diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/onboarding/OnboardingResumeBanner.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/onboarding/OnboardingResumeBanner.tsx
index 21d4d0746..a7cf1a2aa 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/onboarding/OnboardingResumeBanner.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/components/onboarding/OnboardingResumeBanner.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
-import { AlertTriangle, ArrowRight, Clock } from "lucide-react";
+import { AlertTriangle, ArrowRight, CheckCircle2, Clock } from "lucide-react";
 import { api } from "@/services/api";
 import useAuth from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import type { OnboardingRequirements } from "@/services/companies.service";
@@ -157,11 +157,34 @@ export default function OnboardingResumeBanner({
  * Self-hides when there's nothing outstanding.
  */
 export function AccountReviewBanner() {
-  const { company, reviewStatus, reviewNote } = useAuth();
+  const { company, companyStatus, reviewStatus, reviewNote } = useAuth();
   const profiles = company?.company?.companyProfiles ?? [];
   const pending = profiles.filter((p) => p.status === "pending");
   const approved = profiles.filter((p) => p.status === "active");
 
+  // 0. Account suspended/blacklisted — the hardest lock, takes priority over
+  //    everything else since nothing below matters if the account is shut down.
+  if (companyStatus === "suspended" || companyStatus === "blacklisted") {
+    return (
+      <div className="border-b border-red-200 bg-red-50 px-6 py-3">
+        <div className="mx-auto flex max-w-6xl items-center gap-3">
+          <span className="flex h-9 w-9 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-red-100 text-red-700">
+            <AlertTriangle size={18} />
+          </span>
+          <span className="flex flex-col gap-0.5">
+            <span className="text-sm font-semibold text-red-900">
+              Your account has been suspended
+            </span>
+            <span className="text-xs text-red-800">
+              Contact EDR support to resolve this before you can continue
+              working.
+            </span>
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
   // 1. Profile-edit review pending — the account-wide lock.
   if (reviewStatus === "pending") {
     return (
@@ -216,8 +239,45 @@ export function AccountReviewBanner() {
     );
   }
 
-  // 3. Per-operational-profile approval (existing behaviour).
-  if (profiles.length === 0 || pending.length === 0) return null;
+  // 3. Company approved and awaiting its first operational profile — nothing
+  //    profile-specific to report yet, but the account itself is pending.
+  if (profiles.length === 0) {
+    if (companyStatus === "pending") {
+      return (
+        <div className="border-b border-amber-200 bg-amber-50 px-6 py-3">
+          <div className="mx-auto flex max-w-6xl items-center gap-3">
+            <span className="flex h-9 w-9 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-amber-100 text-amber-700">
+              <Clock size={18} />
+            </span>
+            <span className="text-sm font-semibold text-amber-900">
+              Your account is pending approval
+            </span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  // 4. Per-operational-profile approval (existing behaviour).
+  if (pending.length === 0) {
+    // Nothing outstanding — a quiet confirmation that the account is live.
+    if (companyStatus === "active") {
+      return (
+        <div className="border-b border-emerald-200 bg-emerald-50 px-6 py-3">
+          <div className="mx-auto flex max-w-6xl items-center gap-3">
+            <span className="flex h-9 w-9 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-emerald-100 text-emerald-700">
+              <CheckCircle2 size={18} />
+            </span>
+            <span className="text-sm font-semibold text-emerald-900">
+              Your account is approved
+            </span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
 
   const pendingLabel = pending
     .map((p) => p.type.replace(/_/g, " "))