diff --git a/Block/LayeredNavigation/RenderLayered/LinkRenderer.php b/Block/LayeredNavigation/RenderLayered/LinkRenderer.php
index ab61f744..ef21b63b 100644
--- a/Block/LayeredNavigation/RenderLayered/LinkRenderer.php
+++ b/Block/LayeredNavigation/RenderLayered/LinkRenderer.php
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-<?php // phpcs:ignore SlevomatCodingStandard.TypeHints.DeclareStrictTypes.DeclareStrictTypesMissing
+<?php
 
-/**
- * Tweakwise (https://www.tweakwise.com/) - All Rights Reserved
- *
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 2017-2022 Tweakwise.com B.V. (https://www.tweakwise.com)
- * @license   http://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php  Open Software License (OSL 3.0)
- */
+declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace Tweakwise\Magento2Tweakwise\Block\LayeredNavigation\RenderLayered;
 
+use Magento\Framework\Escaper;
+use Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template\Context;
+use Magento\Framework\Serialize\Serializer\Json;
 use Tweakwise\Magento2Tweakwise\Block\LayeredNavigation\RenderLayered\LinkRenderer\ItemRenderer;
 use Tweakwise\Magento2Tweakwise\Model\Catalog\Layer\Filter\Item;
+use Tweakwise\Magento2Tweakwise\Model\Catalog\Layer\Url\StrategyHelper;
+use Tweakwise\Magento2Tweakwise\Model\Config;
+use Tweakwise\Magento2Tweakwise\Model\NavigationConfig;
+use Tweakwise\Magento2Tweakwise\Model\Seo\FilterHelper;
+use Tweakwise\Magento2TweakwiseExport\Model\Helper;
 
 class LinkRenderer extends DefaultRenderer
 {
@@ -19,6 +22,47 @@ class LinkRenderer extends DefaultRenderer
      */
     protected $_template = 'Tweakwise_Magento2Tweakwise::product/layered/link.phtml';
 
+    /**
+     * @param Context $context
+     * @param Config $config
+     * @param NavigationConfig $navigationConfig
+     * @param FilterHelper $filterHelper
+     * @param Json $jsonSerializer
+     * @param Helper $helper
+     * @param Escaper $escaper
+     * @param StrategyHelper $strategyHelper
+     * @param array $data
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        Context $context,
+        Config $config,
+        NavigationConfig $navigationConfig,
+        FilterHelper $filterHelper,
+        Json $jsonSerializer,
+        Helper $helper,
+        Escaper $escaper,
+        private readonly StrategyHelper $strategyHelper,
+        array $data = []
+    ) {
+        parent::__construct($context, $config, $navigationConfig, $filterHelper, $jsonSerializer, $helper, $escaper, $data);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns filter items and pre-warms the category + URL-rewrite caches so that
+     * all subsequent per-item calls to getCategoryFromItem() and Category::getUrl()
+     * are served from memory instead of issuing individual DB queries.
+     *
+     * @return Item[]
+     */
+    public function getItems()
+    {
+        $items = parent::getItems();
+
+        $this->strategyHelper->warmUp($items, (int) $this->filter->getStoreId());
+
+        return $items;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param Item $item
      * @return string
diff --git a/Model/Catalog/Layer/Url/StrategyHelper.php b/Model/Catalog/Layer/Url/StrategyHelper.php
index 445235dd..62e0c7bb 100644
--- a/Model/Catalog/Layer/Url/StrategyHelper.php
+++ b/Model/Catalog/Layer/Url/StrategyHelper.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-<?php // phpcs:ignore SlevomatCodingStandard.TypeHints.DeclareStrictTypes.DeclareStrictTypesMissing
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace Tweakwise\Magento2Tweakwise\Model\Catalog\Layer\Url;
 
@@ -6,8 +8,12 @@
 use Tweakwise\Magento2TweakwiseExport\Model\Helper as ExportHelper;
 use Magento\Catalog\Api\CategoryRepositoryInterface;
 use Magento\Catalog\Api\Data\CategoryInterface;
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Category\CollectionFactory as CategoryCollectionFactory;
+use Magento\CatalogUrlRewrite\Model\CategoryUrlRewriteGenerator;
 use Magento\Framework\Exception\NoSuchEntityException;
 use Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface;
+use Magento\UrlRewrite\Model\UrlFinderInterface;
+use Magento\UrlRewrite\Service\V1\Data\UrlRewrite;
 
 class StrategyHelper
 {
@@ -26,22 +32,75 @@ class StrategyHelper
      */
     private $storeManager;
 
+    /**
+     * Local cache: [categoryId][storeId] => CategoryInterface
+     *
+     * @var array<int, array<int, CategoryInterface>>
+     */
+    private array $categoryCache = [];
+
     /**
      * StrategyHelper constructor.
      * @param ExportHelper $exportHelper
      * @param CategoryRepositoryInterface $categoryRepository
      * @param StoreManagerInterface $storeManager
+     * @param CategoryCollectionFactory $categoryCollectionFactory
+     * @param UrlFinderInterface $urlFinder
      */
     public function __construct(
         ExportHelper $exportHelper,
         CategoryRepositoryInterface $categoryRepository,
-        StoreManagerInterface $storeManager
+        StoreManagerInterface $storeManager,
+        private readonly CategoryCollectionFactory $categoryCollectionFactory,
+        private readonly UrlFinderInterface $urlFinder
     ) {
         $this->exportHelper = $exportHelper;
         $this->categoryRepository = $categoryRepository;
         $this->storeManager = $storeManager;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Pre-load all category entities and their URL request paths in two batch queries.
+     * Call this before iterating over filter items to avoid N+1 queries.
+     *
+     * @param Item[] $items
+     * @param int $storeId
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function warmUp(array $items, int $storeId): void
+    {
+        $categoryIds = $this->collectCategoryIds($items);
+        if (empty($categoryIds)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $uncachedIds = array_filter(
+            $categoryIds,
+            fn(int $id) => !isset($this->categoryCache[$id][$storeId])
+        );
+
+        if (empty($uncachedIds)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $collection = $this->categoryCollectionFactory->create();
+        $collection->setStoreId($storeId);
+        $collection->addAttributeToSelect(['name', 'url_key', 'url_path', 'is_active']);
+        $collection->addFieldToFilter('entity_id', ['in' => array_values($uncachedIds)]);
+        $collection->load();
+
+        $loadedIds = [];
+
+        /** @var CategoryInterface $category */
+        foreach ($collection as $category) {
+            $id = (int) $category->getId();
+            $this->categoryCache[$id][$storeId] = $category;
+            $loadedIds[] = $id;
+        }
+
+        $this->preloadUrlRewrites($loadedIds, $storeId);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param Item $item
      * @return CategoryInterface
@@ -49,15 +108,83 @@ public function __construct(
      */
     public function getCategoryFromItem(Item $item): CategoryInterface
     {
-        $tweakwiseCategoryId = $item->getAttribute()->getAttributeId();
-        $categoryId = $this->exportHelper->getStoreId($tweakwiseCategoryId);
+        $tweakwiseCategoryId = (int) $item->getAttribute()->getAttributeId();
+        $categoryId = (int) $this->exportHelper->getStoreId($tweakwiseCategoryId);
 
         try {
-            $storeId = $this->storeManager->getStore()->getId();
+            $storeId = (int) $this->storeManager->getStore()->getId();
         } catch (NoSuchEntityException $exception) {
-            $storeId = null;
+            $storeId = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (isset($this->categoryCache[$categoryId][$storeId])) {
+            return $this->categoryCache[$categoryId][$storeId];
         }
 
-        return $this->categoryRepository->get($categoryId, $storeId);
+        return $this->categoryRepository->get($categoryId, $storeId !== 0 ? $storeId : null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Recursively collect all Magento category IDs from a flat or nested item list.
+     *
+     * @param Item[] $items
+     * @return int[]
+     */
+    private function collectCategoryIds(array $items): array
+    {
+        $ids = [];
+        foreach ($items as $item) {
+            $tweakwiseCategoryId = (int) $item->getAttribute()->getAttributeId();
+            $ids[] = (int) $this->exportHelper->getStoreId($tweakwiseCategoryId);
+
+            $children = $item->getChildren();
+            if (empty($children)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            foreach ($this->collectCategoryIds($children) as $childId) {
+                $ids[] = $childId;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return array_unique($ids);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Bulk-load URL rewrites for the given category IDs and pre-populate `request_path`
+     * on each cached Category object so that Category::getUrl() skips its own DB lookup.
+     *
+     * @param int[] $categoryIds
+     * @param int $storeId
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function preloadUrlRewrites(array $categoryIds, int $storeId): void
+    {
+        if (empty($categoryIds)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $rewrites = $this->urlFinder->findAllByData(
+            [
+                UrlRewrite::ENTITY_ID => $categoryIds,
+                UrlRewrite::ENTITY_TYPE => CategoryUrlRewriteGenerator::ENTITY_TYPE,
+                UrlRewrite::STORE_ID => $storeId,
+                UrlRewrite::REDIRECT_TYPE => 0,
+            ]
+        );
+
+        foreach ($rewrites as $rewrite) {
+            $categoryId = (int) $rewrite->getEntityId();
+            if (!isset($this->categoryCache[$categoryId][$storeId])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $category = $this->categoryCache[$categoryId][$storeId];
+            if ($category->getData('url') !== null) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $category->setData('request_path', $rewrite->getRequestPath());
+        }
     }
 }