diff --git a/.changeset/perfect-chefs-act.md b/.changeset/perfect-chefs-act.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08da157dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/perfect-chefs-act.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': minor
+---
+
+Number of results is now directly added as the field `totalItems` on `useEntityList`.
diff --git a/.changeset/rare-worms-sort.md b/.changeset/rare-worms-sort.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b2175d6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-worms-sort.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog': minor
+---
+
+Adds a title to the `PaginatedCatalogTable` for better visibility on what you're viewing.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
index dfb5780a2c..ce2502691f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ export type EntityListContextProps<
     next?: () => void;
     prev?: () => void;
   };
+  totalItems?: number;
 };
 
 // @public
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.test.tsx
index c2328a1aef..bc8e6b6038 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.test.tsx
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ describe('<EntityListProvider />', () => {
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(result.current.entities.length).toBe(1);
     });
+    expect(result.current.totalItems).toBe(1);
 
     await expect(() =>
       waitFor(() => {
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ describe('<EntityListProvider />', () => {
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(result.current.backendEntities.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     });
+    expect(result.current.totalItems).toBe(2);
     expect(result.current.backendEntities.length).toBe(2);
     expect(mockCatalogApi.getEntities).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 
@@ -276,6 +278,8 @@ describe('<EntityListProvider />', () => {
     });
     expect(result.current.backendEntities.length).toBe(2);
 
+    expect(result.current.totalItems).toBe(2);
+
     mockCatalogApi.getEntities!.mockRejectedValueOnce('error');
     act(() => {
       result.current.updateFilters({ kind: new EntityKindFilter('api') });
@@ -455,6 +459,8 @@ describe('<EntityListProvider pagination />', () => {
         orderFields,
       });
     });
+
+    expect(result.current.totalItems).toBe(10);
   });
 
   it('returns an error on catalogApi failure', async () => {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
index abb366a568..c81a399040 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useEntityListProvider.tsx
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ export type EntityListContextProps<
     next?: () => void;
     prev?: () => void;
   };
+
+  totalItems?: number;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ type OutputState<EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters> = {
   entities: Entity[];
   backendEntities: Entity[];
   pageInfo?: QueryEntitiesResponse['pageInfo'];
+  totalItems?: number;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -223,6 +226,7 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
               backendEntities: response.items,
               entities: response.items.filter(entityFilter),
               pageInfo: response.pageInfo,
+              totalItems: response.totalItems,
             });
           }
         } else {
@@ -243,6 +247,7 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
               backendEntities: response.items,
               entities: response.items.filter(entityFilter),
               pageInfo: response.pageInfo,
+              totalItems: response.totalItems,
             });
           }
         }
@@ -262,16 +267,20 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
           const response = await catalogApi.getEntities({
             filter: backendFilter,
           });
+          const entities = response.items.filter(entityFilter);
           setOutputState({
             appliedFilters: requestedFilters,
             backendEntities: response.items,
-            entities: response.items.filter(entityFilter),
+            entities,
+            totalItems: entities.length,
           });
         } else {
+          const entities = outputState.backendEntities.filter(entityFilter);
           setOutputState({
             appliedFilters: requestedFilters,
             backendEntities: outputState.backendEntities,
-            entities: outputState.backendEntities.filter(entityFilter),
+            entities,
+            totalItems: entities.length,
           });
         }
       }
@@ -352,6 +361,7 @@ export const EntityListProvider = <EntityFilters extends DefaultEntityFilters>(
       loading,
       error,
       pageInfo,
+      totalItems: outputState.totalItems,
     }),
     [outputState, updateFilters, queryParameters, loading, error, pageInfo],
   );
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/testUtils/providers.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/testUtils/providers.tsx
index 8ab6d118a9..6b88168207 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/testUtils/providers.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/testUtils/providers.tsx
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ export function MockEntityListContextProvider<
       loading: value?.loading ?? false,
       queryParameters: value?.queryParameters ?? defaultValues.queryParameters,
       error: value?.error,
+      totalItems:
+        value?.totalItems ?? (value?.entities ?? defaultValues.entities).length,
     }),
     [value, defaultValues, filters, updateFilters],
   );
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
index 7da12d7138..8aa5b9e376 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/CatalogTable.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ export const CatalogTable = (props: CatalogTableProps) => {
   } = props;
   const { isStarredEntity, toggleStarredEntity } = useStarredEntities();
   const entityListContext = useEntityList();
-  const { loading, error, entities, filters, pageInfo } = entityListContext;
+  const { loading, error, entities, filters, pageInfo, totalItems } =
+    entityListContext;
   const enablePagination = !!pageInfo;
 
   const tableColumns = useMemo(
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ export const CatalogTable = (props: CatalogTableProps) => {
     .filter(s => s)
     .join(' ');
 
-  const title = `${titleDisplay} (${entities.length})`;
+  const title = `${titleDisplay} (${totalItems})`;
   const actions = props.actions || defaultActions;
   const options = {
     actionsColumnIndex: -1,
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ export const CatalogTable = (props: CatalogTableProps) => {
         pageSizeOptions: [20, 50, 100],
         ...options,
       }}
-      title={`${titleDisplay} (${entities.length})`}
+      title={title}
       data={rows}
       actions={actions}
       subtitle={subtitle}
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.test.tsx
index eb1acc0cee..976cdff667 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.test.tsx
@@ -14,14 +14,16 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import React, { ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { fireEvent, render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { fireEvent, render, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { PaginatedCatalogTable } from './PaginatedCatalogTable';
 import { screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { CatalogTableRow } from './types';
+import { renderInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import {
+  EntityKindFilter,
+  MockEntityListContextProvider,
   DefaultEntityFilters,
   EntityListContextProps,
-  MockEntityListContextProvider,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 
 describe('PaginatedCatalogTable', () => {
@@ -134,4 +136,32 @@ describe('PaginatedCatalogTable', () => {
     fireEvent.click(prevButton);
     expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it('should display entity names when loading has finished and no error occurred', async () => {
+    await renderInTestApp(
+      <MockEntityListContextProvider
+        value={{
+          entities: data.map(e => e.entity),
+          totalItems: data.length,
+          filters: {
+            kind: new EntityKindFilter('component'),
+          },
+        }}
+      >
+        <PaginatedCatalogTable
+          data={data}
+          columns={columns}
+          next={undefined}
+          title="My title"
+        />
+      </MockEntityListContextProvider>,
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByText(/component-0/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/component-50/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/component-99/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByText(/My title/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.tsx
index 0311cd22ca..fa40756a44 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogTable/PaginatedCatalogTable.tsx
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ type PaginatedCatalogTableProps = {
  * @internal
  */
 export function PaginatedCatalogTable(props: PaginatedCatalogTableProps) {
-  const { columns, data, next, prev } = props;
+  const { columns, data, next, prev, title, isLoading } = props;
   const { updateFilters } = useEntityList();
 
   return (
     <Table
+      title={isLoading ? '' : title}
       columns={columns}
       data={data}
       options={{