diff --git a/pkg/limits/frontend/ring.go b/pkg/limits/frontend/ring.go
index 0363bddd5e..3f298fd9d0 100644
--- a/pkg/limits/frontend/ring.go
+++ b/pkg/limits/frontend/ring.go
@@ -119,23 +119,81 @@ func (g *RingStreamUsageGatherer) forGivenReplicaSet(ctx context.Context, rs rin
 	return responses, nil
 }
 
+type zonePartitionConsumersResult struct {
+	zone       string
+	partitions map[int32]string
+}
+
+// getZoneAwarePartitionConsumers returns partition consumers for each zone
+// in the replication set. If a zone has no active partition consumers, the
+// zone will still be returned but its partition consumers will be nil.
+// If ZoneAwarenessEnabled is false, it returns all partition consumers under
+// a psuedo-zone ("").
+func (g *RingStreamUsageGatherer) getZoneAwarePartitionConsumers(ctx context.Context, instances []ring.InstanceDesc) (map[string]map[int32]string, error) {
+	zoneDescs := make(map[string][]ring.InstanceDesc)
+	for _, instance := range instances {
+		zoneDescs[instance.Zone] = append(zoneDescs[instance.Zone], instance)
+	}
+	// Get the partition consumers for each zone.
+	resultsCh := make(chan zonePartitionConsumersResult, len(zoneDescs))
+	errg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	for zone, instances := range zoneDescs {
+		errg.Go(func() error {
+			res, err := g.getPartitionConsumers(ctx, instances)
+			if err != nil {
+				level.Error(g.logger).Log("msg", "failed to get partition consumers for zone", "zone", zone, "err", err.Error())
+			}
+			// If the consumers could not be fetched for a zone, then it is
+			// expected partitionConsumers is nil.
+			resultsCh <- zonePartitionConsumersResult{
+				zone:       zone,
+				partitions: res,
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+	}
+	errg.Wait() //nolint
+	close(resultsCh)
+	results := make(map[string]map[int32]string)
+	for result := range resultsCh {
+		results[result.zone] = result.partitions
+	}
+	return results, nil
+}
+
 type getAssignedPartitionsResponse struct {
-	Addr     string
-	Response *logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsResponse
+	addr     string
+	response *logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsResponse
 }
 
+// getPartitionConsumers returns the consumer for each partition.
+
+// In some cases, it might not be possible to know the consumer for a
+// partition. If this happens, it returns the consumers for a subset of
+// partitions that it does know about.
+//
+// For example, if a partition does not have a consumer then the partition
+// will be absent from the result. Likewise, if an instance does not respond,
+// the partition that it consumes will be absent from the result too. This
+// also means that if no partitions are assigned consumers, or if no instances
+// respond, the result will be empty.
+//
+// This method is not zone-aware, so if ZoneAwarenessEnabled is true, it
+// should be called once for each zone, and instances should be filtered to
+// the respective zone. Alternatively, you can pass all instances for all zones
+// to find the most up to date consumer for each partition across all zones.
 func (g *RingStreamUsageGatherer) getPartitionConsumers(ctx context.Context, instances []ring.InstanceDesc) (map[int32]string, error) {
 	errg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
-	responses := make(chan getAssignedPartitionsResponse, len(instances))
+	responseCh := make(chan getAssignedPartitionsResponse, len(instances))
 	for _, instance := range instances {
 		errg.Go(func() error {
 			// We use a cache to eliminate redundant gRPC requests for
 			// GetAssignedPartitions as the set of assigned partitions is
 			// expected to be stable outside consumer rebalances.
 			if resp, ok := g.assignedPartitionsCache.Get(instance.Addr); ok {
-				responses <- getAssignedPartitionsResponse{
-					Addr:     instance.Addr,
-					Response: resp,
+				responseCh <- getAssignedPartitionsResponse{
+					addr:     instance.Addr,
+					response: resp,
 				}
 				return nil
 			}
@@ -150,9 +208,9 @@ func (g *RingStreamUsageGatherer) getPartitionConsumers(ctx context.Context, ins
 				return nil
 			}
 			g.assignedPartitionsCache.Set(instance.Addr, resp)
-			responses <- getAssignedPartitionsResponse{
-				Addr:     instance.Addr,
-				Response: resp,
+			responseCh <- getAssignedPartitionsResponse{
+				addr:     instance.Addr,
+				response: resp,
 			}
 			return nil
 		})
@@ -160,14 +218,14 @@ func (g *RingStreamUsageGatherer) getPartitionConsumers(ctx context.Context, ins
 	if err := errg.Wait(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	close(responses)
+	close(responseCh)
 	highestTimestamp := make(map[int32]int64)
 	assigned := make(map[int32]string)
-	for resp := range responses {
-		for partition, assignedAt := range resp.Response.AssignedPartitions {
+	for resp := range responseCh {
+		for partition, assignedAt := range resp.response.AssignedPartitions {
 			if t := highestTimestamp[partition]; t < assignedAt {
 				highestTimestamp[partition] = assignedAt
-				assigned[partition] = resp.Addr
+				assigned[partition] = resp.addr
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/limits/frontend/ring_test.go b/pkg/limits/frontend/ring_test.go
index eced6cb858..b4e30bafb6 100644
--- a/pkg/limits/frontend/ring_test.go
+++ b/pkg/limits/frontend/ring_test.go
@@ -205,6 +205,167 @@ func TestRingStreamUsageGatherer_GetStreamUsage(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRingStreamUsageGatherer_GetZoneAwarePartitionConsumers(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                               string
+		instances                          []ring.InstanceDesc
+		expectedAssignedPartitionsRequests []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsRequest
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponses     []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsResponse
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponseErrs  []error
+		expected                           map[string]map[int32]string
+	}{{
+		name: "single zone",
+		instances: []ring.InstanceDesc{{
+			Addr: "instance-a-0",
+			Zone: "a",
+		}},
+		expectedAssignedPartitionsRequests: []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsRequest{{}},
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponses: []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsResponse{{
+			AssignedPartitions: map[int32]int64{
+				0: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+			},
+		}},
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponseErrs: []error{nil},
+		expected:                          map[string]map[int32]string{"a": {0: "instance-a-0"}},
+	}, {
+		name: "two zones",
+		instances: []ring.InstanceDesc{{
+			Addr: "instance-a-0",
+			Zone: "a",
+		}, {
+			Addr: "instance-b-0",
+			Zone: "b",
+		}},
+		expectedAssignedPartitionsRequests: []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsRequest{{}, {}},
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponses: []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsResponse{{
+			AssignedPartitions: map[int32]int64{
+				0: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+			},
+		}, {
+			AssignedPartitions: map[int32]int64{
+				0: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+			},
+		}},
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponseErrs: []error{nil, nil},
+		expected: map[string]map[int32]string{
+			"a": {0: "instance-a-0"},
+			"b": {0: "instance-b-0"},
+		},
+	}, {
+		name: "two zones, subset of partitions in zone b",
+		instances: []ring.InstanceDesc{{
+			Addr: "instance-a-0",
+			Zone: "a",
+		}, {
+			Addr: "instance-b-0",
+			Zone: "b",
+		}},
+		expectedAssignedPartitionsRequests: []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsRequest{{}, {}},
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponses: []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsResponse{{
+			AssignedPartitions: map[int32]int64{
+				0: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+				1: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+			},
+		}, {
+			AssignedPartitions: map[int32]int64{
+				0: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+			},
+		}},
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponseErrs: []error{nil, nil},
+		expected: map[string]map[int32]string{
+			"a": {0: "instance-a-0", 1: "instance-a-0"},
+			"b": {0: "instance-b-0"},
+		},
+	}, {
+		name: "two zones, error in zone b",
+		instances: []ring.InstanceDesc{{
+			Addr: "instance-a-0",
+			Zone: "a",
+		}, {
+			Addr: "instance-b-0",
+			Zone: "b",
+		}},
+		expectedAssignedPartitionsRequests: []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsRequest{{}, {}},
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponses: []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsResponse{{
+			AssignedPartitions: map[int32]int64{
+				0: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+				1: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+			},
+		}, nil},
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponseErrs: []error{nil, errors.New("an unexpected error occurred")},
+		expected: map[string]map[int32]string{
+			"a": {0: "instance-a-0", 1: "instance-a-0"},
+			"b": {},
+		},
+	}, {
+		name: "two zones, different number of instances per zone",
+		instances: []ring.InstanceDesc{{
+			Addr: "instance-a-0",
+			Zone: "a",
+		}, {
+			Addr: "instance-a-1",
+			Zone: "a",
+		}, {
+			Addr: "instance-b-0",
+			Zone: "b",
+		}},
+		expectedAssignedPartitionsRequests: []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsRequest{{}, {}, {}},
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponses: []*logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsResponse{{
+			AssignedPartitions: map[int32]int64{
+				0: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+			},
+		}, {
+			AssignedPartitions: map[int32]int64{
+				1: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+			},
+		}, {
+			AssignedPartitions: map[int32]int64{
+				0: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+				1: time.Now().UnixNano(),
+			},
+		}},
+		getAssignedPartitionsResponseErrs: []error{nil, nil, nil},
+		expected: map[string]map[int32]string{
+			"a": {0: "instance-a-0", 1: "instance-a-1"},
+			"b": {0: "instance-b-0", 1: "instance-b-0"},
+		},
+	}}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Set up the mock clients, one for each pair of mock RPC responses.
+			clients := make([]*mockIngestLimitsClient, len(test.instances))
+			for i := range test.instances {
+				// These test cases assume one request/response per instance.
+				expectedNumAssignedPartitionsRequests := 0
+				if test.expectedAssignedPartitionsRequests[i] != nil {
+					expectedNumAssignedPartitionsRequests = 1
+				}
+				clients[i] = &mockIngestLimitsClient{
+					t:                                     t,
+					expectedAssignedPartitionsRequest:     test.expectedAssignedPartitionsRequests[i],
+					getAssignedPartitionsResponse:         test.getAssignedPartitionsResponses[i],
+					getAssignedPartitionsResponseErr:      test.getAssignedPartitionsResponseErrs[i],
+					expectedNumAssignedPartitionsRequests: expectedNumAssignedPartitionsRequests,
+				}
+				t.Cleanup(clients[i].AssertExpectedNumRequests)
+			}
+			// Set up the mocked ring and client pool for the tests.
+			readRing, clientPool := newMockRingWithClientPool(t, "test", clients, test.instances)
+			cache := NewNopCache[string, *logproto.GetAssignedPartitionsResponse]()
+			g := NewRingStreamUsageGatherer(readRing, clientPool, 2, cache, log.NewNopLogger())
+
+			// Set a maximum upper bound on the test execution time.
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 15*time.Second)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			result, err := g.getZoneAwarePartitionConsumers(ctx, test.instances)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, test.expected, result)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRingStreamUsageGatherer_GetPartitionConsumers(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string