diff --git a/internal/search/bleve.go b/internal/search/bleve.go
index 6b6764a88..0ae542e82 100644
--- a/internal/search/bleve.go
+++ b/internal/search/bleve.go
@@ -184,6 +184,18 @@ func (b *bleveSearcher) Search(ctx context.Context, page *pagination.Pagination,
 			qq,
 			term,
 		))
+	} else {
+		if len(slugs) == 0 {
+			return pagination.NewConnection([]SearchNode{}, page, 0), nil
+		}
+
+		userTeamsQuery := bleve.NewDisjunctionQuery()
+		for _, team := range slugs {
+			teamQ := bleve.NewTermQuery(team.String())
+			teamQ.FieldVal = "team"
+			userTeamsQuery.AddQuery(teamQ)
+		}
+		queries = append(queries, userTeamsQuery)
 	}
 
 	if len(filter.Types) > 0 {
@@ -215,13 +227,29 @@ func (b *bleveSearcher) Search(ctx context.Context, page *pagination.Pagination,
 			teamSlugs = append(teamSlugs, slug.String())
 		}
 
-		q = bleveext.NewBoostingQuery(q, []string{"team"}, func(field string, term []byte, isPartOfMatch bool) *query.Boost {
-			v := 1
-			if slices.Contains(teamSlugs, string(term)) {
-				v *= 1000
+		boostFields := []string{"team"}
+		if filter.Query == "" {
+			boostFields = append(boostFields, "kind")
+		}
+
+		q = bleveext.NewBoostingQuery(q, boostFields, func(field string, term []byte, isPartOfMatch bool) *query.Boost {
+			switch field {
+			case "team":
+				v := 1
+				if slices.Contains(teamSlugs, string(term)) {
+					v *= 1000
+				}
+				b := query.Boost(v)
+				return &b
+			case "kind":
+				if filter.Query != "" {
+					return nil
+				}
+				b := query.Boost(defaultSearchKindBoost(SearchType(term)))
+				return &b
+			default:
+				return nil
 			}
-			b := query.Boost(v)
-			return &b
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -279,3 +307,16 @@ func (b *bleveSearcher) Search(ctx context.Context, page *pagination.Pagination,
 
 	return pagination.NewConnection(ret, page, results.Total), nil
 }
+
+func defaultSearchKindBoost(kind SearchType) float64 {
+	switch kind {
+	case "TEAM":
+		return 100
+	case "APPLICATION":
+		return 20
+	case "JOB":
+		return 10
+	default:
+		return 1
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/search/bleve_test.go b/internal/search/bleve_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a182f1bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/search/bleve_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+package search
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/nais/api/internal/auth/authz"
+	"github.com/nais/api/internal/graph/ident"
+	"github.com/nais/api/internal/graph/pagination"
+	"github.com/nais/api/internal/slug"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func TestSearchEmptyQueryReturnsUserTeamDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	searcher := newTestSearcher(t, []slug.Slug{"team-a"}, []Document{
+		newTestDocument("team-a", "TEAM", "team-a"),
+		newTestDocument("team-b", "TEAM", "team-b"),
+		newTestDocument("app-a", "APPLICATION", "app-a", withTeam("team-a")),
+		newTestDocument("app-b", "APPLICATION", "app-b", withTeam("team-b")),
+	})
+
+	result, err := searcher.Search(newTestContext(), newTestPage(t, 10), SearchFilter{Query: ""})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	got := testNodeIDs(result.Nodes())
+	want := []string{"team-a", "app-a"}
+	assertSameElements(t, want, got)
+}
+
+func TestSearchEmptyQueryRanksTeamsFirst(t *testing.T) {
+	searcher := newTestSearcher(t, []slug.Slug{"team-a"}, []Document{
+		newTestDocument("app-a", "APPLICATION", "app-a", withTeam("team-a")),
+		newTestDocument("job-a", "JOB", "job-a", withTeam("team-a")),
+		newTestDocument("team-a", "TEAM", "team-a"),
+	})
+
+	result, err := searcher.Search(newTestContext(), newTestPage(t, 10), SearchFilter{Query: ""})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	got := testNodeIDs(result.Nodes())
+	want := []string{"team-a", "app-a", "job-a"}
+	assertEqual(t, want, got)
+}
+
+func TestSearchEmptyQueryAppliesTeamFilterWithinUserTeams(t *testing.T) {
+	searcher := newTestSearcher(t, []slug.Slug{"team-a", "team-b"}, []Document{
+		newTestDocument("team-a", "TEAM", "team-a"),
+		newTestDocument("team-b", "TEAM", "team-b"),
+		newTestDocument("app-a", "APPLICATION", "app-a", withTeam("team-a")),
+		newTestDocument("app-b", "APPLICATION", "app-b", withTeam("team-b")),
+	})
+
+	result, err := searcher.Search(newTestContext(), newTestPage(t, 10), SearchFilter{
+		Query: "",
+		Teams: []slug.Slug{"team-b"},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	got := testNodeIDs(result.Nodes())
+	want := []string{"team-b", "app-b"}
+	assertSameElements(t, want, got)
+}
+
+func TestSearchEmptyQueryWithoutUserTeamsReturnsNoDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	searcher := newTestSearcher(t, nil, []Document{
+		newTestDocument("team-a", "TEAM", "team-a"),
+		newTestDocument("app-a", "APPLICATION", "app-a", withTeam("team-a")),
+	})
+
+	result, err := searcher.Search(newTestContext(), newTestPage(t, 10), SearchFilter{Query: ""})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if got := len(result.Nodes()); got != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no default results, got %d", got)
+	}
+}
+
+type testQuerier struct {
+	teamSlugs []slug.Slug
+}
+
+func (t testQuerier) TeamSlugsFromUserID(context.Context, uuid.UUID) ([]slug.Slug, error) {
+	return t.teamSlugs, nil
+}
+
+type testSearchable struct {
+	nodes map[string]SearchNode
+}
+
+func (t testSearchable) Convert(_ context.Context, ids ...ident.Ident) ([]SearchNode, error) {
+	nodes := make([]SearchNode, 0, len(ids))
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		nodes = append(nodes, t.nodes[id.String()])
+	}
+	return nodes, nil
+}
+
+func (t testSearchable) ReIndex(context.Context) []Document {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t testSearchable) Watch(context.Context, Indexer) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+type testNode struct {
+	id ident.Ident
+}
+
+func (t testNode) ID() ident.Ident {
+	return t.id
+}
+
+func (t testNode) IsSearchNode() {}
+
+type testUser struct {
+	id uuid.UUID
+}
+
+func (t testUser) GetID() uuid.UUID {
+	return t.id
+}
+
+func (t testUser) Identity() string {
+	return "test-user"
+}
+
+func (t testUser) IsServiceAccount() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+func (t testUser) IsAdmin() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+func (t testUser) GCPTeamGroups(context.Context) ([]string, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+type documentOption func(*Document)
+
+func withTeam(team string) documentOption {
+	return func(doc *Document) {
+		doc.Team = team
+	}
+}
+
+func newTestDocument(id string, kind string, name string, opts ...documentOption) Document {
+	docID := ident.Ident{Type: "TEST", ID: id}.String()
+	doc := Document{
+		ID:   docID,
+		Kind: kind,
+		Name: name,
+		Team: name,
+	}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(&doc)
+	}
+	return doc
+}
+
+func newTestSearcher(t *testing.T, teamSlugs []slug.Slug, docs []Document) *bleveSearcher {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	indexMapping, err := buildIndexMapping()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	index, err := bleve.NewMemOnly(indexMapping)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	logger := logrus.New()
+	logger.SetOutput(io.Discard)
+
+	searcher := &bleveSearcher{
+		Client:  index,
+		Clients: make(map[SearchType]Searchable),
+		log:     logger,
+		db:      testQuerier{teamSlugs: teamSlugs},
+	}
+
+	nodesByKind := map[SearchType]map[string]SearchNode{}
+	for _, doc := range docs {
+		id := ident.FromString(doc.ID)
+		kind := SearchType(doc.Kind)
+		if nodesByKind[kind] == nil {
+			nodesByKind[kind] = map[string]SearchNode{}
+		}
+		nodesByKind[kind][doc.ID] = testNode{id: id}
+	}
+
+	for kind, nodes := range nodesByKind {
+		searcher.AddClient(kind, testSearchable{nodes: nodes})
+	}
+
+	if err := searcher.index(docs); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	return searcher
+}
+
+func newTestContext() context.Context {
+	return authz.ContextWithActor(context.Background(), testUser{id: uuid.New()}, nil)
+}
+
+func newTestPage(t *testing.T, first int) *pagination.Pagination {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	page, err := pagination.ParsePage(&first, nil, nil, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return page
+}
+
+func testNodeIDs(nodes []SearchNode) []string {
+	ids := make([]string, 0, len(nodes))
+	for _, node := range nodes {
+		ids = append(ids, node.ID().ID)
+	}
+	return ids
+}
+
+func assertSameElements(t *testing.T, want []string, got []string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	if len(want) != len(got) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", want, got)
+	}
+
+	wantCounts := make(map[string]int, len(want))
+	for _, value := range want {
+		wantCounts[value]++
+	}
+
+	for _, value := range got {
+		wantCounts[value]--
+		if wantCounts[value] < 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", want, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func assertEqual(t *testing.T, want []string, got []string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	if len(want) != len(got) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", want, got)
+	}
+
+	for i := range want {
+		if want[i] != got[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", want, got)
+		}
+	}
+}