diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb
index f073b6de44420a9154635b8a33968608bfb94d15..b1d224d026f1973149e7ec5b8905a62fc4752352 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class Dashboard::ProjectsController < Dashboard::ApplicationController
 
   # rubocop: disable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord
   def load_projects(finder_params)
+    @total_user_projects_count = ProjectsFinder.new(params: { non_public: true }, current_user: current_user).execute
+    @total_starred_projects_count = ProjectsFinder.new(params: { starred: true }, current_user: current_user).execute
+
     projects = ProjectsFinder
                 .new(params: finder_params, current_user: current_user)
                 .execute
diff --git a/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb
index 778fdda8dbdccb46ec84e4376236bb84c89f7741..9f074690cbc8a4e0e677175034950764f71eae96 100644
--- a/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ class Explore::ProjectsController < Explore::ApplicationController
 
   # rubocop: disable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord
   def load_projects
+    @total_user_projects_count = ProjectsFinder.new(params: { non_public: true }, current_user: current_user).execute
+    @total_starred_projects_count = ProjectsFinder.new(params: { starred: true }, current_user: current_user).execute
+
     projects = ProjectsFinder.new(current_user: current_user, params: params)
                  .execute
                  .includes(:route, :creator, :group, namespace: [:route, :owner])
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/_projects_head.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/_projects_head.html.haml
index 1050945b15aba21290d9681c62bd66fb72101dec..ae67192cbcd15c01ddcf54b052c1dae28b599d79 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/_projects_head.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/_projects_head.html.haml
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
     = nav_link(page: [dashboard_projects_path, root_path]) do
       = link_to dashboard_projects_path, class: 'shortcuts-activity', data: {placement: 'right'} do
         Your projects
+        %span.badge.badge-pill= limited_counter_with_delimiter(@total_user_projects_count)
     = nav_link(page: starred_dashboard_projects_path) do
       = link_to starred_dashboard_projects_path, data: {placement: 'right'} do
         Starred projects
+        %span.badge.badge-pill= limited_counter_with_delimiter(@total_starred_projects_count)
     = nav_link(page: [explore_root_path, trending_explore_projects_path, starred_explore_projects_path, explore_projects_path]) do
       = link_to explore_root_path, data: {placement: 'right'} do
         Explore projects
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/add-badge-count-to-projects-and-groups.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/add-badge-count-to-projects-and-groups.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..33f8c53cc979ccf2c77d62ecef2c19e5952e7f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/add-badge-count-to-projects-and-groups.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Add badge count to projects and groups
+merge_request: 18425
+author: George Tsiolis
+type: changed
diff --git a/spec/features/dashboard/projects_spec.rb b/spec/features/dashboard/projects_spec.rb
index 975b7944741362cf1bb946bb8887e519b8f20c9e..edca8f9df086b49dd9f98e460c5971ec39db5723 100644
--- a/spec/features/dashboard/projects_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/dashboard/projects_spec.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ describe 'Dashboard Projects' do
       visit dashboard_projects_path
 
       expect(page).to have_content(project.name)
+      expect(find('.nav-links li:nth-child(1) .badge-pill')).to have_content(1)
     end
 
     it 'shows personal projects on personal projects tab', :js do
@@ -121,6 +122,8 @@ describe 'Dashboard Projects' do
 
       expect(page).not_to have_content(project.name)
       expect(page).to have_content(project2.name)
+      expect(find('.nav-links li:nth-child(1) .badge-pill')).to have_content(1)
+      expect(find('.nav-links li:nth-child(2) .badge-pill')).to have_content(1)
     end
   end