diff --git a/API.brand.md b/API.brand.md
index 4955933..1339ef0 100644
--- a/API.brand.md
+++ b/API.brand.md
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ Lists the brands of the user's selected company, sorted by name.
 
 **Returns**
 
-`Promise<{brands: Array<{id: number, name: string, gsprpinfo: string|null, pics: Array<{fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW?: number|null, smallThumbH?: number|null, smallThumbBinary?: string|null}>}>, total: number, offset: number, limit: number}>` — The brands plus the total unpaged count. Small-thumbnail fields are present only when `includeSmallThumbs` is true; the binary is base64-encoded AVIF data.
+`Promise<{brands: Array<{id: number, name: string, articleCount: number, gsprpinfo: string|null, pics: Array<{fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW?: number|null, smallThumbH?: number|null, smallThumbBinary?: string|null}>}>, total: number, offset: number, limit: number}>` — The brands plus the total unpaged count. Small-thumbnail fields are present only when `includeSmallThumbs` is true; the binary is base64-encoded AVIF data.
 
 **Example**
 
 ```js
 const result = await store.brand.list(42, { offset: 0, limit: 10 });
-// => { brands: [{ id, name, gsprpinfo, pics: [...] }], total: 25, offset: 0, limit: 10 }
+// => { brands: [{ id, name, articleCount, gsprpinfo, pics: [...] }], total: 25, offset: 0, limit: 10 }
 ```
 
 ## `brand.update`
diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index c1bcfe3..bc13072 100644
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ The store is exposed as a `LibDashStore` instance (see `src/index.js`). Each met
   - `addImage(googleAuthId: number, brandId: number, image: Buffer, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW: number, smallThumbH: number, pics: Array<object>}>`
   - `create(googleAuthId: number, input: {name: string, gsprpinfo?: string}, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, name: string, gsprpinfo: string|null, pics: Array<{fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string}>}>`
   - `delete(googleAuthId: number, id: number, tx?: object): Promise<void>`
-  - `list(googleAuthId: number, opts?: {offset?: number, limit?: number, includeSmallThumbs?: boolean}, tx?: object): Promise<{brands: Array<{id: number, name: string, gsprpinfo: string|null, pics: Array<{fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW?: number|null, smallThumbH?: number|null, smallThumbBinary?: string|null}>}>, total: number, offset: number, limit: number}>`
+  - `list(googleAuthId: number, opts?: {offset?: number, limit?: number, includeSmallThumbs?: boolean}, tx?: object): Promise<{brands: Array<{id: number, name: string, articleCount: number, gsprpinfo: string|null, pics: Array<{fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW?: number|null, smallThumbH?: number|null, smallThumbBinary?: string|null}>}>, total: number, offset: number, limit: number}>`
   - `update(googleAuthId: number, id: number, input: {name?: string, gsprpinfo?: string}, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, name: string, gsprpinfo: string|null, touchedArticleCount: number}>`
   - `upsert(googleAuthId: number, input: {name: string, gsprpinfo?: string}, tx?: object): Promise<{id: number, name: string, gsprpinfo: string|null, pics: Array<{fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string}>}>`
 - [customergroup](API.customergroup.md)
diff --git a/src/providers/mssql/queries/brand.js b/src/providers/mssql/queries/brand.js
index 54e5ca7..ccd45b2 100644
--- a/src/providers/mssql/queries/brand.js
+++ b/src/providers/mssql/queries/brand.js
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ SELECT
     b.id,
     b.name,
     b.gsprpinfo,
+    (
+        SELECT COUNT(*)
+        FROM article a
+        LEFT JOIN article parent ON parent.id = a.parentarticle_id
+        WHERE a.company_id = b.company_id
+          AND a.is_parent = 0
+          AND NOT EXISTS (
+              SELECT 1 FROM article child WHERE child.parentarticle_id = a.id
+          )
+          AND COALESCE(parent.brand_id, a.brand_id) = b.id
+    ) AS articleCount,
     (
         SELECT
             p.hash AS fullHash,
@@ -31,6 +42,17 @@ SELECT
     b.id,
     b.name,
     b.gsprpinfo,
+    (
+        SELECT COUNT(*)
+        FROM article a
+        LEFT JOIN article parent ON parent.id = a.parentarticle_id
+        WHERE a.company_id = b.company_id
+          AND a.is_parent = 0
+          AND NOT EXISTS (
+              SELECT 1 FROM article child WHERE child.parentarticle_id = a.id
+          )
+          AND COALESCE(parent.brand_id, a.brand_id) = b.id
+    ) AS articleCount,
     (
         SELECT
             p.hash AS fullHash,
@@ -54,6 +76,17 @@ SELECT
     b.id,
     b.name,
     b.gsprpinfo,
+    (
+        SELECT COUNT(*)
+        FROM article a
+        LEFT JOIN article parent ON parent.id = a.parentarticle_id
+        WHERE a.company_id = b.company_id
+          AND a.is_parent = 0
+          AND NOT EXISTS (
+              SELECT 1 FROM article child WHERE child.parentarticle_id = a.id
+          )
+          AND COALESCE(parent.brand_id, a.brand_id) = b.id
+    ) AS articleCount,
     (
         SELECT
             p.hash AS fullHash,
diff --git a/src/providers/sqlite3/queries/brand.js b/src/providers/sqlite3/queries/brand.js
index b2ac20e..c17df26 100644
--- a/src/providers/sqlite3/queries/brand.js
+++ b/src/providers/sqlite3/queries/brand.js
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ SELECT
     b.id,
     b.name,
     b.gsprpinfo,
+    (
+        SELECT COUNT(*)
+        FROM article a
+        LEFT JOIN article parent ON parent.id = a.parentarticle_id
+        WHERE a.company_id = b.company_id
+          AND a.is_parent = 0
+          AND NOT EXISTS (
+              SELECT 1 FROM article child WHERE child.parentarticle_id = a.id
+          )
+          AND COALESCE(parent.brand_id, a.brand_id) = b.id
+    ) AS articleCount,
     (
         SELECT COALESCE(json_group_array(json_object(
             'fullHash', hash,
@@ -37,6 +48,17 @@ SELECT
     b.id,
     b.name,
     b.gsprpinfo,
+    (
+        SELECT COUNT(*)
+        FROM article a
+        LEFT JOIN article parent ON parent.id = a.parentarticle_id
+        WHERE a.company_id = b.company_id
+          AND a.is_parent = 0
+          AND NOT EXISTS (
+              SELECT 1 FROM article child WHERE child.parentarticle_id = a.id
+          )
+          AND COALESCE(parent.brand_id, a.brand_id) = b.id
+    ) AS articleCount,
     (
         SELECT COALESCE(json_group_array(json_object(
             'fullHash', hash,
@@ -63,6 +85,17 @@ SELECT
     b.id,
     b.name,
     b.gsprpinfo,
+    (
+        SELECT COUNT(*)
+        FROM article a
+        LEFT JOIN article parent ON parent.id = a.parentarticle_id
+        WHERE a.company_id = b.company_id
+          AND a.is_parent = 0
+          AND NOT EXISTS (
+              SELECT 1 FROM article child WHERE child.parentarticle_id = a.id
+          )
+          AND COALESCE(parent.brand_id, a.brand_id) = b.id
+    ) AS articleCount,
     (
         SELECT COALESCE(json_group_array(json_object(
             'fullHash', hash,
diff --git a/src/store/brand/list.js b/src/store/brand/list.js
index 1620648..4678acb 100644
--- a/src/store/brand/list.js
+++ b/src/store/brand/list.js
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ export default function list(provider) {
    * @param {number} [opts.limit=10] - Number of brands to return (max 100).
    * @param {boolean} [opts.includeSmallThumbs=false] - Include 32px-edge small thumbnail dimensions and base64 AVIF data.
    * @param {object} [tx] - Optional transaction to run within.
-   * @returns {Promise<{brands: Array<{id: number, name: string, gsprpinfo: string|null, pics: Array<{fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW?: number|null, smallThumbH?: number|null, smallThumbBinary?: string|null}>}>, total: number, offset: number, limit: number}>} The brands plus the total unpaged count. Small-thumbnail fields are present only when `includeSmallThumbs` is true; the binary is base64-encoded AVIF data.
+   * @returns {Promise<{brands: Array<{id: number, name: string, articleCount: number, gsprpinfo: string|null, pics: Array<{fullHash: string, thumbW: number, thumbH: number, thumbHash: string, smallThumbW?: number|null, smallThumbH?: number|null, smallThumbBinary?: string|null}>}>, total: number, offset: number, limit: number}>} The brands plus the total unpaged count. Small-thumbnail fields are present only when `includeSmallThumbs` is true; the binary is base64-encoded AVIF data.
    *
    * @example
    * const result = await store.brand.list(42, { offset: 0, limit: 10 });
-   * // => { brands: [{ id, name, gsprpinfo, pics: [...] }], total: 25, offset: 0, limit: 10 }
+   * // => { brands: [{ id, name, articleCount, gsprpinfo, pics: [...] }], total: 25, offset: 0, limit: 10 }
    */
   return async (googleAuthId, opts, tx) => {
     let offset = 0;
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export default function list(provider) {
       brands: listResult.rows.map((row) => ({
         id: row.id,
         name: row.name,
+        articleCount: Number(row.articleCount ?? 0),
         gsprpinfo: row.gsprpinfo,
         pics: parsePics(row.picsJson),
       })),