SELECT 
  c.category_id, 
  cd.category, 
  COUNT(pc.product_id) AS products_count 
FROM 
  cscart_categories AS c 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_category_descriptions AS cd ON c.category_id = cd.category_id 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_products_categories AS pc ON c.category_id = pc.category_id 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_products AS p ON p.product_id = pc.product_id 
WHERE 
  p.company_id = 692 
  AND c.status = 'A' 
  AND p.status = 'A' 
GROUP BY 
  cd.category

Query time 0.02192

JSON explain

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            ],
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          }
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