diff --git a/src/Controller/MetadataProfileController.php b/src/Controller/MetadataProfileController.php
index cd41871..18afa95 100644
--- a/src/Controller/MetadataProfileController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/MetadataProfileController.php
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ class MetadataProfileController extends ControllerBase {
    */
   protected EntityTypeManagerInterface $entityTypeManagerService;
 
+  /**
+   * Cached usage counts keyed by field name.
+   *
+   * @var array<string,int>
+   */
+  protected array $usageCounts = [];
+
   public function __construct(
     EntityFieldManagerInterface $entity_field_manager,
     FieldTypePluginManagerInterface $field_type_plugin_manager,
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ class MetadataProfileController extends ControllerBase {
     FileSystemInterface $file_system,
     FileDownloadController $file_download_controller,
     Connection $database,
-    EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager // ✅ ADD THIS
+    EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager
   ) {
     $this->entityFieldManager = $entity_field_manager;
     $this->fieldTypePluginManager = $field_type_plugin_manager;
@@ -285,6 +292,7 @@ class MetadataProfileController extends ControllerBase {
 
     $metadata_profile = [];
     $field_definitions = $this->entityFieldManager->getFieldDefinitions($this->entityTypeBundleOf, $this->entityBundle);
+    $this->loadUsageCounts($field_definitions);
     foreach ($field_definitions as $field_name => $field_definition) {
       $metadata_profile[$field_name] = [
         'label' => $field_definition->getLabel(),
@@ -977,22 +985,50 @@ class MetadataProfileController extends ControllerBase {
    * @return int
    *   Number of usages.
    */
-  private function getUsageCount($field_name) {
-    if (str_starts_with($field_name, 'field_')) {
-      $connection = $this->database;
-      $count = $connection->select("node__{$field_name}", 'f')
-        ->countQuery()
-        ->execute()
-        ->fetchField();
-      return $count;
-    }
-    return $this->entityTypeManagerService
-      ->getStorage('node')
-      ->getQuery()
-      ->accessCheck(FALSE)
-      ->condition('type', $this->entityBundle)
-      ->count()
-      ->execute();
+  protected function getUsageCount(string $field_name): int {
+    return $this->usageCounts[$field_name] ?? 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Preloads usage counts for all configurable fields on the current bundle.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldDefinitionInterface[] $field_definitions
+   *   An array of field definitions keyed by field machine name, as returned by
+   *   EntityFieldManagerInterface::getFieldDefinitions().
+   *
+   * @return void
+   */
+  protected function loadUsageCounts(array $field_definitions): void {
+    if (!empty($this->usageCounts)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    foreach ($field_definitions as $field_name => $field_definition) {
+
+      // Only configurable fields (skip base fields like title)
+      if ($field_definition->getFieldStorageDefinition() instanceof \Drupal\Core\Field\BaseFieldDefinition) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      $table = $this->entityTypeBundleOf . '__' . $field_name;
+
+      if (!$this->database->schema()->tableExists($table)) {
+        $this->usageCounts[$field_name] = 0;
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        $count = $this->database->select($table, 'f')
+          ->countQuery()
+          ->execute()
+          ->fetchField();
+
+        $this->usageCounts[$field_name] = (int) $count;
+      }
+      catch (\Exception $e) {
+        $this->usageCounts[$field_name] = 0;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**