diff --git a/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/CobolProcessor.scala b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/CobolProcessor.scala
index 216097be..6d7a71e0 100644
--- a/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/CobolProcessor.scala
+++ b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/CobolProcessor.scala
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ trait CobolProcessor {
     * @param inputStream        the input stream containing raw COBOL records.
     * @param outputStream       the output stream where processed records will be written.
     * @param rawRecordProcessor the processor that processes each raw record.
+    * @return The number of records processed.
     */
   def process(inputStream: SimpleStream,
               outputStream: OutputStream)
-             (rawRecordProcessor: RawRecordProcessor): Unit
+             (rawRecordProcessor: RawRecordProcessor): Long
 
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ object CobolProcessor {
       new CobolProcessor {
         override def process(inputStream: SimpleStream,
                              outputStream: OutputStream)
-                            (rawRecordProcessor: RawRecordProcessor): Unit = {
+                            (rawRecordProcessor: RawRecordProcessor): Long = {
           val recordExtractor = getRecordExtractor(readerParameters, inputStream)
 
           val dataStream = inputStream.copyStream()
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ object CobolProcessor {
 
       reader.recordExtractor(0, dataStream, headerStream) match {
         case Some(extractor) => extractor
-        case None =>
+        case None            =>
           throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Cannot create a record extractor for the given reader parameters. " +
             "Please check the copybook and the reader parameters."
           )
diff --git a/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/impl/StreamProcessor.scala b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/impl/StreamProcessor.scala
index e9d84347..10d0e170 100644
--- a/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/impl/StreamProcessor.scala
+++ b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/impl/StreamProcessor.scala
@@ -34,14 +34,17 @@ object StreamProcessor {
     * @param recordExtractor the extractor that extracts raw records from the input stream.
     * @param recordProcessor the per-record processing logic implementation.
     * @param outputStream    the output stream where the processed records will be written.
+    * @return The number of records processed.
     */
   def processStream(copybook: Copybook,
                     options: Map[String, String],
                     inputStream: SimpleStream,
                     recordExtractor: RawRecordExtractor,
                     recordProcessor: RawRecordProcessor,
-                    outputStream: OutputStream): Unit = {
+                    outputStream: OutputStream): Long = {
+    var recordCount = 0L
     while (recordExtractor.hasNext) {
+      recordCount += 1
       val record = recordExtractor.next()
       val recordSize = record.length
 
@@ -61,5 +64,6 @@ object StreamProcessor {
       val footer = inputStream.next(footerSize.toInt)
       outputStream.write(footer)
     }
+    recordCount
   }
 }
diff --git a/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/CobolProcessorBuilderSuite.scala b/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/CobolProcessorBuilderSuite.scala
index b25e237b..7ec9d08b 100644
--- a/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/CobolProcessorBuilderSuite.scala
+++ b/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/processor/CobolProcessorBuilderSuite.scala
@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ class CobolProcessorBuilderSuite extends AnyWordSpec {
         }
       }
 
-      builder.build().process(is, os)(processor)
+      val count = builder.build().process(is, os)(processor)
 
       val outputArray = os.toByteArray
 
+      assert(count == 4)
       assert(outputArray.head == -16)
       assert(outputArray(1) == -15)
       assert(outputArray(2) == -14)