diff --git a/src/Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/ThroughputCollector_Report_Throughput_Tests.Should_generate_correct_report.approved.txt b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/ThroughputCollector_Report_Throughput_Tests.Should_generate_correct_report.approved.txt
index df4c5ac553..56f72cf300 100644
--- a/src/Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/ThroughputCollector_Report_Throughput_Tests.Should_generate_correct_report.approved.txt
+++ b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/ThroughputCollector_Report_Throughput_Tests.Should_generate_correct_report.approved.txt
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
         "DailyThroughputFromMonitoring": []
       }
     ],
-    "TotalThroughput": 249,
+    "TotalThroughput": 238,
     "TotalQueues": 5,
     "IgnoredQueues": [],
     "EnvironmentInformation": {
diff --git a/src/Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests/ThroughputCollector/ThroughputCollector_Report_Throughput_Tests.cs b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests/ThroughputCollector/ThroughputCollector_Report_Throughput_Tests.cs
index 6603abcad0..28ca74affa 100644
--- a/src/Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests/ThroughputCollector/ThroughputCollector_Report_Throughput_Tests.cs
+++ b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent.UnitTests/ThroughputCollector/ThroughputCollector_Report_Throughput_Tests.cs
@@ -147,11 +147,37 @@ await DataStore.CreateBuilder()
 
         using (Assert.EnterMultipleScope())
         {
-            Assert.That(report.ReportData.TotalThroughput, Is.EqualTo(195), $"Incorrect TotalThroughput recorded");
+            Assert.That(report.ReportData.TotalThroughput, Is.EqualTo(185), $"Incorrect TotalThroughput recorded");
             Assert.That(report.ReportData.TotalQueues, Is.EqualTo(3), $"Incorrect TotalQueues recorded");
         }
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public async Task Should_report_total_throughput_as_maximum_daily_throughput_across_all_endpoints()
+    {
+        // Arrange - endpoints peak on different days; TotalThroughput is the best single day
+        // of the organization-wide sum, not the sum of each endpoint's individual peak
+        var startDate = new DateOnly(2024, 4, 24);
+
+        await DataStore.CreateBuilder()
+            .AddEndpoint("Endpoint1", sources: [ThroughputSource.Broker]).WithThroughput(startDate: startDate, data: [100, 10])
+            .AddEndpoint("Endpoint2", sources: [ThroughputSource.Broker]).WithThroughput(startDate: startDate, data: [20, 100])
+            .Build();
+
+        // Act
+        var report = await ThroughputCollector.GenerateThroughputReport("", null, default);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.That(report, Is.Not.Null);
+
+        using (Assert.EnterMultipleScope())
+        {
+            Assert.That(report.ReportData.Queues.First(w => w.QueueName == "Endpoint1").Throughput, Is.EqualTo(100), $"Incorrect Throughput recorded for Endpoint1");
+            Assert.That(report.ReportData.Queues.First(w => w.QueueName == "Endpoint2").Throughput, Is.EqualTo(100), $"Incorrect Throughput recorded for Endpoint2");
+            Assert.That(report.ReportData.TotalThroughput, Is.EqualTo(120), $"TotalThroughput should be the maximum daily throughput across all endpoints, not the sum of each endpoint's maximum");
+        }
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public async Task Should_return_correct_throughput_in_report_when_multiple_sources()
     {
diff --git a/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputCollector.cs b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputCollector.cs
index 925cc203c0..af4542d210 100644
--- a/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputCollector.cs
+++ b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputCollector.cs
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ public async Task<SignedReport> GenerateThroughputReport(string spVersion, DateT
 
         var queueThroughputs = new List<QueueThroughput>();
         List<string> ignoredQueueNames = [];
+        var dailyThroughputTotals = new Dictionary<DateOnly, long>();
 
         await foreach (var endpointData in GetDistinctEndpointData(cancellationToken))
         {
@@ -140,6 +141,11 @@ public async Task<SignedReport> GenerateThroughputReport(string spVersion, DateT
             };
 
             queueThroughputs.Add(queueThroughput);
+
+            foreach (var (date, messageCount) in endpointData.ThroughputData.DailyThroughput())
+            {
+                dailyThroughputTotals[date] = dailyThroughputTotals.GetValueOrDefault(date) + messageCount;
+            }
         }
 
         var auditServiceMetadata = await dataStore.GetAuditServiceMetadata(cancellationToken);
@@ -161,7 +167,8 @@ public async Task<SignedReport> GenerateThroughputReport(string spVersion, DateT
             IgnoredQueues = [.. ignoredQueueNames],
             Queues = [.. queueThroughputs],
             TotalQueues = queueThroughputs.Count,
-            TotalThroughput = queueThroughputs.Sum(q => q.Throughput ?? 0),
+            //the maximum number of messages processed across all endpoints in a single day
+            TotalThroughput = dailyThroughputTotals.Count > 0 ? dailyThroughputTotals.Values.Max() : 0,
             EnvironmentInformation = new EnvironmentInformation { AuditServicesData = new AuditServicesData(auditServiceMetadata.Versions, auditServiceMetadata.Transports), EnvironmentData = brokerMetaData.Data }
         };
 
diff --git a/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputDataExtensions.cs b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputDataExtensions.cs
index 6d54edb6c9..cc0aced7ee 100644
--- a/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputDataExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Particular.LicensingComponent/ThroughputDataExtensions.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ public static long MaxDailyThroughput(this List<ThroughputData> throughputs)
         return 0;
     }
 
+    // Daily throughput for an endpoint. When multiple sources have data for the same day,
+    // the maximum value is used, since all sources measure the same messages.
+    public static IEnumerable<EndpointDailyThroughput> DailyThroughput(this List<ThroughputData> throughputs) => throughputs
+        .SelectMany(td => td)
+        .GroupBy(kvp => kvp.Key)
+        .Select(group => new EndpointDailyThroughput(group.Key, group.Max(kvp => kvp.Value)));
+
     public static MonthlyThroughput[] MonthlyThroughput(this List<ThroughputData> throughputs) => [.. throughputs
             .SelectMany(data => data)
             .GroupBy(kvp => $"{kvp.Key:yyyy-MM}")