diff --git a/gateway-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/EntityService.java b/gateway-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/EntityService.java
index dca77b86..59b72ce4 100644
--- a/gateway-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/EntityService.java
+++ b/gateway-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/EntityService.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public class EntityService {
       new BulkUpdateEntitiesRequestValidator();
   private final AttributeMetadataProvider metadataProvider;
   private final EntityIdColumnsConfigs entityIdColumnsConfigs;
+  private ExecutorService queryExecutor;
   private final EntityInteractionsFetcher interactionsFetcher;
   private final RequestPreProcessor requestPreProcessor;
   private final ResponsePostProcessor responsePostProcessor;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ public EntityService(
       ExecutorService queryExecutor) {
     this.metadataProvider = metadataProvider;
     this.entityIdColumnsConfigs = entityIdColumnsConfigs;
+    this.queryExecutor = queryExecutor;
     this.interactionsFetcher =
         new EntityInteractionsFetcher(qsClient, qsRequestTimeout, metadataProvider, queryExecutor);
     this.requestPreProcessor = new RequestPreProcessor(metadataProvider, scopeFilterConfigs);
@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@ public EntitiesResponse getEntities(
      */
     EntityResponse response =
         executionTree.acceptVisitor(
-            new ExecutionVisitor(executionContext, EntityQueryHandlerRegistry.get()));
+            new ExecutionVisitor(
+                executionContext, EntityQueryHandlerRegistry.get(), this.queryExecutor));
 
     EntityFetcherResponse entityFetcherResponse = response.getEntityFetcherResponse();
 
diff --git a/gateway-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/query/visitor/ExecutionVisitor.java b/gateway-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/query/visitor/ExecutionVisitor.java
index 8c370d47..7a77c093 100644
--- a/gateway-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/query/visitor/ExecutionVisitor.java
+++ b/gateway-service-impl/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/query/visitor/ExecutionVisitor.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 import org.hypertrace.gateway.service.common.datafetcher.EntityFetcherResponse;
@@ -47,12 +49,16 @@ public class ExecutionVisitor implements Visitor<EntityResponse> {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExecutionVisitor.class);
 
   private final EntityQueryHandlerRegistry queryHandlerRegistry;
+  private final ExecutorService executorService;
   private final EntityExecutionContext executionContext;
 
   public ExecutionVisitor(
-      EntityExecutionContext executionContext, EntityQueryHandlerRegistry queryHandlerRegistry) {
+      EntityExecutionContext executionContext,
+      EntityQueryHandlerRegistry queryHandlerRegistry,
+      ExecutorService executorService) {
     this.executionContext = executionContext;
     this.queryHandlerRegistry = queryHandlerRegistry;
+    this.executorService = executorService;
   }
 
   private static EntityFetcherResponse intersectEntities(List<EntityFetcherResponse> builders) {
@@ -157,10 +163,11 @@ public EntityResponse visit(DataFetcherNode dataFetcherNode) {
     // total, the total number of entities has to be fetched separately
     if (dataFetcherNode.canFetchTotal()) {
       // since, the pagination is pushed down to the data store, total can be requested directly
-      // from the data store
-      return new EntityResponse(
-          entityFetcher.getEntities(context, request),
-          entityFetcher.getTotal(context, entitiesRequest));
+      // from the data store. Request it async to parallelize with rest of entity fetch
+      CompletableFuture<Long> totalFuture =
+          CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(
+              () -> entityFetcher.getTotal(context, entitiesRequest), this.executorService);
+      return new EntityResponse(entityFetcher.getEntities(context, request), totalFuture.join());
     } else {
       // if the data fetcher node is not paginating, the total number of entities is equal to number
       // of records fetched
diff --git a/gateway-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/query/visitor/ExecutionVisitorTest.java b/gateway-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/query/visitor/ExecutionVisitorTest.java
index 2387839a..cdaa2ba5 100644
--- a/gateway-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/query/visitor/ExecutionVisitorTest.java
+++ b/gateway-service-impl/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/gateway/service/entity/query/visitor/ExecutionVisitorTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.hypertrace.core.attribute.service.v1.AttributeScope;
@@ -133,7 +134,9 @@ public void setup() {
         .thenReturn(queryServiceEntityFetcher);
     when(entityQueryHandlerRegistry.getEntityFetcher(EDS_SOURCE))
         .thenReturn(entityDataServiceEntityFetcher);
-    executionVisitor = new ExecutionVisitor(executionContext, entityQueryHandlerRegistry);
+    executionVisitor =
+        new ExecutionVisitor(
+            executionContext, entityQueryHandlerRegistry, Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -756,7 +759,9 @@ public void test_visitPaginateOnlyNode() {
   @Test
   public void test_visitSelectionNode_differentSource_callSeparatedCalls() {
     ExecutionVisitor executionVisitor =
-        spy(new ExecutionVisitor(executionContext, entityQueryHandlerRegistry));
+        spy(
+            new ExecutionVisitor(
+                executionContext, entityQueryHandlerRegistry, Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor()));
     when(executionContext.getTimestampAttributeId()).thenReturn("API.startTime");
     SelectionNode selectionNode =
         new SelectionNode.Builder(new NoOpNode())
@@ -925,7 +930,9 @@ public void test_visitSelectionNode_nonEmptyFilter_emptyResult() {
             .setFilter(generateEQFilter(API_DISCOVERY_STATE, "DISCOVERED"))
             .build();
     ExecutionVisitor executionVisitor =
-        spy(new ExecutionVisitor(executionContext, entityQueryHandlerRegistry));
+        spy(
+            new ExecutionVisitor(
+                executionContext, entityQueryHandlerRegistry, Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor()));
     when(executionContext.getEntitiesRequest()).thenReturn(entitiesRequest);
 
     // Selection node with NoOp child, to short-circuit the call to first service.