diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/containers.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/containers.go
index d5857083..6593733f 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/containers.go
@@ -20,15 +20,14 @@ func (db *DB) Containers() (list []*cid.ID, err error) {
 
 func (db *DB) containers(tx *bbolt.Tx) ([]*cid.ID, error) {
 	result := make([]*cid.ID, 0)
+	unique := make(map[string]struct{})
 
 	err := tx.ForEach(func(name []byte, _ *bbolt.Bucket) error {
-		id, err := parseContainerID(name)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		id := parseContainerID(name, unique)
 
 		if id != nil {
 			result = append(result, id)
+			unique[id.String()] = struct{}{}
 		}
 
 		return nil
@@ -58,16 +57,19 @@ func (db *DB) containerSize(tx *bbolt.Tx, id *cid.ID) (uint64, error) {
 	return parseContainerSize(containerVolume.Get(key)), nil
 }
 
-func parseContainerID(name []byte) (*cid.ID, error) {
-	strName := string(name)
+func parseContainerID(name []byte, ignore map[string]struct{}) *cid.ID {
+	containerID := cid.New()
+	strContainerID := strings.Split(string(name), invalidBase58String)[0]
 
-	if strings.Contains(strName, invalidBase58String) {
-		return nil, nil
+	if _, ok := ignore[strContainerID]; ok {
+		return nil
 	}
 
-	id := cid.New()
+	if err := containerID.Parse(strContainerID); err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 
-	return id, id.Parse(strName)
+	return containerID
 }
 
 func parseContainerSize(v []byte) uint64 {
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/containers_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/containers_test.go
index 5c8eecad..d5d8e091 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/containers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/containers_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package meta_test
 
 import (
 	"math/rand"
+	"sort"
 	"testing"
 
 	cid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/container/id"
 	cidtest "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/container/id/test"
+	objectSDK "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/object"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/core/object"
 	meta "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -72,6 +74,49 @@ func TestDB_Containers(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestDB_ContainersCount(t *testing.T) {
+	db := newDB(t)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { releaseDB(db) })
+
+	const R, T, SG = 10, 11, 12 // amount of object per type
+
+	uploadObjects := [...]struct {
+		amount int
+		typ    objectSDK.Type
+	}{
+		{R, objectSDK.TypeRegular},
+		{T, objectSDK.TypeTombstone},
+		{SG, objectSDK.TypeTombstone},
+	}
+
+	expected := make([]*cid.ID, 0, R+T+SG)
+
+	for _, upload := range uploadObjects {
+		for i := 0; i < upload.amount; i++ {
+			obj := generateRawObject(t)
+			obj.SetType(upload.typ)
+
+			err := putBig(db, obj.Object())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			expected = append(expected, obj.ContainerID())
+		}
+	}
+
+	sort.Slice(expected, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return expected[i].String() < expected[j].String()
+	})
+
+	got, err := db.Containers()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	sort.Slice(got, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return got[i].String() < got[j].String()
+	})
+
+	require.Equal(t, expected, got)
+}
+
 func TestDB_ContainerSize(t *testing.T) {
 	db := newDB(t)
 	defer releaseDB(db)