diff --git a/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Controller/Search.pm b/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Controller/Search.pm
index 3b474eca80c..86cd3a78615 100644
--- a/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Controller/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Controller/Search.pm
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ sub direct : Private
         when ('series') {
             $c->model('SeriesType')->load(@entities);
             $c->model('SeriesOrderingType')->load(@entities);
+            $c->model('Series')->load_entity_count(@entities);
         }
         when ('event') {
             $c->model('Event')->load_related_info(@entities);
diff --git a/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Search.pm b/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Search.pm
index 21f08387df9..fac43937285 100644
--- a/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Search.pm
@@ -396,13 +396,29 @@ my %mapping = (
     'title'          => 'name',
     'artist-credit'  => 'artist_credit',
     'label-code'     => 'label_code',
+    'type-id'        => 'type_id',
 );
 
 sub schema_fixup_type {
     my ($self, $data, $type) = @_;
+
+    my $type_gid = delete $data->{type_id};
+
     if (defined $data->{type} && $type ~~ [ entities_with(['type', 'simple']) ]) {
+        my $item_entity_type;
+        if ($type eq 'series') {
+            # This is needed to query the number of entities later
+            $item_entity_type = $self->c->sql->select_single_value(
+                'SELECT entity_type FROM series_type WHERE gid = ?',
+                $type_gid
+            );
+        }
         my $model = 'MusicBrainz::Server::Entity::' . type_to_model($type) . 'Type';
-        $data->{type} = $model->new( name => $data->{type} );
+        $data->{type} = $model->new(
+            name    => $data->{type},
+            gid     => $type_gid,
+            defined $item_entity_type ? (item_entity_type => $item_entity_type) : (),
+        );
     }
     return $data;
 }
@@ -955,6 +971,13 @@ sub external_search
             $self->c->model('Artwork')->load_for_release_groups(@entities);
         }
 
+        if ($type eq 'series')
+        {
+            my @entities = map { $_->entity } @results;
+            $self->c->model('Series')->load_ids(@entities);
+            $self->c->model('Series')->load_entity_count(@entities);
+        }
+
         my $pager = Data::Page->new;
         $pager->current_page($page);
         $pager->entries_per_page($limit);
diff --git a/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Series.pm b/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Series.pm
index 1524623aace..94e0c07ede8 100644
--- a/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Series.pm
+++ b/lib/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Series.pm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use MusicBrainz::Server::Data::Utils qw(
     merge_table_attributes
     load_subobjects
     order_by
+    placeholders
 );
 use MusicBrainz::Server::Data::Utils::Cleanup qw( used_in_relationship );
 use MusicBrainz::Server::Data::Utils::Uniqueness qw( assert_uniqueness_conserved );
@@ -122,6 +123,31 @@ sub _merge_impl {
     return 1;
 }
 
+=method load_ids
+
+Load internal IDs for event objects that only have GIDs.
+
+=cut
+
+sub load_ids
+{
+    my ($self, @series) = @_;
+
+    my @gids = map { $_->gid } @series;
+    return () unless @gids;
+
+    my $query = '
+        SELECT gid, id FROM series
+        WHERE gid IN (' . placeholders(@gids) . ')
+    ';
+    my %map = map { $_->[0] => $_->[1] }
+        @{ $self->sql->select_list_of_lists($query, @gids) };
+
+    for my $series (@series) {
+        $series->id($map{$series->gid}) if exists $map{$series->gid};
+    }
+}
+
 sub load
 {
     my ($self, @objs) = @_;
diff --git a/root/search/components/SeriesResults.js b/root/search/components/SeriesResults.js
index c2ecd17060a..1bda0cfb4a0 100644
--- a/root/search/components/SeriesResults.js
+++ b/root/search/components/SeriesResults.js
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ function buildResult(
           ? lp_attributes(series.typeName, 'series_type')
           : null}
       </td>
+      <td>
+        {series.entity_count}
+      </td>
     </tr>
   );
 }
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ const SeriesResults = ({
           <>
             <th>{l('Name')}</th>
             <th>{l('Type')}</th>
+            <th>{l('Number of entities')}</th>
           </>
         }
         pager={pager}
diff --git a/t/lib/t/MusicBrainz/Server/Controller/Search/Indexed.pm b/t/lib/t/MusicBrainz/Server/Controller/Search/Indexed.pm
index a20cc297361..4ace15077a9 100644
--- a/t/lib/t/MusicBrainz/Server/Controller/Search/Indexed.pm
+++ b/t/lib/t/MusicBrainz/Server/Controller/Search/Indexed.pm
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ test all => sub {
     {
       "id": "e414a176-b978-492f-b6bc-9fd4c89df221",
       "type": "Group",
+      "type-id": "e431f5f6-b5d2-343d-8b36-72607fffb74b",
       "score": "97",
       "name": "L.O.V.E.",
       "sort-name": "L.O.V.E.",
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ test all => sub {
     {
       "id": "53299fed-ec27-464f-94eb-5fda2db2902a",
       "type": "Person",
+      "type-id": "b6e035f4-3ce9-331c-97df-83397230b0df",
       "score": "65",
       "name": "Laura Love",
       "sort-name": "Love, Laura",
diff --git a/t/lib/t/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Search.pm b/t/lib/t/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Search.pm
index a61de6a8972..3e72df38cdd 100644
--- a/t/lib/t/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Search.pm
+++ b/t/lib/t/MusicBrainz/Server/Data/Search.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ our $artist_json = <<EOF;
     {
       "id": "34ec9a8d-c65b-48fd-bcdd-aad2f72fdb47",
       "type": "Group",
+      "type-id": "e431f5f6-b5d2-343d-8b36-72607fffb74b",
       "score": "98",
       "name": "Love",
       "sort-name": "Love",
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ test all => sub {
     is($artist->comment, 'folk-rock/psychedelic band');
     is($artist->gid, '34ec9a8d-c65b-48fd-bcdd-aad2f72fdb47');
     is($artist->type->name, 'Group');
+    is($artist->type->gid, 'e431f5f6-b5d2-343d-8b36-72607fffb74b');
 
     # release_group search
     $data = load_data('release_group', $test->c,
@@ -484,6 +486,7 @@ EOF
     {
       "id": "e24ca2f9-416e-42bd-a223-bed20fa409d0",
       "type": "Production",
+      "type-id": "a2426aab-2dd4-339c-b47d-b4923a241678",
       "score": "100",
       "name": "Love Records",
       "sort-name": "Love Records",
@@ -523,6 +526,7 @@ EOF
     is($label->comment, 'Finnish label');
     is($label->gid, 'e24ca2f9-416e-42bd-a223-bed20fa409d0');
     is($label->type->name, 'Production');
+    is($label->type->gid, 'a2426aab-2dd4-339c-b47d-b4923a241678');
 
     # annotation search
     $data = load_data('annotation', $test->c,