diff --git a/app/components/DS/empty_state.rb b/app/components/DS/empty_state.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..937954d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/DS/empty_state.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+class DS::EmptyState < DesignSystemComponent
+  # Centered empty / no-data / disabled state: icon, title, optional
+  # description, optional action slot. Replaces the repeated
+  # `text-center py-12 + icon + title + description + CTA` markup across the
+  # empty screens (#2137), and gives the bare-text feature-disabled pages a real
+  # state instead of unstyled top-left text.
+  #
+  #   <%= render DS::EmptyState.new(icon: "repeat", title: "...", description: "...") do |es| %>
+  #     <% es.with_action do %><%= render DS::Link.new(...) %><% end %>
+  #   <% end %>
+  renders_one :action
+
+  def initialize(icon:, title:, description: nil, icon_size: "xl", **opts)
+    @icon = icon
+    @title = title
+    @description = description
+    @icon_size = icon_size
+    @opts = opts
+  end
+
+  erb_template <<~ERB
+    <%= content_tag :div,
+          class: class_names("flex flex-col items-center text-center px-4 py-12", @opts[:class]),
+          **@opts.except(:class) do %>
+      <div class="mb-4"><%= helpers.icon(@icon, size: @icon_size) %></div>
+      <p class="text-primary font-medium mb-2"><%= @title %></p>
+      <% if @description.present? %>
+        <p class="<%= class_names("text-secondary text-sm max-w-md", ("mb-4" if action?)) %>"><%= @description %></p>
+      <% end %>
+      <% if action? %><div><%= action %></div><% end %>
+    <% end %>
+  ERB
+end
diff --git a/app/views/recurring_transactions/index.html.erb b/app/views/recurring_transactions/index.html.erb
index 2148b7bb3..03384a141 100644
--- a/app/views/recurring_transactions/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/recurring_transactions/index.html.erb
@@ -58,20 +58,21 @@
 
     <div class="bg-container rounded-xl shadow-border-xs p-4">
       <% if @recurring_transactions.empty? %>
-        <div class="text-center py-12">
-          <div class="flex justify-center text-secondary mb-4">
-            <%= icon "repeat", size: "xl" %>
-          </div>
-          <p class="text-primary font-medium mb-2"><%= t("recurring_transactions.empty.title") %></p>
-          <p class="text-secondary text-sm mb-4"><%= t("recurring_transactions.empty.description") %></p>
-          <%= render DS::Link.new(
-            text: t("recurring_transactions.identify_patterns"),
-            icon: "search",
-            variant: "primary",
-            href: identify_recurring_transactions_path,
-            method: :post
-          ) %>
-        </div>
+        <%= render DS::EmptyState.new(
+          icon: "repeat",
+          title: t("recurring_transactions.empty.title"),
+          description: t("recurring_transactions.empty.description")
+        ) do |empty| %>
+          <% empty.with_action do %>
+            <%= render DS::Link.new(
+              text: t("recurring_transactions.identify_patterns"),
+              icon: "search",
+              variant: "primary",
+              href: identify_recurring_transactions_path,
+              method: :post
+            ) %>
+          <% end %>
+        <% end %>
       <% else %>
       <div class="rounded-xl bg-container-inset space-y-1 p-1">
         <div class="flex items-center gap-1.5 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-medium text-secondary uppercase">
diff --git a/test/components/DS/empty_state_test.rb b/test/components/DS/empty_state_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82503341f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/components/DS/empty_state_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+require "test_helper"
+
+class DS::EmptyStateTest < ViewComponent::TestCase
+  test "renders a centered wrapper with title and description" do
+    render_inline(DS::EmptyState.new(icon: "repeat", title: "No data yet", description: "Add something."))
+
+    assert_selector "div.text-center.items-center"
+    assert_selector "p.text-primary", text: "No data yet"
+    assert_selector "p.text-secondary", text: "Add something."
+  end
+
+  test "description is optional" do
+    render_inline(DS::EmptyState.new(icon: "repeat", title: "Empty"))
+
+    assert_selector "p.text-primary", text: "Empty"
+    assert_no_selector "p.text-secondary"
+  end
+
+  test "renders the action slot" do
+    render_inline(DS::EmptyState.new(icon: "repeat", title: "Empty")) do |es|
+      es.with_action { "<a href='/go'>Go</a>".html_safe }
+    end
+
+    assert_selector "a[href='/go']", text: "Go"
+  end
+
+  test "passthrough class merges onto the wrapper" do
+    render_inline(DS::EmptyState.new(icon: "repeat", title: "Empty", class: "custom-x"))
+
+    assert_selector "div.custom-x.text-center"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/components/previews/empty_state_component_preview.rb b/test/components/previews/empty_state_component_preview.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e50cc4f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/components/previews/empty_state_component_preview.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+class EmptyStateComponentPreview < ViewComponent::Preview
+  # @display container_classes max-w-[480px]
+  def default
+    render DS::EmptyState.new(
+      icon: "inbox",
+      title: "No transactions yet",
+      description: "Imported and synced transactions will show up here."
+    )
+  end
+
+  # @display container_classes max-w-[480px]
+  def with_action
+    render DS::EmptyState.new(
+      icon: "repeat",
+      title: "No recurring transactions",
+      description: "We detect patterns automatically, or you can scan now."
+    ) do |es|
+      es.with_action do
+        render DS::Link.new(text: "Scan now", icon: "search", variant: "primary", href: "#")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end