diff --git a/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h b/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h
index 01be46a518..aa93df60a5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 
+#include <concepts>
+#include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 
 #ifdef USE_OTA_STATE_LISTENER
@@ -78,6 +80,25 @@ enum OTAType : uint8_t {
   OTA_TYPE_UPDATE_BOOTLOADER = 0x02,
 };
 
+// The OTA backend method surface. Exactly one backend exists per build,
+// selected in ota_backend_factory.h where this concept is asserted on
+// make_ota_backend()'s return type. Semantics beyond the signatures:
+// - begin: prepare for an image of the given size; ota_type defaults to an
+//   app update, so both call forms must be accepted.
+// - set_update_md5: expected digest of the incoming image, hex string.
+// - write: consume the next chunk; end: finalize and mark bootable.
+// - abort: safe to call in any state, including after end().
+template<typename T>
+concept OTABackendContract = requires(T backend, size_t image_size, uint8_t *data, size_t len, const char *md5) {
+  { backend.begin(image_size, OTA_TYPE_UPDATE_APP) } -> std::same_as<OTAResponseTypes>;
+  { backend.begin(image_size) } -> std::same_as<OTAResponseTypes>;
+  backend.set_update_md5(md5);
+  { backend.write(data, len) } -> std::same_as<OTAResponseTypes>;
+  { backend.end() } -> std::same_as<OTAResponseTypes>;
+  backend.abort();
+  { backend.supports_compression() } -> std::same_as<bool>;
+};
+
 /** Listener interface for OTA state changes.
  *
  * Components can implement this interface to receive OTA state updates
diff --git a/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend_factory.h b/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend_factory.h
index c543983d8d..82d001ed9e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend_factory.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ota/ota_backend_factory.h
@@ -17,11 +17,22 @@
 #else
 // Stub for static analysis when no platform is defined
 namespace esphome::ota {
-struct StubOTABackend {};
+struct StubOTABackend {
+  OTAResponseTypes begin(size_t image_size, OTAType ota_type = OTA_TYPE_UPDATE_APP) {
+    return OTA_RESPONSE_ERROR_UNKNOWN;
+  }
+  void set_update_md5(const char *md5) {}
+  OTAResponseTypes write(uint8_t *data, size_t len) { return OTA_RESPONSE_ERROR_UNKNOWN; }
+  OTAResponseTypes end() { return OTA_RESPONSE_ERROR_UNKNOWN; }
+  void abort() {}
+  bool supports_compression() { return false; }
+};
 std::unique_ptr<StubOTABackend> make_ota_backend();
 }  // namespace esphome::ota
 #endif
 
 namespace esphome::ota {
 using OTABackendPtr = decltype(make_ota_backend());
+static_assert(OTABackendContract<OTABackendPtr::element_type>,
+              "The platform's OTA backend is missing part of the backend surface (ota_backend.h)");
 }  // namespace esphome::ota
diff --git a/tests/components/ota/test_backend_contract.cpp b/tests/components/ota/test_backend_contract.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b4fbbc32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/ota/test_backend_contract.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Pins the OTA backend contract concept so the surface it enforces cannot
+// drift unnoticed: the build's real backend and a minimal conforming type
+// must satisfy it, and a type missing a method or returning the wrong type
+// must not.
+
+#include "esphome/components/ota/ota_backend.h"
+#include "esphome/components/ota/ota_backend_host.h"
+
+namespace esphome::ota::testing {
+
+struct MinimalBackend {
+  OTAResponseTypes begin(size_t image_size, OTAType ota_type = OTA_TYPE_UPDATE_APP) { return OTA_RESPONSE_OK; }
+  void set_update_md5(const char *md5) {}
+  OTAResponseTypes write(uint8_t *data, size_t len) { return OTA_RESPONSE_OK; }
+  OTAResponseTypes end() { return OTA_RESPONSE_OK; }
+  void abort() {}
+  bool supports_compression() { return false; }
+};
+static_assert(OTABackendContract<MinimalBackend>);
+
+// Each negative case derives from MinimalBackend and breaks exactly one
+// requirement; the declaration in the derived struct hides the conforming
+// one from the base.
+
+// begin() without the default ota_type argument breaks consumers that only
+// pass the image size.
+struct BackendWithoutDefaultOTAType : MinimalBackend {
+  OTAResponseTypes begin(size_t image_size, OTAType ota_type) { return OTA_RESPONSE_OK; }
+};
+static_assert(!OTABackendContract<BackendWithoutDefaultOTAType>);
+
+struct BackendMissingAbort : MinimalBackend {
+  void abort() = delete;
+};
+static_assert(!OTABackendContract<BackendMissingAbort>);
+
+struct BackendWrongWriteReturn : MinimalBackend {
+  bool write(uint8_t *data, size_t len) { return true; }
+};
+static_assert(!OTABackendContract<BackendWrongWriteReturn>);
+
+// Pin the build's real backend, not just local mocks: the unit test harness
+// builds for the host platform, so this is the same check the factory's
+// static_assert performs in a firmware compile.
+#ifdef USE_HOST
+static_assert(OTABackendContract<HostOTABackend>);
+#endif
+
+}  // namespace esphome::ota::testing