diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/net_impl.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/net_impl.cpp
index 210e04b487..c1f1ec07d0 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/net_impl.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/net_impl.cpp
@@ -2999,6 +2999,20 @@ void Net::Impl::getLayerTypes(std::vector<String>& layersTypes) const
 // TODO drop?
 int Net::Impl::getLayersCount(const String& layerType) const
 {
+    if (mainGraph) {
+        int count = 0;
+        for (const Ptr<Graph>& g: allgraphs) {
+            const std::vector<Ptr<Layer> >& prog = g->prog();
+            for (const Ptr<Layer>& layer: prog) {
+                if (!layer)
+                    continue;
+                if (layer->type == layerType)
+                    count++;
+            }
+        }
+        return count;
+    }
+
     int count = 0;
     for (Impl::MapIdToLayerData::const_iterator it = layers.begin();
             it != layers.end(); it++)
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/onnx/onnx_graph_simplifier.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/onnx/onnx_graph_simplifier.cpp
index 03bb8bf3c4..b271c5d9cb 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/onnx/onnx_graph_simplifier.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/onnx/onnx_graph_simplifier.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,71 @@ CV__DNN_INLINE_NS_BEGIN
 
 extern bool DNN_DIAGNOSTICS_RUN;
 
+static bool isValidPerm(const std::vector<int>& perm, int rank)
+{
+    if (rank <= 0 || perm.size() != static_cast<size_t>(rank))
+        return false;
+
+    std::vector<bool> used(rank, false);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < perm.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        if (perm[i] < 0 || perm[i] >= rank || used[perm[i]])
+            return false;
+        used[perm[i]] = true;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool getPermAttr(opencv_onnx::NodeProto* node, std::vector<int>& perm, bool& hasPerm)
+{
+    CV_Assert(node);
+
+    hasPerm = false;
+    for (int i = 0; i < node->attribute_size(); ++i)
+    {
+        opencv_onnx::AttributeProto attr = node->attribute(i);
+        // ONNX Transpose uses "perm"; OpenCV internal Permute layer uses "order" after import.
+        if (attr.name() != "perm")
+            continue;
+
+        hasPerm = true;
+        perm.clear();
+        for (int j = 0; j < attr.ints_size(); ++j)
+        {
+            int64_t axis = attr.ints(j);
+            if (axis < std::numeric_limits<int>::min() || axis > std::numeric_limits<int>::max())
+                return false;
+            perm.push_back(static_cast<int>(axis));
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    perm.clear();
+    return true;
+}
+
+static void getDefaultPerm(int rank, std::vector<int>& perm)
+{
+    perm.resize(rank);
+    // ONNX Transpose without "perm" reverses all dimensions.
+    for (int i = 0; i < rank; ++i)
+        perm[i] = rank - 1 - i;
+}
+
+static bool isIdentityPerm(const std::vector<int>& p2, const std::vector<int>& p1)
+{
+    if (p1.size() != p2.size())
+        return false;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < p2.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        // For ONNX Transpose, p1 followed by p2 composes as p1[p2[i]].
+        if (p2[i] < 0 || p2[i] >= static_cast<int>(p1.size()) || p1[p2[i]] != static_cast<int>(i))
+            return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 // This wrapper can behave differently for fake input nodes and real graph nodes.
 class ONNXNodeWrapper : public ImportNodeWrapper
 {
@@ -163,6 +228,34 @@ public:
             return net.node(nodeId - numInputs - numInitializers).output(outId);
     }
 
+    bool hasSingleConsumer(const std::string& name) const
+    {
+        int count = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < net.node_size(); ++i)
+        {
+            const opencv_onnx::NodeProto& node = net.node(i);
+            for (int j = 0; j < node.input_size(); ++j)
+            {
+                if (node.input(j) == name)
+                {
+                    if (++count > 1)
+                        return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return count == 1;
+    }
+
+    bool isGraphOutput(const std::string& name) const
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < net.output_size(); ++i)
+        {
+            if (net.output(i).name() == name)
+                return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     virtual void removeNode(int idx) CV_OVERRIDE
     {
         if (idx >= numInputs + numInitializers)
@@ -1754,6 +1847,72 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
+class ConsecutiveTransposePairsSubgraph : public Subgraph
+{
+public:
+    ConsecutiveTransposePairsSubgraph()
+    {
+        input = addNodeToMatch("");
+        transpose1 = addNodeToMatch("Transpose", input);
+        transpose2 = addNodeToMatch("Transpose", transpose1);
+        setFusedNode("Identity", input);
+    }
+
+    virtual bool match(const Ptr<ImportGraphWrapper>& net, int nodeId,
+                       std::vector<int>& matchedNodesIds) CV_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        if (!Subgraph::match(net, nodeId, matchedNodesIds))
+            return false;
+
+        Ptr<ONNXGraphWrapper> onnxNet = net.dynamicCast<ONNXGraphWrapper>();
+        if (!onnxNet)
+            return false;
+
+        Ptr<ONNXNodeWrapper> nodeWrapper1 = net->getNode(matchedNodesIds[transpose1]).dynamicCast<ONNXNodeWrapper>();
+        Ptr<ONNXNodeWrapper> nodeWrapper2 = net->getNode(matchedNodesIds[transpose2]).dynamicCast<ONNXNodeWrapper>();
+        if (!nodeWrapper1 || !nodeWrapper1->node || !nodeWrapper2 || !nodeWrapper2->node)
+            return false;
+
+        if (nodeWrapper1->node->output_size() != 1 || nodeWrapper2->node->output_size() != 1)
+            return false;
+        const std::string& intermediate = nodeWrapper1->node->output(0);
+        if (!onnxNet->hasSingleConsumer(intermediate) || onnxNet->isGraphOutput(intermediate))
+            return false;
+
+        std::vector<int> perm1, perm2;
+        bool hasPerm1, hasPerm2;
+        if (!getPermAttr(nodeWrapper1->node, perm1, hasPerm1) ||
+            !getPermAttr(nodeWrapper2->node, perm2, hasPerm2))
+            return false;
+
+        int inputRank = -1;
+        if (hasPerm1 && hasPerm2)
+        {
+            if (perm1.size() != perm2.size())
+                return false;
+            inputRank = static_cast<int>(perm1.size());
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            inputRank = onnxNet->getTensorShapeSize(matchedNodesIds[transpose1], 0);
+            if (inputRank <= 0)
+                return false;
+            if (!hasPerm1)
+                getDefaultPerm(inputRank, perm1);
+            if (!hasPerm2)
+                getDefaultPerm(inputRank, perm2);
+        }
+
+        if (!isValidPerm(perm1, inputRank) || !isValidPerm(perm2, inputRank))
+            return false;
+
+        return isIdentityPerm(perm2, perm1);
+    }
+
+protected:
+    int input, transpose1, transpose2;
+};
+
 void simplifySubgraphs(opencv_onnx::GraphProto& net, const std::string& basePath)
 {
     std::vector<Ptr<Subgraph> > subgraphs;
@@ -1790,6 +1949,8 @@ void simplifySubgraphs(opencv_onnx::GraphProto& net, const std::string& basePath
         subgraphs.push_back(makePtr<AttentionSubGraph>());
         subgraphs.push_back(makePtr<AttentionSingleHeadSubGraph>());
     }
+    // Cleanup pass: remove identity-equivalent consecutive Transpose nodes after larger fusions.
+    subgraphs.push_back(makePtr<ConsecutiveTransposePairsSubgraph>());
 
     simplifySubgraphs(Ptr<ImportGraphWrapper>(new ONNXGraphWrapper(net, basePath)), subgraphs);
 }
diff --git a/modules/dnn/test/test_onnx_importer.cpp b/modules/dnn/test/test_onnx_importer.cpp
index 57ba14794a..a6ee94f5b0 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/test/test_onnx_importer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/test/test_onnx_importer.cpp
@@ -3517,6 +3517,70 @@ TEST_P(Test_ONNX_layers, ClipDivSharedConstant) {
     testONNXModels("clip_div_shared_constant");
 }
 
+static Mat makeConsecutiveTransposeInput()
+{
+    int inputShape[] = {1, 3, 4, 4};
+    Mat input(4, inputShape, CV_32F);
+    float* data = input.ptr<float>();
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < input.total(); ++i)
+        data[i] = static_cast<float>(i);
+    return input;
+}
+
+static void testConsecutiveTransposeModel(const String& basename,
+                                          int backendId, int targetId,
+                                          int expectedTransposeLayers,
+                                          const Mat& input, const Mat& ref)
+{
+    Net net = readNetFromONNX(_tf("models/" + basename + ".onnx"));
+    ASSERT_FALSE(net.empty());
+    int numTransposeLayers = net.getLayersCount("Permute") + net.getLayersCount("Transpose");
+    if (expectedTransposeLayers >= 0)
+        EXPECT_EQ(numTransposeLayers, expectedTransposeLayers);
+    else
+        // Non-identity transpose pairs must not be eliminated completely.
+        // They may still be fused into a single equivalent Transpose later.
+        EXPECT_GT(numTransposeLayers, 0);
+
+    if (net.getMainGraph())
+        net.setPreferableBackend(DNN_BACKEND_OPENCV);
+    else
+    {
+        net.setPreferableBackend(backendId);
+        net.setPreferableTarget(targetId);
+    }
+
+    net.setInput(input);
+    Mat output = net.forward();
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(shape(output), shape(ref));
+    EXPECT_LT(cv::norm(output, ref, NORM_INF), 1e-5);
+}
+
+TEST_P(Test_ONNX_layers, ConsecutiveTransposeIdentity)
+{
+    Mat input = makeConsecutiveTransposeInput();
+
+    testConsecutiveTransposeModel("transpose_identity", backend, target, 0, input, input);
+}
+
+TEST_P(Test_ONNX_layers, ConsecutiveTransposeDefaultPerm)
+{
+    Mat input = makeConsecutiveTransposeInput();
+
+    testConsecutiveTransposeModel("transpose_default_perm", backend, target, 0, input, input);
+}
+
+TEST_P(Test_ONNX_layers, ConsecutiveTransposeNonIdentity)
+{
+    Mat input = makeConsecutiveTransposeInput();
+    Mat ref1, ref;
+    cv::transposeND(input, std::vector<int>{0, 2, 3, 1}, ref1);
+    cv::transposeND(ref1, std::vector<int>{0, 1, 3, 2}, ref);
+
+    testConsecutiveTransposeModel("transpose_non_identity", backend, target, -1, input, ref);
+}
+
 TEST_P(Test_ONNX_layers, TopK) {
     if (backend == DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NGRAPH ||
         backend == DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NN_BUILDER_2019 ||