Query below returns total number of tables in current database.

Query

select count(*) as tables
from MSysObjects
where
   MSysObjects.type In (1,4,6)
   and MSysObjects.name not like '~*'   
   and MSysObjects.name not like 'MSys*'

Notes

Note that we have excluded system tables (names starting with ~ or Msys).

Columns

• tables - number of tables in a database

Rows

Query returns just one row.

Sample results

Those results show that there are 229 tables in the database.