diff --git a/script/build_language_schema.py b/script/build_language_schema.py
index 9e9ae21c55..3ce94b674e 100755
--- a/script/build_language_schema.py
+++ b/script/build_language_schema.py
@@ -152,17 +152,22 @@ _CV_STRING_VALIDATORS = (
     cv.time_of_day,
     cv.directory,
     cv.file_,
-    cv.dimensions,
     cv.none,
 )
-_CV_INTEGER_VALIDATORS = (cv.hex_int, cv.percentage_int, cv.mqtt_qos)
-_CV_FLOAT_VALIDATORS = (
-    cv.percentage,
-    cv.possibly_negative_percentage,
-    cv.temperature,
-    cv.temperature_delta,
-    cv.color_temperature,
-)
+_CV_INTEGER_VALIDATORS = (cv.hex_int, cv.mqtt_qos)
+# Validators that accept a number optionally carrying a unit suffix (e.g.
+# "50%", "25°C", "10kB"). Dumped as their base numeric type with the canonical
+# unit attached, mirroring float_with_unit, so editors accept both the
+# bare-number and the unit-string form instead of rejecting one of them.
+_CV_UNIT_VALIDATORS = {
+    cv.percentage: ("float", "%"),
+    cv.possibly_negative_percentage: ("float", "%"),
+    cv.temperature: ("float", "°C"),
+    cv.temperature_delta: ("float", "°C"),
+    cv.color_temperature: ("float", "mireds"),
+    cv.percentage_int: ("integer", "%"),
+    cv.validate_bytes: ("integer", "B"),
+}
 _CV_TIME_VALIDATORS = (
     cv.update_interval,
     cv.time_period_str_unit,
@@ -1051,8 +1056,8 @@ def convert(schema, config_var, path):
         schema in _CV_STRING_VALIDATORS
     ):
         config_var[S_TYPE] = "string"
-    elif schema in _CV_FLOAT_VALIDATORS:
-        config_var[S_TYPE] = "float"
+    elif callable(schema) and schema in _CV_UNIT_VALIDATORS:
+        config_var[S_TYPE], config_var["unit"] = _CV_UNIT_VALIDATORS[schema]
     elif schema in _CV_TIME_VALIDATORS:
         config_var[S_TYPE] = "time"
     elif schema in _CV_LAMBDA_VALIDATORS:
diff --git a/tests/script/test_build_language_schema.py b/tests/script/test_build_language_schema.py
index 952ebb61f1..b1f44d0498 100644
--- a/tests/script/test_build_language_schema.py
+++ b/tests/script/test_build_language_schema.py
@@ -376,9 +376,6 @@ def _convert(validator: object) -> dict:
         (cv.directory, "string"),
         (cv.mqtt_qos, "integer"),
         (cv.hex_int, "integer"),
-        (cv.percentage, "float"),
-        (cv.temperature, "float"),
-        (cv.color_temperature, "float"),
         (cv.update_interval, "time"),
         (cv.time_period_str_colon, "time"),
         (cv.lambda_, "lambda"),
@@ -389,6 +386,35 @@ def test_convert_types_scalar_cv_validators(validator: object, expected: str) ->
     assert _convert(validator).get("type") == expected
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("validator", "expected_type", "expected_unit"),
+    [
+        (cv.percentage, "float", "%"),
+        (cv.possibly_negative_percentage, "float", "%"),
+        (cv.temperature, "float", "°C"),
+        (cv.temperature_delta, "float", "°C"),
+        (cv.color_temperature, "float", "mireds"),
+        (cv.percentage_int, "integer", "%"),
+        (cv.validate_bytes, "integer", "B"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_convert_types_unit_validators(
+    validator: object, expected_type: str, expected_unit: str
+) -> None:
+    # Number-with-unit validators accept both a bare number and a unit-suffixed
+    # string, so they carry their base numeric type plus the canonical unit.
+    entry = _convert(validator)
+    assert entry.get("type") == expected_type
+    assert entry.get("unit") == expected_unit
+
+
+def test_convert_dimensions_left_untyped() -> None:
+    # cv.dimensions accepts either a "WIDTHxHEIGHT" string or a [w, h] list;
+    # a single scalar type would reject one form, so it is left untyped.
+    entry = _convert(cv.dimensions)
+    assert "type" not in entry
+
+
 def test_convert_entity_category_is_enum() -> None:
     entry = _convert(cv.entity_category)
     assert entry["type"] == "enum"
@@ -497,7 +523,9 @@ def test_cv_types_end_to_end(full_schema_dir: Path) -> None:
 
     climate = json.loads((full_schema_dir / "climate.json").read_text())["climate"]
     visual = climate["schemas"]["_CLIMATE_SCHEMA"]["schema"]["config_vars"]["visual"]
-    assert visual["schema"]["config_vars"]["min_temperature"]["type"] == "float"
+    min_temp = visual["schema"]["config_vars"]["min_temperature"]
+    assert min_temp["type"] == "float"
+    assert min_temp["unit"] == "°C"
 
     # message_type references both hex_uint8_t and uint8_t; shrink() must spread
     # it to integer instead of tripping the single-extends assertion.