diff --git a/doc/users/next_whats_new/get_suptitle.rst b/doc/users/next_whats_new/get_suptitle.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b03ad10b1b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/users/next_whats_new/get_suptitle.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+``Figure.get_suptitle()``, ``Figure.get_supxlabel()``, ``Figure.get_supylabel()``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+These methods return the strings set by ``Figure.suptitle()``, ``Figure.supxlabel()``
+and ``Figure.supylabel()`` respectively.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
index 7fdcc8cb6627..970bf957d4bf 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -388,6 +388,11 @@ def suptitle(self, t, **kwargs):
                 'size': 'figure.titlesize', 'weight': 'figure.titleweight'}
         return self._suplabels(t, info, **kwargs)
 
+    def get_suptitle(self):
+        """Return the suptitle as string or an empty string if not set."""
+        text_obj = self._suptitle
+        return "" if text_obj is None else text_obj.get_text()
+
     @_docstring.Substitution(x0=0.5, y0=0.01, name='supxlabel', ha='center',
                              va='bottom', rc='label')
     @_docstring.copy(_suplabels)
@@ -398,6 +403,11 @@ def supxlabel(self, t, **kwargs):
                 'size': 'figure.labelsize', 'weight': 'figure.labelweight'}
         return self._suplabels(t, info, **kwargs)
 
+    def get_supxlabel(self):
+        """Return the supxlabel as string or an empty string if not set."""
+        text_obj = self._supxlabel
+        return "" if text_obj is None else text_obj.get_text()
+
     @_docstring.Substitution(x0=0.02, y0=0.5, name='supylabel', ha='left',
                              va='center', rc='label')
     @_docstring.copy(_suplabels)
@@ -409,6 +419,11 @@ def supylabel(self, t, **kwargs):
                 'weight': 'figure.labelweight'}
         return self._suplabels(t, info, **kwargs)
 
+    def get_supylabel(self):
+        """Return the supylabel as string or an empty string if not set."""
+        text_obj = self._supylabel
+        return "" if text_obj is None else text_obj.get_text()
+
     def get_edgecolor(self):
         """Get the edge color of the Figure rectangle."""
         return self.patch.get_edgecolor()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.pyi b/lib/matplotlib/figure.pyi
index ee21892f32ac..f4c31506a2e1 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/figure.pyi
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/figure.pyi
@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@ class FigureBase(Artist):
     def get_children(self) -> list[Artist]: ...
     def contains(self, mouseevent: MouseEvent) -> tuple[bool, dict[Any, Any]]: ...
     def suptitle(self, t: str, **kwargs) -> Text: ...
+    def get_suptitle(self) -> str: ...
     def supxlabel(self, t: str, **kwargs) -> Text: ...
+    def get_supxlabel(self) -> str: ...
     def supylabel(self, t: str, **kwargs) -> Text: ...
+    def get_supylabel(self) -> str: ...
     def get_edgecolor(self) -> ColorType: ...
     def get_facecolor(self) -> ColorType: ...
     def get_frameon(self) -> bool: ...
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
index 4188ca878fed..d8f137ddd61a 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
@@ -302,6 +302,19 @@ def test_suptitle_subfigures():
     assert sf2.get_facecolor() == (1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
 
 
+def test_get_suptitle_supxlabel_supylabel():
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    assert fig.get_suptitle() == ""
+    assert fig.get_supxlabel() == ""
+    assert fig.get_supylabel() == ""
+    fig.suptitle('suptitle')
+    assert fig.get_suptitle() == 'suptitle'
+    fig.supxlabel('supxlabel')
+    assert fig.get_supxlabel() == 'supxlabel'
+    fig.supylabel('supylabel')
+    assert fig.get_supylabel() == 'supylabel'
+
+
 @image_comparison(['alpha_background'],
                   # only test png and svg. The PDF output appears correct,
                   # but Ghostscript does not preserve the background color.