SELECT 
  COUNT(
    DISTINCT(cscart_companies.company_id)
  ) 
FROM 
  cscart_companies 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_absolute_rating AS absolute_rating ON absolute_rating.object_id = cscart_companies.company_id 
  AND absolute_rating.object_type = 'company' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_vendor_plan_descriptions ON cscart_companies.plan_id = cscart_vendor_plan_descriptions.plan_id 
  AND cscart_vendor_plan_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_seo_names ON cscart_seo_names.object_id = cscart_companies.company_id 
  AND cscart_seo_names.type = 'm' 
  AND cscart_seo_names.dispatch = '' 
  AND cscart_seo_names.lang_code = 'en' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_discussion ON cscart_discussion.object_id = cscart_companies.company_id 
  AND cscart_discussion.object_type = 'M' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_discussion_posts ON cscart_discussion_posts.thread_id = cscart_discussion.thread_id 
  AND cscart_discussion_posts.status = 'A' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_discussion_rating ON cscart_discussion.thread_id = cscart_discussion_rating.thread_id 
  AND cscart_discussion_rating.post_id = cscart_discussion_posts.post_id 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND cscart_companies.status = 'A'

Query time 0.00083

JSON explain

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        }
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          },
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        }
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    ]
  }
}

Result

COUNT(DISTINCT(cscart_companies.company_id))
2