The data set contains census counts of deep-sea benthic foraminifera from sediment core M35003-4. Given are counted individuals of benthic foraminiferal taxa versus sediment depth in cm below sea floor. The counts are based on representative splits of the size fraction >125 µm. The original counting was performed between 2016 and 2018, a taxonomic revision was carried out in 2022. Gravity core M35003-4 was retrieved during R.V. METEOR cruise M35/1 in 1996 (Hemleben et al., 1998) from the bathyal western subtropical North Atlantic Ocean off the island of Grenada, Lesser Antilles, at 12°05.3'N, 61°14.6'W, 1299 m water depth, core recovery 9.63 m. The sediment core was retrieved for the reconstruction of productivity and circulation changes in the western tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean during the late Quaternary.