diff --git a/src/lib/db/project-store.ts b/src/lib/db/project-store.ts
index 7689409c5c..c2f45f21b7 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/project-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/project-store.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
     IFlagResolver,
     IProject,
     IProjectWithCount,
+    ProjectMode,
 } from '../types';
 import {
     IProjectHealthUpdate,
@@ -49,6 +50,11 @@ export interface IEnvironmentProjectLink {
     projectId: string;
 }
 
+export interface ProjectModeCount {
+    mode: ProjectMode;
+    count: number;
+}
+
 export interface IProjectMembersCount {
     count: number;
     project: string;
@@ -551,6 +557,28 @@ class ProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
             .then((res) => Number(res[0].count));
     }
 
+    async getProjectModeCounts(): Promise<ProjectModeCount[]> {
+        const result: ProjectModeCount[] = await this.db
+            .select(`${SETTINGS_TABLE}.project_mode as mode`)
+            .count(`${TABLE}.id as count`)
+            .from(`${TABLE}`)
+            .join(
+                `${SETTINGS_TABLE}`,
+                `${TABLE}.id`,
+                `${SETTINGS_TABLE}.project`,
+            )
+            .groupBy(`${SETTINGS_TABLE}.project_mode`);
+        return result.map(this.mapProjectModeCount);
+    }
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types
+    mapProjectModeCount(row): ProjectModeCount {
+        return {
+            mode: row.mode,
+            count: parseInt(row.count, 10),
+        };
+    }
+
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types
     mapLinkRow(row): IEnvironmentProjectLink {
         return {
diff --git a/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.ts b/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.ts
index 901eb1604b..26631e84ba 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { ISettingStore } from '../../types/stores/settings-store';
 import { FEATURES_EXPORTED, FEATURES_IMPORTED } from '../../types';
 import { CUSTOM_ROOT_ROLE_TYPE } from '../../util';
 import { type GetActiveUsers } from './getActiveUsers';
+import { ProjectModeCount } from '../../db/project-store';
 
 export type TimeRange = 'allTime' | '30d' | '7d';
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ export interface InstanceStats {
     versionEnterprise?: string;
     users: number;
     featureToggles: number;
-    projects: number;
+    projects: ProjectModeCount[];
     contextFields: number;
     roles: number;
     customRootRoles: number;
@@ -152,6 +153,10 @@ export class InstanceStatsService {
         }
     }
 
+    getProjectModeCount(): Promise<ProjectModeCount[]> {
+        return this.projectStore.getProjectModeCounts();
+    }
+
     getToggleCount(): Promise<number> {
         return this.featureToggleStore.count({
             archived: false,
@@ -201,7 +206,7 @@ export class InstanceStatsService {
             this.getToggleCount(),
             this.userStore.count(),
             this.getActiveUsers(),
-            this.projectStore.count(),
+            this.getProjectModeCount(),
             this.contextFieldStore.count(),
             this.groupStore.count(),
             this.roleStore.count(),
diff --git a/src/lib/metrics.ts b/src/lib/metrics.ts
index 18c8824ffd..fbdc89937a 100644
--- a/src/lib/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/lib/metrics.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ export default class MetricsMonitor {
         const projectsTotal = new client.Gauge({
             name: 'projects_total',
             help: 'Number of projects',
+            labelNames: ['mode'],
         });
         const environmentsTotal = new client.Gauge({
             name: 'environments_total',
@@ -193,7 +194,11 @@ export default class MetricsMonitor {
                 usersActive90days.set(stats.activeUsers.last90);
 
                 projectsTotal.reset();
-                projectsTotal.set(stats.projects);
+                stats.projects.forEach((projectStat) => {
+                    projectsTotal
+                        .labels({ mode: projectStat.mode })
+                        .set(projectStat.count);
+                });
 
                 environmentsTotal.reset();
                 environmentsTotal.set(stats.environments);
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/instance-admin.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/instance-admin.ts
index 02610a3e69..030cc848f1 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/instance-admin.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/instance-admin.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ class InstanceAdminController extends Controller {
             featureToggles: 29,
             groups: 3,
             instanceId: 'ed3861ae-78f9-4e8c-8e57-b57efc15f82b',
-            projects: 1,
+            projects: [
+                { mode: 'open', count: 5 },
+                { mode: 'protected', count: 2 },
+                { mode: 'private', count: 1 },
+            ],
             roles: 5,
             customRootRoles: 2,
             customRootRolesInUse: 1,
diff --git a/src/lib/types/stores/project-store.ts b/src/lib/types/stores/project-store.ts
index dd565298a9..da6e8cfeb1 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/stores/project-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/stores/project-store.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
     IEnvironmentProjectLink,
     IProjectMembersCount,
+    ProjectModeCount,
 } from '../../db/project-store';
 import {
     IEnvironment,
@@ -32,21 +33,6 @@ export interface IProjectSettings {
     featureNamingDescription?: string;
 }
 
-export interface IProjectSettingsRow {
-    project_mode: ProjectMode;
-    default_stickiness: string;
-}
-
-export interface IProjectEnvironmenDefaultStrategyRow {
-    environment: string;
-    default_strategy: any;
-}
-
-export interface IProjectArchived {
-    id: string;
-    archived: boolean;
-}
-
 export interface IProjectHealthUpdate {
     id: string;
     health: number;
@@ -115,6 +101,7 @@ export interface IProjectStore extends Store<IProject, string> {
         projectId: string,
         environment: string,
     ): Promise<CreateFeatureStrategySchema | null>;
+
     updateDefaultStrategy(
         projectId: string,
         environment: string,
@@ -122,4 +109,6 @@ export interface IProjectStore extends Store<IProject, string> {
     ): Promise<CreateFeatureStrategySchema>;
 
     isFeatureLimitReached(id: string): Promise<boolean>;
+
+    getProjectModeCounts(): Promise<ProjectModeCount[]>;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts b/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts
index 0645cda6a9..28eae24098 100644
--- a/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts
+++ b/src/test/fixtures/fake-project-store.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import NotFoundError from '../../lib/error/notfound-error';
 import {
     IEnvironmentProjectLink,
     IProjectMembersCount,
+    ProjectModeCount,
 } from 'lib/db/project-store';
 import { CreateFeatureStrategySchema } from '../../lib/openapi';
 
@@ -185,4 +186,8 @@ export default class FakeProjectStore implements IProjectStore {
     isFeatureLimitReached(id: string): Promise<boolean> {
         return Promise.resolve(false);
     }
+
+    getProjectModeCounts(): Promise<ProjectModeCount[]> {
+        return Promise.resolve([]);
+    }
 }