diff --git a/internal/article/categories.go b/internal/article/categories.go
index 85ba390..f611b58 100644
--- a/internal/article/categories.go
+++ b/internal/article/categories.go
@@ -71,13 +71,31 @@ func ResolveLotCategoriesStrict(local *localdb.LocalDB, serverPricelistID uint,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	missing := make([]string, 0)
 	for _, lot := range lotNames {
 		cat := strings.TrimSpace(cats[lot])
 		if cat == "" {
-			return nil, &MissingCategoryForLotError{LotName: lot}
+			missing = append(missing, lot)
+			continue
 		}
 		cats[lot] = cat
 	}
+	if len(missing) > 0 {
+		fallback, err := local.GetLocalComponentCategoriesByLotNames(missing)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		for _, lot := range missing {
+			if cat := strings.TrimSpace(fallback[lot]); cat != "" {
+				cats[lot] = cat
+			}
+		}
+		for _, lot := range missing {
+			if strings.TrimSpace(cats[lot]) == "" {
+				return nil, &MissingCategoryForLotError{LotName: lot}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return cats, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/article/categories_test.go b/internal/article/categories_test.go
index dbdef64..eb8c027 100644
--- a/internal/article/categories_test.go
+++ b/internal/article/categories_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,49 @@ func TestResolveLotCategoriesStrict_MissingCategoryReturnsError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestResolveLotCategoriesStrict_FallbackToLocalComponents(t *testing.T) {
+	local, err := localdb.New(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "local.db"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("init local db: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = local.Close() })
+
+	if err := local.SaveLocalPricelist(&localdb.LocalPricelist{
+		ServerID:  2,
+		Source:    "estimate",
+		Version:   "S-2026-02-11-002",
+		Name:      "test",
+		CreatedAt: time.Now(),
+		SyncedAt:  time.Now(),
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("save local pricelist: %v", err)
+	}
+	localPL, err := local.GetLocalPricelistByServerID(2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("get local pricelist: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := local.SaveLocalPricelistItems([]localdb.LocalPricelistItem{
+		{PricelistID: localPL.ID, LotName: "CPU_B", LotCategory: "", Price: 10},
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("save local items: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := local.DB().Create(&localdb.LocalComponent{
+		LotName:        "CPU_B",
+		Category:       "CPU",
+		LotDescription: "cpu",
+	}).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("save local components: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	cats, err := ResolveLotCategoriesStrict(local, 2, []string{"CPU_B"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected fallback, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if cats["CPU_B"] != "CPU" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected CPU, got %q", cats["CPU_B"])
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGroupForLotCategory(t *testing.T) {
 	if g, ok := GroupForLotCategory("cpu"); !ok || g != GroupCPU {
 		t.Fatalf("expected cpu -> GroupCPU")
@@ -53,4 +96,3 @@ func TestGroupForLotCategory(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected SFP to be excluded")
 	}
 }
-
diff --git a/internal/localdb/components.go b/internal/localdb/components.go
index a199e4f..013edb6 100644
--- a/internal/localdb/components.go
+++ b/internal/localdb/components.go
@@ -242,6 +242,31 @@ func (l *LocalDB) GetLocalComponent(lotName string) (*LocalComponent, error) {
 	return &component, nil
 }
 
+// GetLocalComponentCategoriesByLotNames returns category for each lot_name in the local component cache.
+// Missing lots are not included in the map; caller is responsible for strict validation.
+func (l *LocalDB) GetLocalComponentCategoriesByLotNames(lotNames []string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	result := make(map[string]string, len(lotNames))
+	if len(lotNames) == 0 {
+		return result, nil
+	}
+
+	type row struct {
+		LotName  string `gorm:"column:lot_name"`
+		Category string `gorm:"column:category"`
+	}
+	var rows []row
+	if err := l.db.Model(&LocalComponent{}).
+		Select("lot_name, category").
+		Where("lot_name IN ?", lotNames).
+		Find(&rows).Error; err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		result[r.LotName] = r.Category
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 // GetLocalComponentCategories returns distinct categories from local components
 func (l *LocalDB) GetLocalComponentCategories() ([]string, error) {
 	var categories []string
@@ -302,4 +327,3 @@ func (l *LocalDB) NeedComponentSync(maxAgeHours int) bool {
 	}
 	return time.Since(*syncTime).Hours() > float64(maxAgeHours)
 }
-