diff --git a/packages/pharos/src/components/table/pharos-table.scss b/packages/pharos/src/components/table/pharos-table.scss
index e42831e5f..28ba5b9a7 100644
--- a/packages/pharos/src/components/table/pharos-table.scss
+++ b/packages/pharos/src/components/table/pharos-table.scss
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@
     height: var(--pharos-spacing-one-and-a-half-x);
   }
 }
+
+.hide-table-caption {
+  visibility: hidden;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  position: absolute;
+}
diff --git a/packages/pharos/src/components/table/pharos-table.ts b/packages/pharos/src/components/table/pharos-table.ts
index ac8f7e0ad..15c93904f 100644
--- a/packages/pharos/src/components/table/pharos-table.ts
+++ b/packages/pharos/src/components/table/pharos-table.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { PharosElement } from '../base/pharos-element';
 import ScopedRegistryMixin from '../../utils/mixins/scoped-registry';
 import { html, nothing } from 'lit';
+import { classMap } from 'lit/directives/class-map.js';
 import { state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import type { TemplateResult, CSSResultArray } from 'lit';
 import { property } from 'lit/decorators.js';
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ export class PharosTable extends ScopedRegistryMixin(PharosElement) {
   @property({ type: String, reflect: true, attribute: 'caption' })
   public caption: string = '';
 
+  @property({ type: String, reflect: true, attribute: 'hide-caption-visually' })
+  public hideCaptionVisually: boolean = true;
+
   @state()
   private _pageSize = 50;
 
@@ -93,6 +97,11 @@ export class PharosTable extends ScopedRegistryMixin(PharosElement) {
   }
 
   protected override updated(): void {
+    if (!this.caption) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Table must have an accessible name. Please provide a caption for the table using the caption attribute. You can hide it visually by setting hide-caption-visually to be true.`
+      );
+    }
     this._pageSize = this.hidePagination ? this.rowData.length : this._pageSize;
     this.totalResults =
       this.hidePagination || !this.totalResults ? this.rowData.length : this.totalResults;
@@ -190,7 +199,11 @@ export class PharosTable extends ScopedRegistryMixin(PharosElement) {
   protected override render(): TemplateResult {
     return html`
       <table class="table">
-        <caption>
+        <caption
+          class="${classMap({
+            [`hide-table-caption`]: this.hideCaptionVisually,
+          })}"
+        >
           ${this.caption}
         </caption>
         <thead>