diff --git a/nomad/host_volume_endpoint.go b/nomad/host_volume_endpoint.go
index fcdd8c887..d92945855 100644
--- a/nomad/host_volume_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/host_volume_endpoint.go
@@ -508,9 +508,17 @@ func (v *HostVolume) placeHostVolume(snap *state.StateSnapshot, vol *structs.Hos
 		return node, nil
 	}
 
+	poolFilterFn, err := v.enterpriseNodePoolFilter(snap, vol)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	var iter memdb.ResultIterator
-	var err error
 	if vol.NodePool != "" {
+		if !poolFilterFn(vol.NodePool) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("namespace %q does not allow volumes to use node pool %q",
+				vol.Namespace, vol.NodePool)
+		}
 		iter, err = snap.NodesByNodePool(nil, vol.NodePool)
 	} else {
 		iter, err = snap.Nodes(nil)
@@ -532,6 +540,12 @@ func (v *HostVolume) placeHostVolume(snap *state.StateSnapshot, vol *structs.Hos
 	constraints = append(constraints, vol.Constraints...)
 	checker = scheduler.NewConstraintChecker(ctx, constraints)
 
+	var (
+		filteredByExisting    int
+		filteredByGovernance  int
+		filteredByFeasibility int
+	)
+
 	for {
 		raw := iter.Next()
 		if raw == nil {
@@ -544,11 +558,18 @@ func (v *HostVolume) placeHostVolume(snap *state.StateSnapshot, vol *structs.Hos
 		// haven't yet written to state. The client will reject requests to
 		// create/register a volume with the same name with a different ID.
 		if _, hasVol := candidate.HostVolumes[vol.Name]; hasVol {
+			filteredByExisting++
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !poolFilterFn(candidate.NodePool) {
+			filteredByGovernance++
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if checker != nil {
 			if ok := checker.Feasible(candidate); !ok {
+				filteredByFeasibility++
 				continue
 			}
 		}
@@ -559,7 +580,9 @@ func (v *HostVolume) placeHostVolume(snap *state.StateSnapshot, vol *structs.Hos
 
 	}
 
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no node meets constraints")
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+		"no node meets constraints: %d nodes had existing volume, %d nodes filtered by node pool governance, %d nodes were infeasible",
+		filteredByExisting, filteredByGovernance, filteredByFeasibility)
 }
 
 // placementContext implements the scheduler.ConstraintContext interface, a
diff --git a/nomad/host_volume_endpoint_ce.go b/nomad/host_volume_endpoint_ce.go
index 756df5f42..982ffd121 100644
--- a/nomad/host_volume_endpoint_ce.go
+++ b/nomad/host_volume_endpoint_ce.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // enforceEnterprisePolicy is the CE stub for Enterprise governance via
-// Sentinel policy, quotas, and node pools
+// Sentinel policy and quotas
 func (v *HostVolume) enforceEnterprisePolicy(
 	_ *state.StateSnapshot,
 	_ *structs.HostVolume,
@@ -21,3 +21,9 @@ func (v *HostVolume) enforceEnterprisePolicy(
 ) (error, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
+
+// enterpriseNodePoolFilter is the CE stub for filtering nodes during placement
+// via Enterprise node pool governance.
+func (v *HostVolume) enterpriseNodePoolFilter(_ *state.StateSnapshot, _ *structs.HostVolume) (func(string) bool, error) {
+	return func(_ string) bool { return true }, nil
+}
diff --git a/nomad/host_volume_endpoint_test.go b/nomad/host_volume_endpoint_test.go
index ae5bf08c9..224b62a39 100644
--- a/nomad/host_volume_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/nomad/host_volume_endpoint_test.go
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@ func TestHostVolumeEndpoint_CreateRegisterGetDelete(t *testing.T) {
 		var resp structs.HostVolumeCreateResponse
 		req.AuthToken = token
 		err := msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "HostVolume.Create", req, &resp)
-		must.EqError(t, err, `could not place volume "example1": no node meets constraints`)
+		must.EqError(t, err, `could not place volume "example1": no node meets constraints: 0 nodes had existing volume, 0 nodes filtered by node pool governance, 1 nodes were infeasible`)
 
 		req.Volume = vol2.Copy()
 		resp = structs.HostVolumeCreateResponse{}
 		err = msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "HostVolume.Create", req, &resp)
-		must.EqError(t, err, `could not place volume "example2": no node meets constraints`)
+		must.EqError(t, err, `could not place volume "example2": no node meets constraints: 0 nodes had existing volume, 0 nodes filtered by node pool governance, 1 nodes were infeasible`)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("valid create", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -725,12 +725,12 @@ func TestHostVolumeEndpoint_placeVolume(t *testing.T) {
 						Operand: "=",
 					},
 				}},
-			expectErr: "no node meets constraints",
+			expectErr: "no node meets constraints: 0 nodes had existing volume, 0 nodes filtered by node pool governance, 4 nodes were infeasible",
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "no matching plugin",
 			vol:       &structs.HostVolume{PluginID: "not-mkdir"},
-			expectErr: "no node meets constraints",
+			expectErr: "no node meets constraints: 0 nodes had existing volume, 0 nodes filtered by node pool governance, 4 nodes were infeasible",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "match already has a volume with the same name",
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ func TestHostVolumeEndpoint_placeVolume(t *testing.T) {
 						Operand: "=",
 					},
 				}},
-			expectErr: "no node meets constraints",
+			expectErr: "no node meets constraints: 1 nodes had existing volume, 0 nodes filtered by node pool governance, 3 nodes were infeasible",
 		},
 	}