Run the script.
This script gets the row counts in each table without doing a COUNT.
If you want to see # rows in a specific table you can add AND t.name LIKE '%TableName%' to the WHERE clause.
Script to see Table Row Counts
SELECT t.name [TableName], SUM(st.row_count)[RowCount] FROM sys.tables t JOIN sys.schemas s ON t.schema_id = s.schema_id JOIN sys.indexes i ON t.object_id = i.object_id JOIN sys.dm_db_partition_stats st ON t.object_id = st.object_id AND i.index_id = st.index_id WHERE i.index_id < 2 -- Heaps and Clustered IndexesGROUPBY s.name, t.name GROUP BY t.name ORDER BY t.name;