diff --git a/internal/api/context.go b/internal/api/context.go
index f50468f80..aabf2a535 100644
--- a/internal/api/context.go
+++ b/internal/api/context.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type Store interface {
 	CreateInstallation(installation *model.Installation) error
 	GetInstallation(installationID string, includeGroupConfig, includeGroupConfigOverrides bool) (*model.Installation, error)
 	GetInstallations(filter *model.InstallationFilter, includeGroupConfig, includeGroupConfigOverrides bool) ([]*model.Installation, error)
+	GetInstallationsCount(includeDeleted bool) (int, error)
 	UpdateInstallation(installation *model.Installation) error
 	LockInstallation(installationID, lockerID string) (bool, error)
 	UnlockInstallation(installationID, lockerID string, force bool) (bool, error)
diff --git a/internal/api/installation.go b/internal/api/installation.go
index 6a59e080e..e5ee935fd 100644
--- a/internal/api/installation.go
+++ b/internal/api/installation.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ func initInstallation(apiRouter *mux.Router, context *Context) {
 
 	installationsRouter := apiRouter.PathPrefix("/installations").Subrouter()
 	installationsRouter.Handle("", addContext(handleGetInstallations)).Methods("GET")
+	installationsRouter.Handle("/count", addContext(handleGetNumberOfInstallations)).Methods("GET")
 	installationsRouter.Handle("", addContext(handleCreateInstallation)).Methods("POST")
 
 	installationRouter := apiRouter.PathPrefix("/installation/{installation:[A-Za-z0-9]{26}}").Subrouter()
@@ -109,6 +110,25 @@ func handleGetInstallations(c *Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	outputJSON(c, w, installations)
 }
 
+// handlerGetNumberOfInstallations responds to GET /api/installations/count, returning the
+// number of non-deleted installations
+func handleGetNumberOfInstallations(c *Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	includeDeleted, err := parseBool(r.URL, "include_deleted", false)
+	if err != nil {
+		includeDeleted = false
+	}
+	installationsCount, err := c.Store.GetInstallationsCount(includeDeleted)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Logger.WithError(err).Error("failed to query the number of installations")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+	result := model.InstallationsCount{Count: installationsCount}
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	outputJSON(c, w, result)
+}
+
 // handleCreateInstallation responds to POST /api/installations, beginning the process of creating
 // a new installation.
 func handleCreateInstallation(c *Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/internal/api/installation_test.go b/internal/api/installation_test.go
index de095f2cf..ff57087bc 100644
--- a/internal/api/installation_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/installation_test.go
@@ -259,6 +259,32 @@ func TestGetInstallations(t *testing.T) {
 				})
 			}
 		})
+
+		t.Run("get installations count", func(t *testing.T) {
+			testCases := []struct {
+				Description    string
+				IncludeDeleted bool
+				Expected       int
+			}{
+				{
+					"count without deleted",
+					false,
+					3,
+				},
+				{
+					"count with deleted",
+					true,
+					4,
+				},
+			}
+			for _, testCase := range testCases {
+				t.Run(testCase.Description, func(t *testing.T) {
+					installations, err := client.GetInstallationsCount(testCase.IncludeDeleted)
+					require.NoError(t, err)
+					require.Equal(t, testCase.Expected, installations)
+				})
+			}
+		})
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/store/installation.go b/internal/store/installation.go
index e00138bd9..91c1682e9 100644
--- a/internal/store/installation.go
+++ b/internal/store/installation.go
@@ -144,6 +144,25 @@ func (sqlStore *SQLStore) GetInstallations(filter *model.InstallationFilter, inc
 	return installations, nil
 }
 
+// GetInstallationsCount returns the number of installations filtered by the deletedat
+// field
+func (sqlStore *SQLStore) GetInstallationsCount(includeDeleted bool) (int, error) {
+	builder := sq.Select("COUNT(*) as InstallationsCount").From("Installation")
+	if !includeDeleted {
+		builder = builder.Where("DeleteAt = 0")
+	}
+	var numberOfInstallations int
+	query, _, err := builder.ToSql()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse query for installations count")
+	}
+	err = sqlStore.get(sqlStore.db, &numberOfInstallations, query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to query for installations count")
+	}
+	return numberOfInstallations, nil
+}
+
 // GetUnlockedInstallationsPendingWork returns an unlocked installation in a pending state.
 func (sqlStore *SQLStore) GetUnlockedInstallationsPendingWork() ([]*model.Installation, error) {
 	builder := installationSelect.
diff --git a/model/client.go b/model/client.go
index 65f2fa6ea..1f7b5c30f 100644
--- a/model/client.go
+++ b/model/client.go
@@ -406,6 +406,30 @@ func (c *Client) GetInstallations(request *GetInstallationsRequest) ([]*Installa
 	}
 }
 
+// GetInstallationsCount returns then number of installations filtered by deleted field
+func (c *Client) GetInstallationsCount(includeDeleted bool) (int, error) {
+	u, err := url.Parse(c.buildURL("/api/installations/count"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	if includeDeleted {
+		q := u.Query()
+		q.Add("include_deleted", "true")
+		u.RawQuery = q.Encode()
+	}
+	resp, err := c.doGet(u.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrap(err, "problem getting installations count")
+	}
+	defer closeBody(resp)
+	switch resp.StatusCode {
+	case http.StatusOK:
+		return InstallationsCountFromReader(resp.Body)
+	default:
+		return 0, errors.Errorf("failed with status code %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+}
+
 // UpdateInstallation updates an installation.
 func (c *Client) UpdateInstallation(installationID string, request *PatchInstallationRequest) (*Installation, error) {
 	resp, err := c.doPut(c.buildURL("/api/installation/%s/mattermost", installationID), request)
diff --git a/model/installation.go b/model/installation.go
index d2503e126..062498ac3 100644
--- a/model/installation.go
+++ b/model/installation.go
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ type Installation struct {
 	configMergeGroupSequence int64
 }
 
+// InstallationsCount represents the number of installations
+type InstallationsCount struct {
+	Count int
+}
+
 // InstallationFilter describes the parameters used to constrain a set of installations.
 type InstallationFilter struct {
 	OwnerID        string
@@ -149,3 +154,16 @@ func InstallationsFromReader(reader io.Reader) ([]*Installation, error) {
 
 	return installations, nil
 }
+
+// InstallationsCountFromReader decodes a json-encoded installations count data from the
+// given io.Reader
+func InstallationsCountFromReader(reader io.Reader) (int, error) {
+	installationsCount := InstallationsCount{}
+	decoder := json.NewDecoder(reader)
+	err := decoder.Decode(&installationsCount)
+	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	return installationsCount.Count, nil
+}