diff --git a/client/src/app/Constants.ts b/client/src/app/Constants.ts
index 422963935c..f672a0faaf 100644
--- a/client/src/app/Constants.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/Constants.ts
@@ -242,4 +242,5 @@ export enum TableURLParamKeyPrefix {
   issuesAffectedFiles = "if",
   issuesRemainingIncidents = "ii",
   dependencyApplications = "da",
+  archetypes = "ar",
 }
diff --git a/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useLocalTableControlState.ts b/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useLocalTableControlState.ts
index 9f3f7062d9..3dd671b58a 100644
--- a/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useLocalTableControlState.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useLocalTableControlState.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
 import { useSelectionState } from "@migtools/lib-ui";
-import { getLocalFilterDerivedState, useFilterState } from "./filtering";
-import { useSortState, getLocalSortDerivedState } from "./sorting";
+import {
+  getLocalFilterDerivedState,
+  useFilterState,
+  useFilterUrlParams,
+} from "./filtering";
+import {
+  useSortState,
+  getLocalSortDerivedState,
+  useSortUrlParams,
+} from "./sorting";
 import {
   getLocalPaginationDerivedState,
   usePaginationState,
+  usePaginationUrlParams,
 } from "./pagination";
-import { useExpansionState } from "./expansion";
-import { useActiveRowState } from "./active-row";
+import { useExpansionState, useExpansionUrlParams } from "./expansion";
+import { useActiveRowState, useActiveRowUrlParams } from "./active-row";
 import {
+  IExtraArgsForURLParamHooks,
   IUseLocalTableControlStateArgs,
   IUseTableControlPropsArgs,
 } from "./types";
@@ -15,7 +25,7 @@ import {
 export const useLocalTableControlState = <
   TItem,
   TColumnKey extends string,
-  TSortableColumnKey extends TColumnKey
+  TSortableColumnKey extends TColumnKey,
 >(
   args: IUseLocalTableControlStateArgs<TItem, TColumnKey, TSortableColumnKey>
 ): IUseTableControlPropsArgs<TItem, TColumnKey, TSortableColumnKey> => {
@@ -77,3 +87,75 @@ export const useLocalTableControlState = <
     currentPageItems: hasPagination ? currentPageItems : sortedItems,
   };
 };
+
+// TODO refactor useUrlParams so it can be used conditionally (e.g. useStateOrUrlParams) so we don't have to duplicate all this.
+//      this would mean all use[Feature]UrlParams hooks could be consolidated into use[Feature]State with a boolean option for whether to use URL params.
+
+export const useLocalTableControlUrlParams = <
+  TItem,
+  TColumnKey extends string,
+  TSortableColumnKey extends TColumnKey,
+  TURLParamKeyPrefix extends string = string,
+>(
+  args: IUseLocalTableControlStateArgs<TItem, TColumnKey, TSortableColumnKey> &
+    IExtraArgsForURLParamHooks<TURLParamKeyPrefix>
+): IUseTableControlPropsArgs<TItem, TColumnKey, TSortableColumnKey> => {
+  const {
+    items,
+    filterCategories = [],
+    sortableColumns = [],
+    getSortValues,
+    initialSort = null,
+    hasPagination = true,
+    initialItemsPerPage = 10,
+    idProperty,
+    initialSelected,
+    isItemSelectable,
+  } = args;
+
+  const filterState = useFilterUrlParams(args);
+  const { filteredItems } = getLocalFilterDerivedState({
+    items,
+    filterCategories,
+    filterState,
+  });
+
+  const selectionState = useSelectionState({
+    items: filteredItems,
+    isEqual: (a, b) => a[idProperty] === b[idProperty],
+    initialSelected,
+    isItemSelectable,
+  });
+
+  const sortState = useSortUrlParams({ ...args, sortableColumns, initialSort });
+  const { sortedItems } = getLocalSortDerivedState({
+    sortState,
+    items: filteredItems,
+    getSortValues,
+  });
+
+  const paginationState = usePaginationUrlParams({
+    ...args,
+    initialItemsPerPage,
+  });
+  const { currentPageItems } = getLocalPaginationDerivedState({
+    paginationState,
+    items: sortedItems,
+  });
+
+  const expansionState = useExpansionUrlParams<TColumnKey>(args);
+
+  const activeRowState = useActiveRowUrlParams(args);
+
+  return {
+    ...args,
+    filterState,
+    expansionState,
+    selectionState,
+    sortState,
+    paginationState,
+    activeRowState,
+    totalItemCount: items.length,
+    currentPageItems: hasPagination ? currentPageItems : sortedItems,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useLocalTableControls.ts b/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useLocalTableControls.ts
index b20714a8cc..4e5efc6762 100644
--- a/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useLocalTableControls.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useLocalTableControls.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,27 @@
-import { useLocalTableControlState } from "./useLocalTableControlState";
+import {
+  useLocalTableControlState,
+  useLocalTableControlUrlParams,
+} from "./useLocalTableControlState";
 import { useTableControlProps } from "./useTableControlProps";
-import { IUseLocalTableControlStateArgs } from "./types";
+import {
+  IExtraArgsForURLParamHooks,
+  IUseLocalTableControlStateArgs,
+} from "./types";
 
 export const useLocalTableControls = <
   TItem,
   TColumnKey extends string,
-  TSortableColumnKey extends TColumnKey
+  TSortableColumnKey extends TColumnKey,
 >(
   args: IUseLocalTableControlStateArgs<TItem, TColumnKey, TSortableColumnKey>
 ) => useTableControlProps(useLocalTableControlState(args));
+
+export const useLocalTableControlsWithUrlParams = <
+  TItem,
+  TColumnKey extends string,
+  TSortableColumnKey extends TColumnKey,
+  TURLParamKeyPrefix extends string = string,
+>(
+  args: IUseLocalTableControlStateArgs<TItem, TColumnKey, TSortableColumnKey> &
+    IExtraArgsForURLParamHooks<TURLParamKeyPrefix>
+) => useTableControlProps(useLocalTableControlUrlParams(args));
diff --git a/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useTableControlUrlParams.ts b/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useTableControlUrlParams.ts
index 4e15c40fc4..7f8db39a73 100644
--- a/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useTableControlUrlParams.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/hooks/table-controls/useTableControlUrlParams.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const useTableControlUrlParams = <
   TColumnKey extends string,
   TSortableColumnKey extends TColumnKey,
   TFilterCategoryKey extends string = string,
-  TURLParamKeyPrefix extends string = string
+  TURLParamKeyPrefix extends string = string,
 >(
   args: ITableControlCommonArgs<
     TItem,
diff --git a/client/src/app/pages/archetypes/archetypes-page.tsx b/client/src/app/pages/archetypes/archetypes-page.tsx
index 60fad8847d..09cea4db16 100644
--- a/client/src/app/pages/archetypes/archetypes-page.tsx
+++ b/client/src/app/pages/archetypes/archetypes-page.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import {
   TableHeaderContentWithControls,
   TableRowContentWithControls,
 } from "@app/components/TableControls";
-import { useLocalTableControls } from "@app/hooks/table-controls";
+import { useLocalTableControlsWithUrlParams } from "@app/hooks/table-controls";
 import {
   useDeleteArchetypeMutation,
   useFetchArchetypes,
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import { formatPath, getAxiosErrorMessage } from "@app/utils/utils";
 import { AxiosError } from "axios";
 import { Paths } from "@app/Paths";
 import { SimplePagination } from "@app/components/SimplePagination";
+import { TableURLParamKeyPrefix } from "@app/Constants";
 
 const Archetypes: React.FC = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ const Archetypes: React.FC = () => {
     onError
   );
 
-  const tableControls = useLocalTableControls({
+  const tableControls = useLocalTableControlsWithUrlParams({
+    urlParamKeyPrefix: TableURLParamKeyPrefix.archetypes,
     idProperty: "id",
     items: archetypes,
     isLoading: isFetching,