diff --git a/hledger-web/.hledger/web/static/style.css b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/static/style.css
index f6a51aa3f..97d552dd6 100644
--- a/hledger-web/.hledger/web/static/style.css
+++ b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/static/style.css
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ body                                                                 { backgroun
 
 .balancereport .inacct                                               { background-color:#eee; font-weight:bold; }
 .notinacct, .notinacct :link, .notinacct :visited, .notinacct .negative  { /*color:#aaa;*/ }
+.balancereport .numpostings                                          { padding-left:1em; color:#aaa; }
 
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /* 2. font families & sizes */
diff --git a/hledger-web/.hledger/web/templates/balancereportitem.hamlet b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/templates/balancereportitem.hamlet
index e707dfde9..968d22400 100644
--- a/hledger-web/.hledger/web/templates/balancereportitem.hamlet
+++ b/hledger-web/.hledger/web/templates/balancereportitem.hamlet
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
   #{indent}
   <a href="@?{accturl}">#{adisplay}
  <td.balance align=right>#{mixedAmountAsHtml abal}
+ <td.numpostings align=right>(#{numpostingsinacct acct})
diff --git a/hledger-web/Handlers.hs b/hledger-web/Handlers.hs
index b0cd4bab8..e07ec0c6e 100644
--- a/hledger-web/Handlers.hs
+++ b/hledger-web/Handlers.hs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ postJournalR = handlePost
 getRegisterR :: Handler RepHtml
 getRegisterR = do
   vd@VD{opts=opts,qopts=qopts,m=m,j=j} <- getViewData
-  let sidecontent = balanceReportAsHtml  opts vd{q=""} $ balanceReport  opts nullfilterspec j
+  let sidecontent = balanceReportAsHtml  opts vd{q=""} $ balanceReport opts nullfilterspec j
       maincontent =
           case inAccountMatcher qopts of Just m' -> accountRegisterReportAsHtml opts vd $ accountRegisterReport opts j m m'
                                          Nothing -> postingRegisterReportAsHtml opts vd $ postingRegisterReport opts nullfilterspec $ filterJournalPostings2 m j
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ accountUrl a = "inacct:" ++ quoteIfSpaced a -- (accountNameToAccountRegex a)
 balanceReportAsHtml :: [Opt] -> ViewData -> BalanceReport -> Hamlet AppRoute
 balanceReportAsHtml _ vd@VD{here=here,q=q,m=m,qopts=qopts,j=j} (items,total) = $(Settings.hamletFile "balancereport")
  where
+   l = journalToLedger nullfilterspec j
+   numpostingsinacct = length . apostings . ledgerAccount l
    filtering = not $ null q
    inacctmatcher = inAccountMatcher qopts
    itemAsHtml :: ViewData -> BalanceReportItem -> Hamlet AppRoute