diff --git a/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/src/batch-consumer.js b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/src/batch-consumer.js
index 7cc07bbac12..ab1e9f2fc77 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/src/batch-consumer.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/src/batch-consumer.js
@@ -4,24 +4,66 @@ const ConsumerPlugin = require('../../dd-trace/src/plugins/consumer')
 const { getMessageSize } = require('../../dd-trace/src/datastreams')
 const { convertToTextMap } = require('./utils')
 
+const MESSAGING_DESTINATION_KEY = 'messaging.destination.name'
+
 class KafkajsBatchConsumerPlugin extends ConsumerPlugin {
   static id = 'kafkajs'
   static operation = 'consume-batch'
 
-  start (ctx) {
-    const { topic, messages, groupId, clusterId } = ctx.extractedArgs || ctx
-
-    if (!this.config.dsmEnabled) return
-    for (const message of messages) {
-      if (!message || !message.headers) continue
-      const payloadSize = getMessageSize(message)
-      this.tracer.decodeDataStreamsContext(convertToTextMap(message.headers))
-      const edgeTags = ['direction:in', `group:${groupId}`, `topic:${topic}`, 'type:kafka']
-      if (clusterId) {
-        edgeTags.push(`kafka_cluster_id:${clusterId}`)
+  bindStart (ctx) {
+    const { topic, partition, messages, groupId, clusterId } = ctx.extractedArgs || ctx
+
+    // Extract parent context from first message headers if available
+    let childOf
+    if (messages && messages.length > 0 && messages[0]?.headers) {
+      const headers = convertToTextMap(messages[0].headers)
+      if (headers) {
+        childOf = this.tracer.extract('text_map', headers)
+      }
+    }
+
+    const span = this.startSpan({
+      childOf,
+      resource: topic,
+      type: 'worker',
+      meta: {
+        component: this.constructor.id,
+        'kafka.topic': topic,
+        'kafka.cluster_id': clusterId,
+        [MESSAGING_DESTINATION_KEY]: topic
+      },
+      metrics: {
+        'kafka.partition': partition,
+        'kafka.batch_size': messages ? messages.length : 0
+      }
+    }, ctx)
+
+    // Add offset tags from first and last message in batch
+    if (messages && messages.length > 0) {
+      if (messages[0]?.offset) {
+        span.setTag('kafka.first_offset', messages[0].offset)
+      }
+      if (messages[messages.length - 1]?.offset) {
+        span.setTag('kafka.last_offset', messages[messages.length - 1].offset)
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Data Streams Monitoring: process each message in the batch
+    if (this.config.dsmEnabled) {
+      for (const message of messages) {
+        if (!message || !message.headers) continue
+        const headers = convertToTextMap(message.headers)
+        const payloadSize = getMessageSize(message)
+        this.tracer.decodeDataStreamsContext(headers)
+        const edgeTags = ['direction:in', `group:${groupId}`, `topic:${topic}`, 'type:kafka']
+        if (clusterId) {
+          edgeTags.push(`kafka_cluster_id:${clusterId}`)
+        }
+        this.tracer.setCheckpoint(edgeTags, span, payloadSize)
       }
-      this.tracer.setCheckpoint(edgeTags, null, payloadSize)
     }
+
+    return ctx.currentStore
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js
index aeee5ebbc57..dc2b1215d6f 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js
@@ -434,6 +434,121 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
           )
         })
 
+        describe('consumer (eachBatch)', () => {
+          let consumer
+
+          beforeEach(async () => {
+            consumer = kafka.consumer({ groupId: 'test-group' })
+            await consumer.connect()
+            await consumer.subscribe({ topic: testTopic })
+          })
+
+          afterEach(async () => {
+            await consumer.disconnect()
+          })
+
+          it('should be instrumented', async () => {
+            const expectedSpanPromise = expectSpanWithDefaults({
+              name: 'kafka.consume-batch',
+              service: 'test-kafka',
+              meta: {
+                'span.kind': 'consumer',
+                component: 'kafkajs',
+                'messaging.destination.name': testTopic
+              },
+              resource: testTopic,
+              error: 0,
+              type: 'worker'
+            })
+
+            await consumer.run({
+              eachBatch: async () => {}
+            })
+            await sendMessages(kafka, testTopic, messages)
+            return expectedSpanPromise
+          })
+
+          it('should include batch size in metrics', async () => {
+            const expectedSpanPromise = agent.assertSomeTraces(traces => {
+              const span = traces[0][0]
+              expect(span).to.include({
+                name: 'kafka.consume-batch',
+                resource: testTopic
+              })
+              expect(span.metrics['kafka.batch_size']).to.equal(messages.length)
+            })
+
+            await consumer.run({
+              eachBatch: async () => {}
+            })
+            await sendMessages(kafka, testTopic, messages)
+            return expectedSpanPromise
+          })
+
+          it('should include first and last offset tags', async () => {
+            const expectedSpanPromise = agent.assertSomeTraces(traces => {
+              const span = traces[0][0]
+              expect(span.meta['kafka.first_offset']).to.exist
+              expect(span.meta['kafka.last_offset']).to.exist
+            })
+
+            await consumer.run({
+              eachBatch: async () => {}
+            })
+            await sendMessages(kafka, testTopic, messages)
+            return expectedSpanPromise
+          })
+
+          it('should run the consumer in the context of the consumer span', done => {
+            const firstSpan = tracer.scope().active()
+
+            let eachBatch = async ({ batch }) => {
+              const currentSpan = tracer.scope().active()
+
+              try {
+                expect(currentSpan).to.not.equal(firstSpan)
+                expect(currentSpan.context()._name).to.equal('kafka.consume-batch')
+                done()
+              } catch (e) {
+                done(e)
+              } finally {
+                eachBatch = () => {} // avoid being called for each message
+              }
+            }
+
+            consumer.run({ eachBatch: (...args) => eachBatch(...args) })
+              .then(() => sendMessages(kafka, testTopic, messages))
+              .catch(done)
+          })
+
+          it('should be instrumented w/ error', async () => {
+            const fakeError = new Error('Oh No!')
+            const expectedSpanPromise = expectSpanWithDefaults({
+              name: 'kafka.consume-batch',
+              service: 'test-kafka',
+              meta: {
+                [ERROR_TYPE]: fakeError.name,
+                [ERROR_MESSAGE]: fakeError.message,
+                [ERROR_STACK]: fakeError.stack,
+                component: 'kafkajs'
+              },
+              resource: testTopic,
+              error: 1,
+              type: 'worker'
+            })
+
+            await consumer.subscribe({ topic: testTopic, fromBeginning: true })
+            await consumer.run({
+              eachBatch: async () => {
+                throw fakeError
+              }
+            })
+            await sendMessages(kafka, testTopic, messages)
+
+            return expectedSpanPromise
+          })
+        })
+
         describe('data stream monitoring', () => {
           let consumer