diff --git a/app/javascript/vue/storage_locations/table.vue b/app/javascript/vue/storage_locations/table.vue
index 5155e1d92..4cf760b67 100644
--- a/app/javascript/vue/storage_locations/table.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/vue/storage_locations/table.vue
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ export default {
         sortable: true
       },
       {
-        field: 'sub_locations',
+        field: 'sub_location_count',
         headerName: this.i18n.t('storage_locations.index.table.sub_locations'),
+        width: 250,
         sortable: true
       },
       {
diff --git a/app/models/storage_location.rb b/app/models/storage_location.rb
index f4070ce97..a88cefe95 100644
--- a/app/models/storage_location.rb
+++ b/app/models/storage_location.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ class StorageLocation < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :parent, class_name: 'StorageLocation', optional: true
   belongs_to :created_by, class_name: 'User'
 
-  has_many :storage_location_repository_rows, inverse_of: :storage_location
-  has_many :storage_locations, foreign_key: :parent_id, dependent: :destroy, inverse_of: :parent
+  has_many :storage_location_repository_rows, inverse_of: :storage_location, dependent: :destroy
+  has_many :storage_locations, foreign_key: :parent_id, inverse_of: :parent, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :repository_rows, through: :storage_location_repository_row
 
   validates :name, length: { maximum: Constants::NAME_MAX_LENGTH }
diff --git a/app/serializers/lists/storage_location_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/lists/storage_location_serializer.rb
index e29d31a02..10c04c9ee 100644
--- a/app/serializers/lists/storage_location_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/lists/storage_location_serializer.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Lists
     include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
 
     attributes :id, :code, :name, :container, :description, :owned_by, :created_by,
-               :created_on, :urls, :metadata, :file_name
+               :created_on, :urls, :metadata, :file_name, :sub_location_count
 
     def owned_by
       object.team.name
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ module Lists
       I18n.l(object.created_at, format: :full)
     end
 
+    def sub_location_count
+      if object.respond_to?(:sub_location_count)
+        object.sub_location_count
+      else
+        StorageLocation.where(parent_id: object.id).count
+      end
+    end
+
     def urls
       show_url = if @object.container
                    storage_location_path(@object)
diff --git a/app/services/lists/storage_locations_service.rb b/app/services/lists/storage_locations_service.rb
index 664688f32..c1e02bc9a 100644
--- a/app/services/lists/storage_locations_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/lists/storage_locations_service.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ module Lists
     end
 
     def fetch_records
-      @records = @team.storage_locations
+      @records =
+        StorageLocation.joins('LEFT JOIN storage_locations AS sub_locations ' \
+                              'ON storage_locations.id = sub_locations.parent_id')
+                       .select('storage_locations.*, COUNT(sub_locations.id) AS sub_location_count')
+                       .where(team: @team)
+                       .group(:id)
     end
 
     def filter_records