diff --git a/src/lib/db/project-store.ts b/src/lib/db/project-store.ts
index b9a3cb00b9..4811d1bf5d 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/project-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/project-store.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ export interface IEnvironmentProjectLink {
     projectId: string;
 }
 
+export interface IProjectMembersCount {
+    count: number;
+    project: string;
+}
+
 class ProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
     private db: Knex;
 
@@ -89,12 +94,11 @@ class ProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
         );
         projectTimer();
         const memberTimer = this.timer('getMemberCount');
-        const memberCount = await this.db.raw(
-            `SELECT count(role_id) as member_count, project FROM role_user GROUP BY project`,
-        );
+
+        const memberCount = await this.getMembersCount();
         memberTimer();
         const memberMap = new Map<string, number>(
-            memberCount.rows.map((c) => [c.project, Number(c.member_count)]),
+            memberCount.map((c) => [c.project, Number(c.count)]),
         );
         return projectsWithFeatureCount.map((r) => {
             return { ...r, memberCount: memberMap.get(r.id) };
@@ -247,23 +251,75 @@ class ProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
             .pluck('project_environments.environment_name');
     }
 
-    async getMembers(projectId: string): Promise<number> {
-        const rolesFromProject = this.db('role_permission')
-            .select('role_id')
-            .distinct();
-
-        const numbers = await this.db('role_user')
-            .countDistinct('user_id as members')
-            .where('project', projectId)
-            .whereIn('role_id', rolesFromProject)
-            .first();
-        const { members } = numbers;
-        if (typeof members === 'string') {
-            return parseInt(members, 10);
-        }
+    async getMembersCount(): Promise<IProjectMembersCount[]> {
+        const members = await this.db
+            .select('project')
+            .from((db) => {
+                db.select('user_id', 'project')
+                    .from('role_user')
+                    .leftJoin('roles', 'role_user.role_id', 'roles.id')
+                    .where((builder) => builder.whereNot('type', 'root'))
+                    .union((queryBuilder) => {
+                        queryBuilder
+                            .select('user_id', 'project')
+                            .from('group_role')
+                            .leftJoin(
+                                'group_user',
+                                'group_user.group_id',
+                                'group_role.group_id',
+                            );
+                    })
+                    .union((queryBuilder) => {
+                        queryBuilder
+                            .select('user_id', 'projects.name as project')
+                            .from('role_user')
+                            .leftJoin('roles', 'role_user.role_id', 'roles.id')
+                            .crossJoin('projects')
+                            .where((builder) =>
+                                builder
+                                    .where('type', 'root')
+                                    .where('roles.name', 'Editor'),
+                            );
+                    })
+                    .as('query');
+            })
+            .groupBy('project')
+            .count('user_id');
         return members;
     }
 
+    async getMembersCountByProject(projectId?: string): Promise<number> {
+        const members = await this.db
+            .from((db) => {
+                db.select('user_id')
+                    .from('role_user')
+                    .leftJoin('roles', 'role_user.role_id', 'roles.id')
+                    .where((builder) =>
+                        builder
+                            .where('project', projectId)
+                            .whereNot('type', 'root'),
+                    )
+                    .orWhere((builder) =>
+                        builder.where('type', 'root').where('name', 'Editor'),
+                    )
+                    .union((queryBuilder) => {
+                        queryBuilder
+                            .select('user_id')
+                            .from('group_role')
+                            .leftJoin(
+                                'group_user',
+                                'group_user.group_id',
+                                'group_role.group_id',
+                            )
+                            .where('project', projectId);
+                    })
+                    .as('query');
+            })
+            .count()
+            .first();
+        return Number(members.count);
+    }
+
     async count(): Promise<number> {
         return this.db
             .from(TABLE)
diff --git a/src/lib/services/project-health-service.ts b/src/lib/services/project-health-service.ts
index 0eabecb2d9..df5d371305 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/project-health-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/project-health-service.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ export default class ProjectHealthService {
             projectId,
             archived,
         );
-        const members = await this.projectStore.getMembers(projectId);
+        const members = await this.projectStore.getMembersCountByProject(
+            projectId,
+        );
         return {
             name: project.name,
             description: project.description,
diff --git a/src/lib/services/project-service.ts b/src/lib/services/project-service.ts
index 14ea9e8487..35fd9e29e9 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/project-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/project-service.ts
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ export default class ProjectService {
     }
 
     async getMembers(projectId: string): Promise<number> {
-        return this.store.getMembers(projectId);
+        return this.store.getMembersCountByProject(projectId);
     }
 
     async getProjectOverview(
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ export default class ProjectService {
             projectId,
             archived,
         );
-        const members = await this.store.getMembers(projectId);
+        const members = await this.store.getMembersCountByProject(projectId);
         return {
             name: project.name,
             environments,
diff --git a/src/lib/types/stores/project-store.ts b/src/lib/types/stores/project-store.ts
index d8263a0959..8cce795f6c 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/stores/project-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/stores/project-store.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { IEnvironmentProjectLink } from '../../db/project-store';
+import {
+    IEnvironmentProjectLink,
+    IProjectMembersCount,
+} from '../../db/project-store';
 import { IProject, IProjectWithCount } from '../model';
 import { Store } from './store';
 
@@ -32,7 +35,8 @@ export interface IProjectStore extends Store<IProject, string> {
     addEnvironmentToProject(id: string, environment: string): Promise<void>;
     deleteEnvironmentForProject(id: string, environment: string): Promise<void>;
     getEnvironmentsForProject(id: string): Promise<string[]>;
-    getMembers(projectId: string): Promise<number>;
+    getMembersCountByProject(projectId: string): Promise<number>;
+    getMembersCount(): Promise<IProjectMembersCount[]>;
     getProjectsWithCounts(query?: IProjectQuery): Promise<IProjectWithCount[]>;
     count(): Promise<number>;
     getAll(query?: IProjectQuery): Promise<IProject[]>;
diff --git a/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts b/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts
index 9ae835fbfd..0b9bbabb4f 100644
--- a/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts
+++ b/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import {
 } from '../../lib/types/stores/project-store';
 import { IProject, IProjectWithCount } from '../../lib/types/model';
 import NotFoundError from '../../lib/error/notfound-error';
-import { IEnvironmentProjectLink } from 'lib/db/project-store';
+import {
+    IEnvironmentProjectLink,
+    IProjectMembersCount,
+} from 'lib/db/project-store';
 
 export default class FakeProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
     projects: IProject[] = [];
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ export default class FakeProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
     }
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-    async getMembers(projectId: string): Promise<number> {
+    async getMembersCountByProject(projectId: string): Promise<number> {
         return Promise.resolve(0);
     }
 
@@ -120,4 +123,8 @@ export default class FakeProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
         this.projects.find((p) => p.id === healthUpdate.id).health =
             healthUpdate.health;
     }
+
+    getMembersCount(): Promise<IProjectMembersCount[]> {
+        throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
+    }
 }