diff --git a/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh b/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh
index 0c43031df..a50935f3d 100644
--- a/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/aws/aws.plugin.zsh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function asp() {
   export AWS_PROFILE=$1
   export AWS_EB_PROFILE=$1
 
-  export AWS_PROFILE_REGION=$(aws configure get region)
+  export AWS_PROFILE_REGION=$(_aws_get_profile_region "$1")
 
   _aws_update_state
 
@@ -239,9 +239,59 @@ function aws_regions() {
 }
 
 function aws_profiles() {
-  aws --no-cli-pager configure list-profiles 2> /dev/null && return
-  [[ -r "${AWS_CONFIG_FILE:-$HOME/.aws/config}" ]] || return 1
-  grep --color=never -Eo '\[.*\]' "${AWS_CONFIG_FILE:-$HOME/.aws/config}" | sed -E 's/^[[:space:]]*\[(profile)?[[:space:]]*([^[:space:]]+)\][[:space:]]*$/\2/g'
+  local config_file="${AWS_CONFIG_FILE:-$HOME/.aws/config}"
+  local credentials_file="${AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE:-$HOME/.aws/credentials}"
+  local profiles=()
+
+  # Parse config file: only match [default] and [profile ...] sections,
+  # skipping [sso-session ...], [services ...], and other non-profile sections
+  if [[ -r "$config_file" ]]; then
+    profiles+=($(grep --color=never -E '^\[[ ]*(default|profile[ ]+)' "$config_file" \
+      | sed -nE 's/^\[[ ]*(profile[ ]+)?([^]]+[^ ])[ ]*\]$/\2/p'))
+  fi
+
+  # Parse credentials file (profiles have [name] format, no "profile" prefix)
+  if [[ -r "$credentials_file" ]]; then
+    profiles+=($(grep --color=never -Eo '\[.*\]' "$credentials_file" \
+      | sed -nE 's/^[[:space:]]*\[([^[:space:]]+)[[:space:]]*\]$/\1/p'))
+  fi
+
+  # Return unique profiles, or fall back to AWS CLI.
+  # Note: profiles only visible via AWS CLI (e.g. config plugins, SSO) will
+  # be missed when config files have entries. Intentional for performance.
+  if [[ ${#profiles[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "${profiles[@]}" | sort -u
+  else
+    aws --no-cli-pager configure list-profiles 2>/dev/null
+  fi
+}
+
+# Fast region lookup by parsing config file directly, with fallback to AWS CLI
+function _aws_get_profile_region() {
+  local profile="${1:-$AWS_PROFILE}"
+  local config_file="${AWS_CONFIG_FILE:-$HOME/.aws/config}"
+  local region=""
+
+  # Try fast config file parsing first
+  if [[ -r "$config_file" ]]; then
+    region=$(awk -v profile="$profile" '
+      /^\[/ {
+        in_profile = 0
+        s = $0; sub(/^\[[ ]*/, "", s); sub(/[ ]*\].*/, "", s)
+        if (profile == "default" ? (s == "default" || s == "profile default") \
+            : sub(/^profile[ ]+/, "", s) && s == profile)
+          in_profile = 1
+      }
+      in_profile && /^[ ]*region[ ]*=/ { sub(/^[ ]*region[ ]*=[ ]*/, ""); sub(/[ ]*$/, ""); print; exit }
+    ' "$config_file")
+  fi
+
+  # Fallback to AWS CLI if fast method didn't find region
+  if [[ -z "$region" ]]; then
+    region=$(aws configure get region --profile "$profile" 2>/dev/null)
+  fi
+
+  echo "$region"
 }
 
 function _aws_regions() {