diff --git a/src/library-authoring/LibraryAuthoringPage.test.tsx b/src/library-authoring/LibraryAuthoringPage.test.tsx
index 8a439463d..9fc69521a 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/LibraryAuthoringPage.test.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/LibraryAuthoringPage.test.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import mockEmptyResult from '../search-modal/__mocks__/empty-search-result.json'
 import {
   mockContentLibrary,
   mockGetCollectionMetadata,
-  mockLibraryBlockTypes,
   mockXBlockFields,
 } from './data/api.mocks';
 import { mockContentSearchConfig } from '../search-manager/data/api.mock';
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ import { getLibraryCollectionsApiUrl } from './data/api';
 mockGetCollectionMetadata.applyMock();
 mockContentSearchConfig.applyMock();
 mockContentLibrary.applyMock();
-mockLibraryBlockTypes.applyMock();
 mockXBlockFields.applyMock();
 mockBroadcastChannel();
 
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/LibraryRecentlyModified.tsx b/src/library-authoring/LibraryRecentlyModified.tsx
index 4d66cb880..5577d4587 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/LibraryRecentlyModified.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/LibraryRecentlyModified.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useIntl } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
 import { orderBy } from 'lodash';
 
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ import { type CollectionHit, type ContentHit, SearchSortOption } from '../search
 import LibrarySection, { LIBRARY_SECTION_PREVIEW_LIMIT } from './components/LibrarySection';
 import messages from './messages';
 import ComponentCard from './components/ComponentCard';
-import { useLibraryBlockTypes } from './data/apiHooks';
 import CollectionCard from './components/CollectionCard';
 import { useLibraryContext } from './common/context';
 
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ const RecentlyModified: React.FC<Record<never, never>> = () => {
     totalHits,
     totalCollectionHits,
   } = useSearchContext();
-  const { libraryId } = useLibraryContext();
 
   const componentCount = totalHits + totalCollectionHits;
   // Since we only display a fixed number of items in preview,
@@ -32,17 +29,6 @@ const RecentlyModified: React.FC<Record<never, never>> = () => {
     ...collectionList,
   ], ['modified'], ['desc']).slice(0, LIBRARY_SECTION_PREVIEW_LIMIT);
 
-  const { data: blockTypesData } = useLibraryBlockTypes(libraryId);
-  const blockTypes = useMemo(() => {
-    const result = {};
-    if (blockTypesData) {
-      blockTypesData.forEach(blockType => {
-        result[blockType.blockType] = blockType;
-      });
-    }
-    return result;
-  }, [blockTypesData]);
-
   return componentCount > 0
     ? (
       <LibrarySection
@@ -60,7 +46,6 @@ const RecentlyModified: React.FC<Record<never, never>> = () => {
               <ComponentCard
                 key={contentHit.id}
                 contentHit={contentHit as ContentHit}
-                blockTypeDisplayName={blockTypes[(contentHit as ContentHit).blockType]?.displayName ?? ''}
               />
             )
           ))}
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/add-content/AddContentWorkflow.test.tsx b/src/library-authoring/add-content/AddContentWorkflow.test.tsx
index d16f8a644..bd464f39b 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/add-content/AddContentWorkflow.test.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/add-content/AddContentWorkflow.test.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import * as textEditorHooks from '../../editors/containers/TextEditor/hooks';
 import {
   mockContentLibrary,
   mockCreateLibraryBlock,
-  mockLibraryBlockTypes,
   mockXBlockFields,
 } from '../data/api.mocks';
 import { mockBroadcastChannel, mockClipboardEmpty } from '../../generic/data/api.mock';
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ import { mockContentSearchConfig, mockSearchResult } from '../../search-manager/
 import LibraryLayout from '../LibraryLayout';
 
 mockContentSearchConfig.applyMock();
-mockLibraryBlockTypes.applyMock();
 mockClipboardEmpty.applyMock();
 mockBroadcastChannel();
 mockContentLibrary.applyMock();
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/collections/CollectionDetails.tsx b/src/library-authoring/collections/CollectionDetails.tsx
index 993617790..87c8b6332 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/collections/CollectionDetails.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/collections/CollectionDetails.tsx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const CollectionStatsWidget = ({ libraryId, collectionId }: CollectionStatsWidge
       {blockTypesArray.map(({ blockType, count }) => (
         <BlockCount
           key={blockType}
-          label={<BlockTypeLabel type={blockType} />}
+          label={<BlockTypeLabel blockType={blockType} />}
           blockType={blockType}
           count={count}
         />
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/collections/LibraryCollectionPage.test.tsx b/src/library-authoring/collections/LibraryCollectionPage.test.tsx
index 67e4eea08..c1cfb9602 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/collections/LibraryCollectionPage.test.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/collections/LibraryCollectionPage.test.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 import mockResult from '../__mocks__/collection-search.json';
 import {
   mockContentLibrary,
-  mockLibraryBlockTypes,
   mockXBlockFields,
   mockGetCollectionMetadata,
 } from '../data/api.mocks';
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ mockGetCollectionMetadata.applyMock();
 mockContentSearchConfig.applyMock();
 mockGetBlockTypes.applyMock();
 mockContentLibrary.applyMock();
-mockLibraryBlockTypes.applyMock();
 mockXBlockFields.applyMock();
 mockBroadcastChannel();
 
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/components/BaseComponentCard.tsx b/src/library-authoring/components/BaseComponentCard.tsx
index 1cd77ee7f..905d76d5a 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/components/BaseComponentCard.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/components/BaseComponentCard.tsx
@@ -8,25 +8,25 @@ import {
 
 import { getItemIcon, getComponentStyleColor } from '../../generic/block-type-utils';
 import TagCount from '../../generic/tag-count';
-import { ContentHitTags, Highlight } from '../../search-manager';
+import { BlockTypeLabel, ContentHitTags, Highlight } from '../../search-manager';
 
 type BaseComponentCardProps = {
-  type: string,
+  componentType: string,
   displayName: string,
   description: string,
+  numChildren?: number,
   tags: ContentHitTags,
   actions: React.ReactNode,
-  blockTypeDisplayName: string,
   openInfoSidebar: () => void
 };
 
 const BaseComponentCard = ({
-  type,
+  componentType,
   displayName,
   description,
+  numChildren,
   tags,
   actions,
-  blockTypeDisplayName,
   openInfoSidebar,
 } : BaseComponentCardProps) => {
   const tagCount = useMemo(() => {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const BaseComponentCard = ({
             + (tags.level2?.length || 0) + (tags.level3?.length || 0);
   }, [tags]);
 
-  const componentIcon = getItemIcon(type);
+  const componentIcon = getItemIcon(componentType);
 
   return (
     <Container className="library-component-card">
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const BaseComponentCard = ({
         }}
       >
         <Card.Header
-          className={`library-component-header ${getComponentStyleColor(type)}`}
+          className={`library-component-header ${getComponentStyleColor(componentType)}`}
           title={
             <Icon src={componentIcon} className="library-component-header-icon" />
           }
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ const BaseComponentCard = ({
             <Stack direction="horizontal" className="d-flex justify-content-between">
               <Stack direction="horizontal" gap={1}>
                 <Icon src={componentIcon} size="sm" />
-                <span className="small">{blockTypeDisplayName}</span>
+                <span className="small">
+                  <BlockTypeLabel blockType={componentType} count={numChildren} />
+                </span>
               </Stack>
               <TagCount count={tagCount} />
             </Stack>
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/components/CollectionCard.tsx b/src/library-authoring/components/CollectionCard.tsx
index c10661230..1d81e29dc 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/components/CollectionCard.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/components/CollectionCard.tsx
@@ -44,35 +44,30 @@ type CollectionCardProps = {
 };
 
 const CollectionCard = ({ collectionHit }: CollectionCardProps) => {
-  const intl = useIntl();
   const {
     openCollectionInfoSidebar,
   } = useLibraryContext();
 
   const {
-    type,
+    type: componentType,
     formatted,
     tags,
     numChildren,
   } = collectionHit;
   const { displayName = '', description = '' } = formatted;
-  const blockTypeDisplayName = numChildren ? intl.formatMessage(
-    messages.collectionTypeWithCount,
-    { numChildren },
-  ) : intl.formatMessage(messages.collectionType);
 
   return (
     <BaseComponentCard
-      type={type}
+      componentType={componentType}
       displayName={displayName}
       description={description}
       tags={tags}
+      numChildren={numChildren}
       actions={(
         <ActionRow>
           <CollectionMenu collectionHit={collectionHit} />
         </ActionRow>
       )}
-      blockTypeDisplayName={blockTypeDisplayName}
       openInfoSidebar={() => openCollectionInfoSidebar(collectionHit.blockId)}
     />
   );
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.test.tsx b/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.test.tsx
index 1196c1820..b22c6b028 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.test.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.test.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const clipboardBroadcastChannelMock = {
 (global as any).BroadcastChannel = jest.fn(() => clipboardBroadcastChannelMock);
 
 const libraryId = 'lib:org1:Demo_Course';
-const render = () => baseRender(<ComponentCard contentHit={contentHit} blockTypeDisplayName="text" />, {
+const render = () => baseRender(<ComponentCard contentHit={contentHit} />, {
   extraWrapper: ({ children }) => <LibraryProvider libraryId={libraryId}>{ children }</LibraryProvider>,
 });
 
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.tsx b/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.tsx
index a1314544d..6e16937e8 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import BaseComponentCard from './BaseComponentCard';
 
 type ComponentCardProps = {
   contentHit: ContentHit,
-  blockTypeDisplayName: string,
 };
 
 export const ComponentMenu = ({ usageKey }: { usageKey: string }) => {
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ export const ComponentMenu = ({ usageKey }: { usageKey: string }) => {
   );
 };
 
-const ComponentCard = ({ contentHit, blockTypeDisplayName } : ComponentCardProps) => {
+const ComponentCard = ({ contentHit } : ComponentCardProps) => {
   const {
     openComponentInfoSidebar,
   } = useLibraryContext();
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ const ComponentCard = ({ contentHit, blockTypeDisplayName } : ComponentCardProps
 
   return (
     <BaseComponentCard
-      type={blockType}
+      componentType={blockType}
       displayName={displayName}
       description={description}
       tags={tags}
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ const ComponentCard = ({ contentHit, blockTypeDisplayName } : ComponentCardProps
           <ComponentMenu usageKey={usageKey} />
         </ActionRow>
       )}
-      blockTypeDisplayName={blockTypeDisplayName}
       openInfoSidebar={() => openComponentInfoSidebar(usageKey)}
     />
   );
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/components/LibraryComponents.test.tsx b/src/library-authoring/components/LibraryComponents.test.tsx
index 0bf198063..ac1a58a67 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/components/LibraryComponents.test.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/components/LibraryComponents.test.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   initializeMocks,
 } from '../../testUtils';
 import { getContentSearchConfigUrl } from '../../search-manager/data/api';
-import { mockLibraryBlockTypes, mockContentLibrary } from '../data/api.mocks';
+import { mockContentLibrary } from '../data/api.mocks';
 import mockEmptyResult from '../../search-modal/__mocks__/empty-search-result.json';
 import { LibraryProvider } from '../common/context';
 import { libraryComponentsMock } from '../__mocks__';
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import LibraryComponents from './LibraryComponents';
 
 const searchEndpoint = 'http://mock.meilisearch.local/multi-search';
 
-mockLibraryBlockTypes.applyMock();
 mockContentLibrary.applyMock();
 const mockFetchNextPage = jest.fn();
 const mockUseSearchContext = jest.fn();
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/components/LibraryComponents.tsx b/src/library-authoring/components/LibraryComponents.tsx
index 8f44e7762..c260897b6 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/components/LibraryComponents.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/components/LibraryComponents.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
-
 import { LoadingSpinner } from '../../generic/Loading';
 import { useLoadOnScroll } from '../../hooks';
 import { useSearchContext } from '../../search-manager';
 import { NoComponents, NoSearchResults } from '../EmptyStates';
-import { useLibraryBlockTypes } from '../data/apiHooks';
 import ComponentCard from './ComponentCard';
 import { LIBRARY_SECTION_PREVIEW_LIMIT } from './LibrarySection';
 import { useLibraryContext } from '../common/context';
@@ -30,22 +27,10 @@ const LibraryComponents = ({ variant }: LibraryComponentsProps) => {
     isLoading,
     isFiltered,
   } = useSearchContext();
-  const { libraryId, openAddContentSidebar } = useLibraryContext();
+  const { openAddContentSidebar } = useLibraryContext();
 
   const componentList = variant === 'preview' ? hits.slice(0, LIBRARY_SECTION_PREVIEW_LIMIT) : hits;
 
-  // TODO get rid of "useLibraryBlockTypes". Use <BlockTypeLabel> instead.
-  const { data: blockTypesData } = useLibraryBlockTypes(libraryId);
-  const blockTypes = useMemo(() => {
-    const result = {};
-    if (blockTypesData) {
-      blockTypesData.forEach(blockType => {
-        result[blockType.blockType] = blockType;
-      });
-    }
-    return result;
-  }, [blockTypesData]);
-
   useLoadOnScroll(
     hasNextPage,
     isFetchingNextPage,
@@ -67,7 +52,6 @@ const LibraryComponents = ({ variant }: LibraryComponentsProps) => {
         <ComponentCard
           key={contentHit.id}
           contentHit={contentHit}
-          blockTypeDisplayName={blockTypes[contentHit.blockType]?.displayName ?? ''}
         />
       )) }
     </div>
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/components/messages.ts b/src/library-authoring/components/messages.ts
index c826bae09..ef2b89fe3 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/components/messages.ts
+++ b/src/library-authoring/components/messages.ts
@@ -11,16 +11,6 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
     defaultMessage: 'Collection actions menu',
     description: 'Alt/title text for the collection card menu button.',
   },
-  collectionType: {
-    id: 'course-authoring.library-authoring.collection.type',
-    defaultMessage: 'Collection',
-    description: 'Collection type text',
-  },
-  collectionTypeWithCount: {
-    id: 'course-authoring.library-authoring.collection.type-with-count',
-    defaultMessage: 'Collection ({numChildren})',
-    description: 'Collection type text with children count',
-  },
   menuOpen: {
     id: 'course-authoring.library-authoring.collection.menu.open',
     defaultMessage: 'Open',
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/data/api.mocks.ts b/src/library-authoring/data/api.mocks.ts
index 220c7576d..c4ae60284 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/data/api.mocks.ts
+++ b/src/library-authoring/data/api.mocks.ts
@@ -3,49 +3,6 @@ import { mockContentTaxonomyTagsData } from '../../content-tags-drawer/data/api.
 import { createAxiosError } from '../../testUtils';
 import * as api from './api';
 
-/**
- * Mock for `getLibraryBlockTypes()`
- */
-export async function mockLibraryBlockTypes(): Promise<api.LibraryBlockType[]> {
-  return [
-    { blockType: 'about', displayName: 'overview' },
-    { blockType: 'annotatable', displayName: 'Annotation' },
-    { blockType: 'chapter', displayName: 'Section' },
-    { blockType: 'conditional', displayName: 'Conditional' },
-    { blockType: 'course', displayName: 'Empty' },
-    { blockType: 'course_info', displayName: 'Text' },
-    { blockType: 'discussion', displayName: 'Discussion' },
-    { blockType: 'done', displayName: 'Completion' },
-    { blockType: 'drag-and-drop-v2', displayName: 'Drag and Drop' },
-    { blockType: 'edx_sga', displayName: 'Staff Graded Assignment' },
-    { blockType: 'google-calendar', displayName: 'Google Calendar' },
-    { blockType: 'google-document', displayName: 'Google Document' },
-    { blockType: 'html', displayName: 'Text' },
-    { blockType: 'library', displayName: 'Library' },
-    { blockType: 'library_content', displayName: 'Randomized Content Block' },
-    { blockType: 'lti', displayName: 'LTI' },
-    { blockType: 'lti_consumer', displayName: 'LTI Consumer' },
-    { blockType: 'openassessment', displayName: 'Open Response Assessment' },
-    { blockType: 'poll', displayName: 'Poll' },
-    { blockType: 'problem', displayName: 'Problem' },
-    { blockType: 'scorm', displayName: 'Scorm module' },
-    { blockType: 'sequential', displayName: 'Subsection' },
-    { blockType: 'split_test', displayName: 'Content Experiment' },
-    { blockType: 'staffgradedxblock', displayName: 'Staff Graded Points' },
-    { blockType: 'static_tab', displayName: 'Empty' },
-    { blockType: 'survey', displayName: 'Survey' },
-    { blockType: 'thumbs', displayName: 'Thumbs' },
-    { blockType: 'unit', displayName: 'Unit' },
-    { blockType: 'vertical', displayName: 'Unit' },
-    { blockType: 'video', displayName: 'Video' },
-    { blockType: 'videoalpha', displayName: 'Video' },
-    { blockType: 'word_cloud', displayName: 'Word cloud' },
-  ];
-}
-mockLibraryBlockTypes.applyMock = () => {
-  jest.spyOn(api, 'getLibraryBlockTypes').mockImplementation(mockLibraryBlockTypes);
-};
-
 /**
  * Mock for `getContentLibrary()`
  *
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/data/api.ts b/src/library-authoring/data/api.ts
index 5c9617676..225acddb8 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/data/api.ts
+++ b/src/library-authoring/data/api.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ const getApiBaseUrl = () => getConfig().STUDIO_BASE_URL;
  */
 export const getContentLibraryApiUrl = (libraryId: string) => `${getApiBaseUrl()}/api/libraries/v2/${libraryId}/`;
 
-/**
- * Get the URL for getting block types of a library (what types can be created).
- */
-export const getLibraryBlockTypesUrl = (libraryId: string) => `${getApiBaseUrl()}/api/libraries/v2/${libraryId}/block_types/`;
-
 /**
  * Get the URL for create content in library.
  */
@@ -182,14 +177,6 @@ export interface CreateLibraryCollectionDataRequest {
 
 export type UpdateCollectionComponentsRequest = Partial<CreateLibraryCollectionDataRequest>;
 
-/**
- * Fetch the list of XBlock types that can be added to this library
- */
-export async function getLibraryBlockTypes(libraryId: string): Promise<LibraryBlockType[]> {
-  const { data } = await getAuthenticatedHttpClient().get(getLibraryBlockTypesUrl(libraryId));
-  return camelCaseObject(data);
-}
-
 /**
  * Fetch a content library by its ID.
  */
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/data/apiHooks.ts b/src/library-authoring/data/apiHooks.ts
index 40601356b..27fad4302 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/data/apiHooks.ts
+++ b/src/library-authoring/data/apiHooks.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
   type XBlockFields,
   type UpdateXBlockFieldsRequest,
   getContentLibrary,
-  getLibraryBlockTypes,
   createLibraryBlock,
   getContentLibraryV2List,
   commitLibraryChanges,
@@ -59,12 +58,6 @@ export const libraryAuthoringQueryKeys = {
     'list',
     ...(customParams ? [customParams] : []),
   ],
-  contentLibraryBlockTypes: (contentLibraryId?: string) => [
-    ...libraryAuthoringQueryKeys.all,
-    ...libraryAuthoringQueryKeys.contentLibrary(contentLibraryId),
-    'content',
-    'libraryBlockTypes',
-  ],
   collection: (libraryId?: string, collectionId?: string) => [
     ...libraryAuthoringQueryKeys.all,
     libraryId,
@@ -113,16 +106,6 @@ export const useContentLibrary = (libraryId: string | undefined) => (
   })
 );
 
-/**
- *  Hook to fetch block types of a library.
- */
-export const useLibraryBlockTypes = (libraryId: string) => (
-  useQuery({
-    queryKey: libraryAuthoringQueryKeys.contentLibraryBlockTypes(libraryId),
-    queryFn: () => getLibraryBlockTypes(libraryId),
-  })
-);
-
 /**
  * Use this mutation to create a block in a library
  */
diff --git a/src/search-manager/BlockTypeLabel.test.tsx b/src/search-manager/BlockTypeLabel.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..385278b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/search-manager/BlockTypeLabel.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { IntlProvider } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
+
+import BlockTypeLabel from './BlockTypeLabel';
+import messages from './messages';
+
+const testCases = [
+  {
+    blockType: 'annotatable',
+    count: undefined,
+    expectedLabel: messages['blockType.annotatable'].defaultMessage,
+  },
+  {
+    blockType: 'chapter',
+    count: undefined,
+    expectedLabel: messages['blockType.chapter'].defaultMessage,
+  },
+  {
+    blockType: 'chapter',
+    count: 10,
+    expectedLabel: messages['blockType.chapter'].defaultMessage,
+  },
+  {
+    blockType: 'drag-and-drop-v2',
+    count: undefined,
+    expectedLabel: messages['blockType.drag-and-drop-v2'].defaultMessage,
+  },
+  {
+    blockType: 'multiplechoiceresponse',
+    count: undefined,
+    expectedLabel: messages['blockType.multiplechoiceresponse'].defaultMessage,
+  },
+  {
+    blockType: 'html',
+    count: undefined,
+    expectedLabel: messages['blockType.html'].defaultMessage,
+  },
+  {
+    blockType: 'collection',
+    count: undefined,
+    expectedLabel: messages['blockType.collection'].defaultMessage,
+  },
+  {
+    blockType: 'collection',
+    count: 0,
+    expectedLabel: messages['blockType.collection'].defaultMessage,
+  },
+  {
+    blockType: 'collection',
+    count: 10,
+    expectedLabel: 'Collection (10)',
+  },
+  // XBlock types without an explicit label are capitalized using the textTransform style
+  {
+    blockType: 'survey',
+    count: undefined,
+    expectedLabel: 'survey',
+  },
+];
+
+describe('<BlockTypeLabel />', () => {
+  test.each(testCases)(
+    'render BlockTypeLabel for $blockType (count=$count)',
+    ({ blockType, expectedLabel, count }) => {
+      render(
+        <IntlProvider locale="en">
+          <BlockTypeLabel blockType={blockType} count={count} />
+        </IntlProvider>,
+      );
+      expect(screen.getByText(expectedLabel)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/search-manager/BlockTypeLabel.tsx b/src/search-manager/BlockTypeLabel.tsx
index 5f8a54073..f9602eb83 100644
--- a/src/search-manager/BlockTypeLabel.tsx
+++ b/src/search-manager/BlockTypeLabel.tsx
@@ -5,18 +5,26 @@ import messages from './messages';
 /**
  * Displays a friendly, localized text name for the given XBlock/component type
  * e.g. `vertical` becomes `"Unit"`
+ *
+ * Also accepts an optional `count` number, which will be displayed if
+ * it's non-zero and the block label supports it.
  */
-const BlockTypeLabel: React.FC<{ type: string }> = ({ type }) => {
-  // TODO: Load the localized list of Component names from Studio REST API?
-  const msg = messages[`blockType.${type}`];
+const BlockTypeLabel: React.FC<{ blockType: string, count?: number }> = ({ blockType, count }) => {
+  const msg = messages[`blockType.${blockType}`];
+  const msgWithCount = messages[`blockType.${blockType}.with_count`];
+
+  if (count && msgWithCount) {
+    return <FormattedMessage values={{ count }} {...msgWithCount} />;
+  }
 
   if (msg) {
     return <FormattedMessage {...msg} />;
   }
+
   // Replace underscores and hypens with spaces, then let the browser capitalize this
   // in a locale-aware way to get a reasonable display value.
   // e.g. 'drag-and-drop-v2' -> "Drag And Drop V2"
-  return <span style={{ textTransform: 'capitalize' }}>{type.replace(/[_-]/g, ' ')}</span>;
+  return <span style={{ textTransform: 'capitalize' }}>{blockType.replace(/[_-]/g, ' ')}</span>;
 };
 
 export default BlockTypeLabel;
diff --git a/src/search-manager/FilterByBlockType.tsx b/src/search-manager/FilterByBlockType.tsx
index eba53e96e..cd887e3cc 100644
--- a/src/search-manager/FilterByBlockType.tsx
+++ b/src/search-manager/FilterByBlockType.tsx
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const ProblemFilterItem = ({ count, handleCheckboxChange } : ProblemFilterItemPr
       >
         <div className="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center">
           <div>
-            <BlockTypeLabel type={blockType} />{' '}
+            <BlockTypeLabel blockType={blockType} />{' '}
             <Badge variant="light" pill>{count}</Badge>
           </div>
           { Object.keys(problemTypes).length !== 0 && (
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ const ProblemFilterItem = ({ count, handleCheckboxChange } : ProblemFilterItemPr
                     onChange={handleProblemCheckboxChange}
                   >
                     <div style={{ textAlign: 'start' }}>
-                      <BlockTypeLabel type={problemType} />{' '}
+                      <BlockTypeLabel blockType={problemType} />{' '}
                       <Badge variant="light" pill>{problemTypeCount}</Badge>
                     </div>
                   </MenuItem>
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ const FilterItem = ({ blockType, count } : FilterItemProps) => {
       onChange={handleCheckboxChange}
     >
       <div>
-        <BlockTypeLabel type={blockType} />{' '}
+        <BlockTypeLabel blockType={blockType} />{' '}
         <Badge variant="light" pill>{count}</Badge>
       </div>
     </MenuItem>
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ const FilterByBlockType: React.FC<Record<never, never>> = () => {
   });
 
   const appliedFilters = [...blockTypesFilter, ...problemTypesFilter].map(
-    blockType => ({ label: <BlockTypeLabel type={blockType} /> }),
+    blockType => ({ label: <BlockTypeLabel blockType={blockType} /> }),
   );
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/search-manager/messages.ts b/src/search-manager/messages.ts
index ebda3cb91..218b452e1 100644
--- a/src/search-manager/messages.ts
+++ b/src/search-manager/messages.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
     defaultMessage: 'Section',
     description: 'Name of the "Section" course outline level in Studio',
   },
+  'blockType.collection': {
+    id: 'course-authoring.course-search.blockType.collection',
+    defaultMessage: 'Collection',
+    description: 'Collection type text',
+  },
+  'blockType.collection.with_count': {
+    id: 'course-authoring.course-search.blockType.collectionWithCount',
+    defaultMessage: 'Collection ({count})',
+    description: 'Collection type text with children count',
+  },
   'blockType.discussion': {
     id: 'course-authoring.course-search.blockType.discussion',
     defaultMessage: 'Discussion',