diff --git a/resources/i18n/en.json b/resources/i18n/en.json
index 357dac1adf..311df2a66b 100644
--- a/resources/i18n/en.json
+++ b/resources/i18n/en.json
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@
             "id": "ID",
             "namespace": "Namespace",
             "name": "Name"
-          }
+          },
+          "no-items": "No metadata schemas to show."
         }
       },
       "schema": {
@@ -152,7 +153,8 @@
           "table": {
             "field": "Field",
             "scopenote": "Scope Note"
-          }
+          },
+          "no-items": "No metadata fields to show."
         }
       },
       "bitstream-formats": {
@@ -170,7 +172,8 @@
               "2": "Support"
             },
             "internal": "internal"
-          }
+          },
+          "no-items": "No bitstream formats to show."
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/bitstream-formats/bitstream-formats.component.html b/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/bitstream-formats/bitstream-formats.component.html
index 1ee9c37013..4dc0906989 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/bitstream-formats/bitstream-formats.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/bitstream-formats/bitstream-formats.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       <p id="description" class="pb-2">{{'admin.registries.bitstream-formats.description' | translate}}</p>
 
       <ds-pagination
-        *ngIf="(bitstreamFormats | async)?.payload"
+        *ngIf="(bitstreamFormats | async)?.payload?.totalElements > 0"
         [paginationOptions]="config"
         [pageInfoState]="(bitstreamFormats | async)?.payload"
         [collectionSize]="(bitstreamFormats | async)?.payload?.totalElements"
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
           </table>
         </div>
       </ds-pagination>
+      <div *ngIf="(metadataFields | async)?.payload?.totalElements == 0" class="alert alert-info" role="alert">
+        {{'admin.registries.bitstream-formats.formats.no-items' | translate}}
+      </div>
 
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/metadata-registry/metadata-registry.component.html b/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/metadata-registry/metadata-registry.component.html
index b422e73919..06ec58d72a 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/metadata-registry/metadata-registry.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/metadata-registry/metadata-registry.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       <p id="description" class="pb-2">{{'admin.registries.metadata.description' | translate}}</p>
 
       <ds-pagination
-        *ngIf="(metadataSchemas | async)?.payload"
+        *ngIf="(metadataSchemas | async)?.payload?.totalElements > 0"
         [paginationOptions]="config"
         [pageInfoState]="(metadataSchemas | async)?.payload"
         [collectionSize]="(metadataSchemas | async)?.payload?.totalElements"
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
           </table>
         </div>
       </ds-pagination>
+      <div *ngIf="(metadataFields | async)?.payload?.totalElements == 0" class="alert alert-info" role="alert">
+        {{'admin.registries.metadata.schemas.no-items' | translate}}
+      </div>
 
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/metadata-schema/metadata-schema.component.html b/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/metadata-schema/metadata-schema.component.html
index b321a78f57..e9734888ae 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/metadata-schema/metadata-schema.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-registries/metadata-schema/metadata-schema.component.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
       <h3>{{'admin.registries.schema.fields.head' | translate}}</h3>
       <ds-pagination
-        *ngIf="(metadataFields | async)?.payload"
+        *ngIf="(metadataFields | async)?.payload?.totalElements > 0"
         [paginationOptions]="config"
         [pageInfoState]="(metadataFields | async)?.payload"
         [collectionSize]="(metadataFields | async)?.payload?.totalElements"
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
           </table>
         </div>
       </ds-pagination>
+      <div *ngIf="(metadataFields | async)?.payload?.totalElements == 0" class="alert alert-info" role="alert">
+        {{'admin.registries.schema.fields.no-items' | translate}}
+      </div>
 
     </div>
   </div>