diff --git a/app/controllers/profile_field_groups_controller.rb b/app/controllers/profile_field_groups_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ac739739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/profile_field_groups_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class ProfileFieldGroupsController < ApplicationController
+  def index
+    relation = ProfileFieldGroup.includes(:profile_fields)
+    @profile_field_groups = onboarding? ? relation.onboarding : relation.all
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def onboarding?
+    params[:onboarding] == "true"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/profile_field_group.rb b/app/models/profile_field_group.rb
index 251f14641..c0e02afc5 100644
--- a/app/models/profile_field_group.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile_field_group.rb
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@ class ProfileFieldGroup < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :profile_fields, dependent: :nullify
 
   validates :name, presence: true, uniqueness: true
+
+  scope :onboarding, lambda {
+    includes(:profile_fields).where(profile_fields: { show_in_onboarding: true })
+  }
 end
diff --git a/app/views/profile_field_groups/index.json.jbuilder b/app/views/profile_field_groups/index.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bf985bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/profile_field_groups/index.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+json.profile_field_groups do
+  json.array!(@profile_field_groups) do |profile_field_group|
+    json.extract!(
+      profile_field_group,
+      :id,
+      :name,
+      :description,
+    )
+    json.profile_fields(profile_field_group.profile_fields) do |profile_field|
+      json.extract!(
+        profile_field,
+        :id,
+        :attribute_name,
+        :description,
+        :input_type,
+        :label,
+        :placeholder_text,
+      )
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index dbab354dc..b59a8bab8 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   end
 
   resource :onboarding, only: :show
+  resources :profile_field_groups, only: %i[index], defaults: { format: :json } 
 
   get "/verify_email_ownership", to: "email_authorizations#verify", as: :verify_email_authorizations
   get "/search/tags" => "search#tags"
diff --git a/spec/factories/profile_fields.rb b/spec/factories/profile_fields.rb
index edbd3fad3..71a4a4b70 100644
--- a/spec/factories/profile_fields.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/profile_fields.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ FactoryBot.define do
     input_type { :text_field }
     description { "some description" }
     placeholder_text { "john.doe@example.com" }
+    show_in_onboarding { false }
 
     trait :onboarding do
       show_in_onboarding { true }
diff --git a/spec/models/profile_field_group_spec.rb b/spec/models/profile_field_group_spec.rb
index f3953382a..bdcf1d652 100644
--- a/spec/models/profile_field_group_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/profile_field_group_spec.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
 RSpec.describe ProfileFieldGroup, type: :model do
-  subject { create(:profile_field_group) }
+  let!(:group) { create(:profile_field_group) }
+  subject { group }
 
   it { is_expected.to have_many(:profile_fields).dependent(:nullify) }
   it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:name) }
   it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:name) }
+
+  describe ".onboarding" do
+    let!(:other_group) { create(:profile_field_group) }
+    let!(:profile_field1) { create(:profile_field, :onboarding, profile_field_group: group) }
+    let!(:profile_field2) { create(:profile_field, profile_field_group: other_group) }
+
+    it "only returns groups that have fields for onboarding" do
+      groups = described_class.onboarding
+      expect(groups).to include(group)
+      expect(groups).not_to include(other_group)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/profile_field_groups_request_spec.rb b/spec/requests/profile_field_groups_request_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35770f108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/profile_field_groups_request_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe "ProfileFieldGroups", type: :request do
+  describe "GET /api/profile_field_groups" do
+
+    before { sign_in(create(:user)) }
+
+    let!(:group1) { create(:profile_field_group) }
+    let!(:group2) { create(:profile_field_group) }
+    let!(:field1) { create(:profile_field, :onboarding, label: "Field 1", profile_field_group: group1) }
+    let!(:field2) { create(:profile_field, label: "Field 2", profile_field_group: group1) }
+    let!(:field3) { create(:profile_field, label: "Field 3", profile_field_group: group2) }
+
+    it "returns a successful response" do
+      get profile_field_groups_path
+      expect(response.status).to eq 200
+    end
+
+    it "returns all groups with all fields by default" do
+      get profile_field_groups_path
+      json_response = JSON.parse(response.body, symbolize_names: true)
+      expect(json_response[:profile_field_groups].size).to eq 2
+    end
+
+    it "returns only groups with onboarding fields when onboarding=true" do
+      get profile_field_groups_path, params: { onboarding: true }
+      json_response = JSON.parse(response.body, symbolize_names: true)
+      expect(json_response[:profile_field_groups].size).to eq 1
+    end
+
+    it "only returns the onboarding fields in the group", :aggregate_failures do
+      get profile_field_groups_path, params: { onboarding: true }
+      json_response = JSON.parse(response.body, symbolize_names: true)
+      group = json_response[:profile_field_groups].first
+      expect(group[:profile_fields].size).to eq 1
+      expect(group[:profile_fields].first[:id]).to eq field1.id
+    end
+  end
+end