diff --git a/app/models/client.rb b/app/models/client.rb
index 631cb6fd6..2fcbd926c 100644
--- a/app/models/client.rb
+++ b/app/models/client.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Client < ActiveRecord::Base
   validate :freeze_symbol, :on => :update
   strip_attributes
 
-  belongs_to :provider, foreign_key: :allocator
+  belongs_to :provider, foreign_key: :allocator, touch: true
   has_many :dois, foreign_key: :datacentre
   has_many :client_prefixes, foreign_key: :datacentre, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :prefixes, through: :client_prefixes
diff --git a/app/models/client_prefix.rb b/app/models/client_prefix.rb
index a50bab96b..31ff1f6cf 100644
--- a/app/models/client_prefix.rb
+++ b/app/models/client_prefix.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class ClientPrefix < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   self.table_name = "datacentre_prefixes"
 
-  belongs_to :client, foreign_key: :datacentre
+  belongs_to :client, foreign_key: :datacentre, touch: true
   belongs_to :prefix, foreign_key: :prefixes
   belongs_to :provider_prefix, foreign_key: :allocator_prefixes
 
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/indexable.rb b/app/models/concerns/indexable.rb
index 5a650aa55..a7e7b0209 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/indexable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/indexable.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ module Indexable
       end
     end
 
+    after_touch do
+      # use index_document instead of update_document to also update virtual attributes
+      IndexJob.perform_later(self)
+    end
+
     before_destroy do
       begin
         __elasticsearch__.delete_document
diff --git a/app/models/provider.rb b/app/models/provider.rb
index 1921dc9a1..5b8a28904 100644
--- a/app/models/provider.rb
+++ b/app/models/provider.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class Provider < ActiveRecord::Base
       indexes :id,            type: :keyword
       indexes :uid,           type: :keyword
       indexes :symbol,        type: :keyword
+      indexes :client_ids,    type: :keyword
       indexes :prefix_ids,    type: :keyword
       indexes :name,          type: :text, fields: { keyword: { type: "keyword" }, raw: { type: "text", "analyzer": "string_lowercase", "fielddata": true }}
       indexes :contact_name,  type: :text
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ def as_indexed_json(options={})
       "id" => uid,
       "uid" => uid,
       "name" => name,
+      "client_ids" => client_ids,
       "prefix_ids" => prefix_ids,
       "symbol" => symbol,
       "year" => year,
@@ -172,7 +174,6 @@ def self.query_aggregations
   end
 
   def csv
-
     provider = {
       name: name,
       provider_id: symbol,
@@ -227,7 +228,6 @@ def billing_organization
     billing_information.fetch("organization",nil) if billing_information.present?
   end
 
-
   def billing_address
     billing_information.fetch("address",nil) if billing_information.present?
   end
diff --git a/app/models/provider_prefix.rb b/app/models/provider_prefix.rb
index 5f9c641e0..7645c12c1 100644
--- a/app/models/provider_prefix.rb
+++ b/app/models/provider_prefix.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class ProviderPrefix < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   self.table_name = "allocator_prefixes"
 
-  belongs_to :provider, foreign_key: :allocator
+  belongs_to :provider, foreign_key: :allocator, touch: true
   belongs_to :prefix, foreign_key: :prefixes
   has_many :client_prefixes, foreign_key: :allocator_prefixes, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :clients, through: :client_prefixes
diff --git a/app/serializers/provider_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/provider_serializer.rb
index 6c06e55a9..015c9996c 100644
--- a/app/serializers/provider_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/provider_serializer.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class ProviderSerializer
  
   attributes :name, :symbol, :website, :contact_name, :contact_email, :phone, :description, :region, :country, :logo_url, :organization_type, :focus_area, :is_active, :has_password, :joined, :twitter_handle, :billing_information, :ror_id, :created, :updated
 
+  has_many :clients, record_type: :clients
   has_many :prefixes, record_type: :prefixes
 
   attribute :country do |object|