diff --git a/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py b/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py
index 6ad76046a1..d1f7318de2 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/sensor/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import math
 
 from esphome import automation
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components import mqtt, web_server, zigbee
 from esphome.components.const import CONF_B_CONSTANT
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import (
@@ -110,10 +109,12 @@ from esphome.const import (
     DEVICE_CLASS_WIND_SPEED,
     ENTITY_CATEGORY_CONFIG,
 )
-from esphome.core import CORE, CoroPriority, coroutine_with_priority
+from esphome.core import CORE, CoroPriority, coroutine_with_priority, entity_helpers
 from esphome.core.config import UNIT_OF_MEASUREMENT_MAX_LENGTH
 from esphome.core.entity_helpers import (
     entity_duplicate_validator,
+    lazy_load_validator,
+    mqtt_component_class,
     queue_entity_register,
     setup_device_class,
     setup_entity,
@@ -314,12 +315,14 @@ validate_icon = cv.icon
 validate_device_class = cv.one_of(*DEVICE_CLASSES, lower=True, space="_")
 
 _SENSOR_SCHEMA = (
-    cv.ENTITY_BASE_SCHEMA.extend(web_server.WEBSERVER_SORTING_SCHEMA)
+    cv.ENTITY_BASE_SCHEMA.extend(entity_helpers.WEBSERVER_SORTING_SCHEMA)
     .extend(cv.MQTT_COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
-    .extend(zigbee.SENSOR_SCHEMA)
+    .extend(entity_helpers.ZIGBEE_SENSOR_SCHEMA)
     .extend(
         {
-            cv.OnlyWith(CONF_MQTT_ID, "mqtt"): cv.declare_id(mqtt.MQTTSensorComponent),
+            cv.OnlyWith(CONF_MQTT_ID, "mqtt"): cv.declare_id(
+                mqtt_component_class("MQTTSensorComponent")
+            ),
             cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(Sensor),
             cv.Optional(
                 CONF_UNIT_OF_MEASUREMENT, visibility=cv.Visibility.ADVANCED
@@ -359,7 +362,7 @@ _SENSOR_SCHEMA = (
 )
 
 _SENSOR_SCHEMA.add_extra(entity_duplicate_validator("sensor"))
-_SENSOR_SCHEMA.add_extra(zigbee.validate_sensor)
+_SENSOR_SCHEMA.add_extra(lazy_load_validator("zigbee", "validate_sensor"))
 
 
 def sensor_schema(
@@ -980,6 +983,8 @@ async def setup_sensor_core_(var, config):
     CORE.add_job(_build_sensor_automations, var, config)
 
     if (mqtt_id := config.get(CONF_MQTT_ID)) is not None:
+        from esphome.components import mqtt
+
         mqtt_ = cg.new_Pvariable(mqtt_id, var)
         await mqtt.register_mqtt_component(mqtt_, config)
 
@@ -992,9 +997,14 @@ async def setup_sensor_core_(var, config):
                 cg.add(mqtt_.set_expire_after(expire_after))
 
     if web_server_config := config.get(CONF_WEB_SERVER):
+        from esphome.components import web_server
+
         await web_server.add_entity_config(var, web_server_config)
 
-    await zigbee.setup_sensor(var, config)
+    if "zigbee" in CORE.loaded_integrations:
+        from esphome.components import zigbee
+
+        await zigbee.setup_sensor(var, config)
 
 
 async def register_sensor(var, config):
diff --git a/esphome/components/zigbee/__init__.py b/esphome/components/zigbee/__init__.py
index 9bee84a13f..20288d4585 100644
--- a/esphome/components/zigbee/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/zigbee/__init__.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ from .zigbee_esp32 import (
     validate_sensor_esp32,
     zigbee_require_vfs_select,
 )
-from .zigbee_zephyr import zephyr_number, zephyr_sensor, zephyr_switch
+from .zigbee_zephyr import zephyr_number, zephyr_switch
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ CONFLICTS_WITH = ["openthread"]
 # them without importing this package; re-exported here for existing consumers.
 BASE_SCHEMA = entity_helpers.ZIGBEE_BASE_ENTITY_SCHEMA
 BINARY_SENSOR_SCHEMA = entity_helpers.ZIGBEE_BINARY_SENSOR_SCHEMA
-SENSOR_SCHEMA = cv.Schema({}).extend(BASE_SCHEMA).extend(zephyr_sensor)
+SENSOR_SCHEMA = entity_helpers.ZIGBEE_SENSOR_SCHEMA
 SWITCH_SCHEMA = cv.Schema({}).extend(zephyr_switch)
 NUMBER_SCHEMA = cv.Schema({}).extend(zephyr_number)
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/zigbee/const_zephyr.py b/esphome/components/zigbee/const_zephyr.py
index 34329cd6e8..bcfcf4c0a5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/zigbee/const_zephyr.py
+++ b/esphome/components/zigbee/const_zephyr.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 from esphome.const import (  # noqa: F401  # pylint: disable=unused-import
     CONF_ZIGBEE_BINARY_SENSOR,
     CONF_ZIGBEE_ID,
+    CONF_ZIGBEE_SENSOR,
 )
 
 CONF_MAX_EP_NUMBER_ZEPHYR = 8
-CONF_ZIGBEE_SENSOR = "zigbee_sensor"
 CONF_ZIGBEE_SWITCH = "zigbee_switch"
 CONF_ZIGBEE_NUMBER = "zigbee_number"
 CONF_SLEEPY = "sleepy"
diff --git a/esphome/components/zigbee/zigbee_zephyr.py b/esphome/components/zigbee/zigbee_zephyr.py
index ecbcea5d0e..7f1afd4939 100644
--- a/esphome/components/zigbee/zigbee_zephyr.py
+++ b/esphome/components/zigbee/zigbee_zephyr.py
@@ -57,15 +57,6 @@ ZigbeeSensor = zigbee_ns.class_("ZigbeeSensor", cg.Component)
 ZigbeeSwitch = zigbee_ns.class_("ZigbeeSwitch", cg.Component)
 ZigbeeNumber = zigbee_ns.class_("ZigbeeNumber", cg.Component)
 
-zephyr_sensor = cv.Schema(
-    {
-        cv.OnlyWith(CONF_ZIGBEE_ID, ["nrf52", "zigbee"]): cv.use_id(ZigbeeComponent),
-        cv.OnlyWith(CONF_ZIGBEE_SENSOR, ["nrf52", "zigbee"]): cv.declare_id(
-            ZigbeeSensor
-        ),
-    }
-)
-
 zephyr_switch = cv.Schema(
     {
         cv.OnlyWith(CONF_ZIGBEE_ID, ["nrf52", "zigbee"]): cv.use_id(ZigbeeComponent),
diff --git a/esphome/const.py b/esphome/const.py
index cd1bf949af..cef418165d 100644
--- a/esphome/const.py
+++ b/esphome/const.py
@@ -1151,6 +1151,7 @@ CONF_YEAR = "year"
 CONF_ZERO = "zero"
 CONF_ZIGBEE_BINARY_SENSOR = "zigbee_binary_sensor"
 CONF_ZIGBEE_ID = "zigbee_id"
+CONF_ZIGBEE_SENSOR = "zigbee_sensor"
 
 TYPE_GIT = "git"
 TYPE_LOCAL = "local"
diff --git a/esphome/core/entity_helpers.py b/esphome/core/entity_helpers.py
index 40f9dbd9a3..7dc760ea85 100644
--- a/esphome/core/entity_helpers.py
+++ b/esphome/core/entity_helpers.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
     CONF_WEB_SERVER_ID,
     CONF_ZIGBEE_BINARY_SENSOR,
     CONF_ZIGBEE_ID,
+    CONF_ZIGBEE_SENSOR,
 )
 from esphome.core import CORE, ID, CoroPriority, coroutine_with_priority
 from esphome.core.config import (
@@ -743,6 +744,7 @@ ZIGBEE_BASE_ENTITY_SCHEMA = cv.Schema(
 # class against the owning declaration in zigbee_zephyr.
 _ZIGBEE_ENTITY_CLASSES = {
     "binary_sensor": (CONF_ZIGBEE_BINARY_SENSOR, "ZigbeeBinarySensor"),
+    "sensor": (CONF_ZIGBEE_SENSOR, "ZigbeeSensor"),
 }
 
 
@@ -762,6 +764,8 @@ def _zigbee_entity_schema(platform: str) -> cv.Schema:
 
 ZIGBEE_BINARY_SENSOR_SCHEMA = _zigbee_entity_schema("binary_sensor")
 
+ZIGBEE_SENSOR_SCHEMA = _zigbee_entity_schema("sensor")
+
 
 def lazy_load_validator(
     component: str, name: str
diff --git a/script/ci-custom.py b/script/ci-custom.py
index 4fbd5ec9fc..2a325389d1 100755
--- a/script/ci-custom.py
+++ b/script/ci-custom.py
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ def lint_constants_usage():
 # Maximum allowed CONF_ constants in esphome/const.py.
 # This file is frozen — new constants go in esphome/components/const/__init__.py.
 # Decrease this number when constants are moved out of const.py.
-CONST_PY_MAX_CONF = 1024
+CONST_PY_MAX_CONF = 1025
 
 
 @lint_content_check(include=["esphome/const.py"])
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_lazy_imports.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_lazy_imports.py
index abcbe1ed41..7c14906d2c 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_lazy_imports.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_lazy_imports.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
+import pytest
+
 # Modules that must only load for the commands that actually use them
 # (compile/config validation, shell completion), never from a bare
 # ``import esphome.__main__``.
@@ -190,21 +192,22 @@ def test_api_client_does_not_import_heavy_modules() -> None:
     )
 
 
-def test_binary_sensor_does_not_import_integrations() -> None:
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("component", ["binary_sensor", "sensor"])
+def test_entity_component_does_not_import_integrations(component: str) -> None:
     """An entity component must not drag in its optional integrations.
 
-    binary_sensor's mqtt/web_server/zigbee schema fragments live in
+    The mqtt/web_server/zigbee schema fragments live in
     ``esphome.core.entity_helpers``; the integration packages (and the
     esp32/logger chains mqtt and zigbee pull in) must only load when the
     user's config actually uses them.
     """
     allowed = (
         "esphome.components",
-        "esphome.components.binary_sensor",
+        f"esphome.components.{component}",
         "esphome.components.const",
     )
     check = (
-        "import sys; import esphome.components.binary_sensor; "
+        f"import sys; import esphome.components.{component}; "
         f"leaked = [m for m in sys.modules "
         f"if m.startswith('esphome.components') and m not in {allowed!r}]; "
         "print(','.join(leaked))"
@@ -217,7 +220,7 @@ def test_binary_sensor_does_not_import_integrations() -> None:
     )
     leaked = result.stdout.strip()
     assert not leaked, (
-        f"esphome.components.binary_sensor imports integration packages at "
+        f"esphome.components.{component} imports integration packages at "
         f"top level: {leaked}. Keep the shared schema fragments in "
         "esphome.core.entity_helpers and import the integration inside "
         "to_code instead."