diff --git a/app/client/models/ColumnFilter.ts b/app/client/models/ColumnFilter.ts
index eb7ad413..51829c62 100644
--- a/app/client/models/ColumnFilter.ts
+++ b/app/client/models/ColumnFilter.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class ColumnFilter extends Disposable {
   private _include: boolean;
   private _values: Set<CellValue>;
 
-  constructor(private _initialFilterJson: string) {
+  constructor(private _initialFilterJson: string, private _columnType?: string) {
     super();
     this.setState(_initialFilterJson);
   }
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class ColumnFilter extends Disposable {
   }
 
   private _updateState(): void {
-    this.filterFunc.set(makeFilterFunc(this._getState()));
+    this.filterFunc.set(makeFilterFunc(this._getState(), this._columnType));
   }
 
   private _getState(): FilterState {
diff --git a/app/client/models/SectionFilter.ts b/app/client/models/SectionFilter.ts
index d2c1fe24..98bba19c 100644
--- a/app/client/models/SectionFilter.ts
+++ b/app/client/models/SectionFilter.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class SectionFilter extends Disposable {
       const funcs: Array<RowFilterFunc<RowId> | null> = fields.map(f => {
         const filterFunc = (openFilter && openFilter.fieldRef === f.getRowId()) ?
           use(openFilter.colFilter.filterFunc) :
-          buildColFilter(use(f.activeFilter));
+          buildColFilter(use(f.activeFilter), use(f.column).type());
 
         const getter = tableData.getRowPropFunc(use(f.colId));
 
diff --git a/app/client/ui/ColumnFilterMenu.ts b/app/client/ui/ColumnFilterMenu.ts
index 76415e17..d9e6b05e 100644
--- a/app/client/ui/ColumnFilterMenu.ts
+++ b/app/client/ui/ColumnFilterMenu.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import identity = require('lodash/identity');
 import noop = require('lodash/noop');
 import {IOpenController, IPopupOptions, setPopupToCreateDom} from 'popweasel';
 import {isEquivalentFilter} from "app/common/FilterState";
+import {decodeObject} from 'app/plugin/objtypes';
+import {isList} from 'app/common/gristTypes';
 
 interface IFilterMenuOptions {
   model: ColumnFilterMenuModel;
@@ -261,20 +263,21 @@ function buildSummary(label: string, SummaryModelCtor: SummaryModelCreator, mode
 export function createFilterMenu(openCtl: IOpenController, sectionFilter: SectionFilter, field: ViewFieldRec,
                                  rowSource: FilteredRowSource, tableData: TableData, onClose: () => void = noop) {
   // Go through all of our shown and hidden rows, and count them up by the values in this column.
-  const valueGetter = tableData.getRowPropFunc(field.column().colId())!;
+  const keyMapFunc = tableData.getRowPropFunc(field.column().colId())!;
   const labelGetter = tableData.getRowPropFunc(field.displayColModel().colId())!;
   const formatter = field.createVisibleColFormatter();
-  const valueMapFunc = (rowId: number) => formatter.formatAny(labelGetter(rowId));
+  const labelMapFunc = (rowId: number) => formatter.formatAny(labelGetter(rowId));
   const activeFilterBar = field.viewSection.peek().activeFilterBar;
+  const columnType = field.column().type.peek();
 
   const valueCounts: Map<CellValue, {label: string, count: number}> = new Map();
   // TODO: as of now, this is not working for non text-or-numeric columns, ie: for Date column it is
   // not possible to search for anything. Likely caused by the key being something completely
   // different than the label.
-  addCountsToMap(valueCounts, rowSource.getAllRows() as Iterable<number>, valueGetter, valueMapFunc);
-  addCountsToMap(valueCounts, rowSource.getHiddenRows() as Iterable<number>, valueGetter, valueMapFunc);
+  addCountsToMap(valueCounts, rowSource.getAllRows() as Iterable<number>, { keyMapFunc, labelMapFunc, columnType });
+  addCountsToMap(valueCounts, rowSource.getHiddenRows() as Iterable<number>, { keyMapFunc, labelMapFunc, columnType });
 
-  const columnFilter = ColumnFilter.create(openCtl, field.activeFilter.peek());
+  const columnFilter = ColumnFilter.create(openCtl, field.activeFilter.peek(), columnType);
   const model = ColumnFilterMenuModel.create(openCtl, columnFilter, Array.from(valueCounts));
   sectionFilter.setFilterOverride(field.getRowId(), columnFilter); // Will be removed on menu disposal
 
@@ -293,21 +296,51 @@ export function createFilterMenu(openCtl: IOpenController, sectionFilter: Sectio
   });
 }
 
+interface ICountOptions {
+  keyMapFunc?: (v: any) => any;
+  labelMapFunc?: (v: any) => any;
+  columnType?: string;
+}
+
 /**
- * For each value in Iterable, adds a key mapped with `keyMapFunc` and a value object with a `label` mapped
+ * For each row id in Iterable, adds a key mapped with `keyMapFunc` and a value object with a `label` mapped
  * with `labelMapFunc` and a `count` representing the total number of times the key has been encountered.
+ *
+ * The optional column type controls how complex cell values are decomposed into keys (e.g. Choice Lists have
+ * the possible choices as keys).
  */
-function addCountsToMap(valueMap: Map<CellValue, IFilterCount>, values: Iterable<CellValue>,
-                        keyMapFunc: (v: any) => any = identity, labelMapFunc: (v: any) => any = identity) {
-  for (const v of values) {
-    let key = keyMapFunc(v);
+function addCountsToMap(valueMap: Map<CellValue, IFilterCount>, rowIds: Iterable<Number>,
+                        { keyMapFunc = identity, labelMapFunc = identity, columnType }: ICountOptions) {
+
+  for (const rowId of rowIds) {
+    let key = keyMapFunc(rowId);
+
+    // If row contains a list and the column is a Choice List, treat each choice as a separate key
+    if (isList(key) && columnType === 'ChoiceList') {
+      const list = decodeObject(key);
+      addListCountsToMap(valueMap, list as unknown[]);
+      continue;
+    }
 
     // For complex values, serialize the value to allow them to be properly stored
     if (Array.isArray(key)) { key = JSON.stringify(key); }
     if (valueMap.get(key)) {
       valueMap.get(key)!.count++;
     } else {
-      valueMap.set(key, { label: labelMapFunc(v), count: 1 });
+      valueMap.set(key, { label: labelMapFunc(rowId), count: 1 });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adds each item in `list` to `valueMap`.
+ */
+function addListCountsToMap(valueMap: Map<CellValue, IFilterCount>, list: any[]) {
+  for (const item of list) {
+    if (valueMap.get(item)) {
+      valueMap.get(item)!.count++;
+    } else {
+      valueMap.set(item, { label: item, count: 1 });
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/common/ColumnFilterFunc.ts b/app/common/ColumnFilterFunc.ts
index 7f2d0e91..d8757c95 100644
--- a/app/common/ColumnFilterFunc.ts
+++ b/app/common/ColumnFilterFunc.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,29 @@
 import { CellValue } from "app/common/DocActions";
 import { FilterState, makeFilterState } from "app/common/FilterState";
+import { decodeObject } from "app/plugin/objtypes";
+import { isList } from "./gristTypes";
 
 export type ColumnFilterFunc = (value: CellValue) => boolean;
 
 // Returns a filter function for a particular column: the function takes a cell value and returns
 // whether it's accepted according to the given FilterState.
-export function makeFilterFunc({ include, values }: FilterState): ColumnFilterFunc {
+export function makeFilterFunc({ include, values }: FilterState,
+                               columnType?: string): ColumnFilterFunc {
   // NOTE: This logic results in complex values and their stringified JSON representations as equivalent.
   // For example, a TypeError in the formula column and the string '["E","TypeError"]' would be seen as the same.
   // TODO: This narrow corner case seems acceptable for now, but may be worth revisiting.
-  return (val: CellValue) => (values.has(Array.isArray(val) ? JSON.stringify(val) : val) === include);
+  return (val: CellValue) => {
+    if (isList(val) && columnType === 'ChoiceList') {
+      const list = decodeObject(val) as unknown[];
+      return list.some(item => values.has(item as any) === include);
+    }
+
+    return (values.has(Array.isArray(val) ? JSON.stringify(val) : val) === include);
+  };
 }
 
 // Given a JSON string, returns a ColumnFilterFunc
-export function buildColFilter(filterJson: string | undefined): ColumnFilterFunc | null {
-  return filterJson ? makeFilterFunc(makeFilterState(filterJson)) : null;
+export function buildColFilter(filterJson: string | undefined,
+                               columnType?: string): ColumnFilterFunc | null {
+  return filterJson ? makeFilterFunc(makeFilterState(filterJson), columnType) : null;
 }
diff --git a/app/common/gristTypes.ts b/app/common/gristTypes.ts
index 851a3281..f2999176 100644
--- a/app/common/gristTypes.ts
+++ b/app/common/gristTypes.ts
@@ -136,12 +136,19 @@ export function isCensored(value: CellValue): value is [GristObjCode.Censored] {
   return getObjCode(value) === GristObjCode.Censored;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns whether a value (as received in a DocAction) represents a list.
+ */
+ export function isList(value: CellValue): value is [GristObjCode.List, ...unknown[]] {
+  return Array.isArray(value) && value[0] === GristObjCode.List;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns whether a value (as received in a DocAction) represents a list or is null,
  * which is a valid value for list types in grist.
  */
 export function isListOrNull(value: CellValue): boolean {
-  return value === null || (Array.isArray(value) && value[0] === GristObjCode.List);
+  return value === null || isList(value);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/app/server/serverMethods.ts b/app/server/serverMethods.ts
index 60a19ea9..174bc6ae 100644
--- a/app/server/serverMethods.ts
+++ b/app/server/serverMethods.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export async function makeCSV(
     const displayCol = tableColsById[field.displayCol || col.displayCol || col.id];
     const colWidgetOptions = gutil.safeJsonParse(col.widgetOptions, {});
     const fieldWidgetOptions = gutil.safeJsonParse(field.widgetOptions, {});
-    const filterFunc = buildColFilter(filters.find(x => x.colRef === field.colRef)?.filter);
+    const filterFunc = buildColFilter(filters.find(x => x.colRef === field.colRef)?.filter, col.type);
     return {
       id: displayCol.id,
       colId: displayCol.colId,