, then user filters (which can override hiddenFilters).
+ * `facetParams` is the same params minus `sort` and `page`, which do not affect
+ * facet aggregations.
  */
 export function useStableQueryParams(options: StableQueryParamsOptions) {
   const { typeConfig, allFilters, customFilterRegistry, q, sort, page, pageSize } = options
   const stableParams = ref<Record<string, unknown>>({})
+  // Same params minus sort and page
+  const stableFacetParams = ref<Record<string, unknown>>({})
 
   const buildParams = () => {
     const params: Record<string, unknown> = {}
@@ -108,9 +112,17 @@ export function useStableQueryParams(options: StableQueryParamsOptions) {
       if (JSON.stringify(newParams) !== JSON.stringify(stableParams.value)) {
         stableParams.value = newParams
       }
+
+      const newFacetParams = { ...newParams }
+      delete newFacetParams.sort
+      delete newFacetParams.page
+      delete newFacetParams.page_size
+      if (JSON.stringify(newFacetParams) !== JSON.stringify(stableFacetParams.value)) {
+        stableFacetParams.value = newFacetParams
+      }
     },
     { immediate: true },
   )
 
-  return stableParams
+  return { params: stableParams, facetParams: stableFacetParams }
 }
diff --git a/tests-unit/datagouv-components/stable-facets.spec.ts b/tests-unit/datagouv-components/stable-facets.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f4a135df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests-unit/datagouv-components/stable-facets.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { nextTick, ref, shallowRef } from 'vue'
+import { useStableFacets } from '~/datagouv-components/src/composables/useStableFacets'
+import type { AsyncDataRequestStatus } from '~/datagouv-components/src/functions/api.types'
+
+type Facets = Record<string, { name: string, count: number }[]>
+
+function setup() {
+  // useFetch (the real data source) stores its payload in a shallowRef: facet
+  // objects keep their identity, which is what the identity assertions below
+  // rely on. A deep ref would wrap facets in reactive proxies.
+  const data = shallowRef<{ facets: Facets } | null>(null)
+  const status = ref<AsyncDataRequestStatus>('idle')
+  const facetParams = ref<Record<string, unknown>>({})
+  return { data, status, facetParams, ...useStableFacets<Facets>({ data, status, facetParams }) }
+}
+
+describe('useStableFacets', () => {
+  it('exposes null facets before the first response', () => {
+    const { facets } = setup()
+    expect(facets.value).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('exposes the facets of the first response', async () => {
+    const { data, facets } = setup()
+    const responseFacets = { format_family: [{ name: 'tabular', count: 3 }] }
+    data.value = { facets: responseFacets }
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(facets.value).toBe(responseFacets)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the previous facets when a refetch only changed sort or page', async () => {
+    const { data, status, facets, loading } = setup()
+    const responseFacets = { format_family: [{ name: 'tabular', count: 3 }] }
+    data.value = { facets: responseFacets }
+    await nextTick()
+
+    // facetParams identity is unchanged (only sort/page changed)
+    status.value = 'pending'
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(loading.value).toBe(false)
+
+    data.value = { facets: { format_family: [{ name: 'tabular', count: 3 }] } }
+    status.value = 'success'
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(facets.value).toBe(responseFacets)
+  })
+
+  it('recomputes facets when facet params change', async () => {
+    const { data, status, facetParams, facets, loading } = setup()
+    const initialFacets = { badge: [{ name: 'x', count: 1 }] }
+    data.value = { facets: initialFacets }
+    await nextTick()
+
+    // A filter change gives facetParams a new identity (see useStableQueryParams)
+    facetParams.value = { tag: 'energy' }
+    status.value = 'pending'
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(loading.value).toBe(true)
+    // The previous facets stay displayed while the fetch is in flight
+    expect(facets.value).toBe(initialFacets)
+
+    const newFacets = { badge: [{ name: 'y', count: 2 }] }
+    data.value = { facets: newFacets }
+    status.value = 'success'
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(facets.value).toBe(newFacets)
+    expect(loading.value).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests-unit/datagouv-components/stable-query-params.spec.ts b/tests-unit/datagouv-components/stable-query-params.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35fb90c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests-unit/datagouv-components/stable-query-params.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { nextTick, ref } from 'vue'
+import { useStableQueryParams } from '~/datagouv-components/src/composables/useStableQueryParams'
+import type { SearchTypeConfig } from '~/datagouv-components/src/types/search'
+
+function setup() {
+  const q = ref('')
+  const sort = ref<string | undefined>(undefined)
+  const page = ref(1)
+  const tag = ref<string | undefined>(undefined)
+  const typeConfig: SearchTypeConfig = {
+    class: 'datasets',
+    basicFilters: ['tag'],
+    sortOptions: [{ value: '-created', label: 'Plus récents' }],
+  }
+  const { params, facetParams } = useStableQueryParams({
+    typeConfig,
+    allFilters: { tag },
+    customFilterRegistry: new Map(),
+    q,
+    sort,
+    page,
+    pageSize: 20,
+  })
+  return { q, sort, page, tag, params, facetParams }
+}
+
+describe('useStableQueryParams', () => {
+  it('excludes sort and page from facetParams', () => {
+    const { params, facetParams } = setup()
+
+    expect(params.value).toEqual({ page: 1, page_size: 20 })
+    expect(facetParams.value).toEqual({})
+  })
+
+  it('keeps facetParams identity stable when only sort or page change', async () => {
+    const { sort, page, params, facetParams } = setup()
+    const before = facetParams.value
+
+    sort.value = '-created'
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(params.value.sort).toBe('-created')
+    expect(facetParams.value).toBe(before)
+
+    page.value = 2
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(params.value.page).toBe(2)
+    expect(facetParams.value).toBe(before)
+  })
+
+  it('updates facetParams when a facet-affecting param changes', async () => {
+    const { q, tag, facetParams } = setup()
+    const before = facetParams.value
+
+    tag.value = 'energy'
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(facetParams.value).toEqual({ tag: 'energy' })
+    expect(facetParams.value).not.toBe(before)
+
+    const afterTag = facetParams.value
+    q.value = 'test'
+    await nextTick()
+    expect(facetParams.value).toEqual({ tag: 'energy', q: 'test' })
+    expect(facetParams.value).not.toBe(afterTag)
+  })
+})