diff --git a/benchmark/bench_collectors.jl b/benchmark/bench_collectors.jl
index b74fb9af..b5815fd4 100644
--- a/benchmark/bench_collectors.jl
+++ b/benchmark/bench_collectors.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module BenchCollectors
 
-using BangBang: collector, finish!, push!!
+using BangBang: Empty, collector, finish!, push!!
 using BenchmarkTools: @benchmarkable, BenchmarkGroup
 using SplittablesBase: amount
 
@@ -55,11 +55,9 @@ end
     end
 end
 
-const vec0 = Union{}[]
+collect_collector(src) = finish!(_foldl(push!!, collector(), src))
 
-collect_collector(src) = finish!(_foldl(push!!, collector(vec0), src))
-
-collect_vector(src) = _foldl(push!!, vec0, src)
+collect_vector(src) = _foldl(push!!, Empty(Vector), src)
 
 collect_collector_nonexpanding(src) =
     finish!(_foldl(push!!, collector(resize!(Union{}[], amount(src)), Val(true)), src))
diff --git a/src/NoBang/base.jl b/src/NoBang/base.jl
index eee2179d..505093ef 100644
--- a/src/NoBang/base.jl
+++ b/src/NoBang/base.jl
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ function _setindex(d0::AbstractDict, v, k)
     return d
 end
 
+resize(xs::AbstractVector, n::Integer) = similar(xs, (n,))
+
 setproperty(value, name, x) = setproperties(value, NamedTuple{(name,)}((x,)))
 
 materialize(::Any, x) = Broadcast.materialize(x)
diff --git a/src/NoBang/emptycontainers.jl b/src/NoBang/emptycontainers.jl
index 77032d85..4f4d4f1c 100644
--- a/src/NoBang/emptycontainers.jl
+++ b/src/NoBang/emptycontainers.jl
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ append(::Empty{T}, x) where T = T(x)
 append(e::Empty, ::Empty) = e
 
 _empty(x::Empty) = x
+resize(::Empty{T}, n::Integer) where {T <: AbstractVector} = similar(T, (n,))
 
 _union(::Empty{T}, x) where {T} = unique!!(T(x))
 _union(e::Empty, ::Empty) = e
@@ -83,5 +84,18 @@ Base.get(::Empty, _, default) = default
 Base.IteratorSize(::Type{<:Empty}) = Base.HasLength()
 Base.IteratorEltype(::Type{<:Empty}) = Base.HasEltype()
 Base.eltype(::Type{<:Empty}) = Union{}
+Base.eltype(::Type{<:Empty{<:AbstractVector{T}}}) where {T} = T
 Base.length(::Empty) = 0
 Base.iterate(::Empty) = nothing
+
+Base.firstindex(::Empty{<:Vector}) = 1
+Base.lastindex(::Empty{<:Vector}) = 0
+Base.similar(e::Empty) = similar(e, eltype(e), (0,))
+Base.similar(e::Empty, dims::Int...) = similar(e, eltype(e), dims)
+Base.similar(e::Empty, dims::Tuple{Vararg{Int}}) = similar(e, eltype(e), dims)
+Base.similar(e::Empty, T::Type) = similar(e, T, (0,))
+Base.similar(e::Empty, T::Type, dims::Int...) = similar(e, T, dims)
+Base.similar(::Empty{<:Vector}, T::Type, dims::Tuple{Vararg{Int}}) =
+    similar(Vector{T}, dims)
+Base.similar(::Empty{Vector{T}}, dims::Tuple{Vararg{Int}}) where {T} =
+    similar(Vector{T}, dims)
diff --git a/src/base.jl b/src/base.jl
index 43d804dc..79cbecf1 100644
--- a/src/base.jl
+++ b/src/base.jl
@@ -375,6 +375,15 @@ possible(::typeof(_setindex!), ::C, ::V, ::K) where {C <: AbstractDict, V, K} =
     promote_type(keytype(C), K) <: keytype(C) &&
     promote_type(valtype(C), V) <: valtype(C)
 
+"""
+    resize!!(vector::AbstractVector, n::Integer) -> vector′
+"""
+resize!!(xs::Union{AbstractVector,Empty{<:AbstractVector}}, n::Integer) =
+    implements(resize!, xs) ? resize!(xs, n) : NoBang.resize(xs, n)
+
+pure(::typeof(resize!)) = NoBang.resize
+_asbb(::typeof(resize!)) = resize!!
+
 """
     setproperties!!(value, patch::NamedTuple)
     setproperties!!(value; patch...)
diff --git a/src/collectors.jl b/src/collectors.jl
index bb594759..ebf796c9 100644
--- a/src/collectors.jl
+++ b/src/collectors.jl
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ julia> finish!(append!!(collector(Vector{Float64}(undef, 10), Val(true)), [1, 2,
 collector
 collector(data::AbstractArray, ::Val{false} = Val(false)) = SafeCollector(data)
 collector(data::AbstractArray, ::Val{true}) = UnsafeCollector(data)
-collector(ElType::Type = Union{}) = collector(ElType[])
+collector(ElType::Type = Union{}) = SafeCollector(Empty(Vector{ElType}), 1)
 
 abstract type AbstractCollector end
 
@@ -79,10 +79,12 @@ _next_length(data, src) = max(4, length(data) + length(src), length(data) * 2)
     i = c.i
     if possible(_append!, data, src)
         if c isa UnsafeCollector
+            data′ = data
         elseif i + length(src) - 1 > lastindex(data)
-            resize!(data, _next_length(data, src))
+            data′ = resize!!(data, _next_length(data, src))
+        else
+            data′ = data
         end
-        data′ = data
     else
         T = promote_type(eltype(data), eltype(src))
         if i + length(src) - 1 > lastindex(data)
@@ -109,10 +111,13 @@ end
     ::Base.IteratorEltype,
 )
     if c isa UnsafeCollector
+        data′′ = c.data
     elseif c.i + length(src) - 1 > lastindex(c.data)
-        resize!(c.data, _next_length(c.data, src))
+        data′′ = resize!!(c.data, _next_length(c.data, src))
+    else
+        data′′ = c.data
     end
-    data, i = foldl(src, init = (c.data, c.i)) do (data, i), v
+    data, i = foldl(src, init = (data′′, c.i)) do (data, i), v
         Base.@_inline_meta
         T = promote_type(eltype(data), eltype(v))
         if T <: eltype(data)
@@ -145,7 +150,7 @@ Extract the `data` collected in the collector `c`.
 
 See [`collector`](@ref).
 """
-finish!(c::AbstractCollector) = resize!(c.data, c.i - firstindex(c.data))
+finish!(c::AbstractCollector) = resize!!(c.data, c.i - firstindex(c.data))
 # Final length is `(c.i - 1) - (firstindex(c.data) - 1)` where the
 # first `- 1` is because `c.i` is the index for the next element and
 # the second `- 1` is for turning the index to offset.
diff --git a/src/core.jl b/src/core.jl
index 4d48e041..7cc4d237 100644
--- a/src/core.jl
+++ b/src/core.jl
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ implements(::Mutator, ::Type{<:ImmutableContainer}) = false
 implements(::Mutator, ::Type{<:MaybeMutableContainer}) = true
 implements(::Mutator, ::Type{<:AbstractString}) = false
 
+implements(::typeof(resize!), ::Type{<:AbstractVector}) = true
+implements(
+    ::typeof(resize!),
+    ::Type{<:Union{SubArray{<:Any,1},Base.ReshapedArray{<:Any,1}}},
+) = false
+
 Base.@pure ismutablestruct(T::DataType) = T.mutable
 implements(::typeof(setproperty!), T::DataType) = ismutablestruct(T)
 implements(::typeof(setproperty!), ::Type{<:NamedTuple}) = false
diff --git a/test/test_empty_proxy.jl b/test/test_empty_proxy.jl
index c5e79e5c..fc607542 100644
--- a/test/test_empty_proxy.jl
+++ b/test/test_empty_proxy.jl
@@ -2,10 +2,36 @@ module TestEmptyProxy
 
 include("preamble.jl")
 
+==ₜₗ(_, _) = false
+==ₜₗ(x::T, y::T) where {T} = length(x) == length(y)
+
 @testset begin
     @test collect(Empty(Vector)) == Union{}[]
     @test collect(Empty(Dict)) == Union{}[]
     @test collect(Empty(Set)) == Union{}[]
 end
 
+@testset "similar" begin
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector)) ==ₜ Union{}[]
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Union{}})) ==ₜ Union{}[]
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Int})) ==ₜ Int[]
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector), Int) ==ₜ Int[]
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Union{}}), Int) ==ₜ Int[]
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Int}), Symbol) ==ₜ Symbol[]
+
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector), 3) ==ₜₗ resize!(Union{}[], 3)
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Union{}}), 3) ==ₜₗ resize!(Union{}[], 3)
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Int}), 3) ==ₜₗ resize!(Int[], 3)
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector), Int, 3) ==ₜₗ resize!(Int[], 3)
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Union{}}), Int, 3) ==ₜₗ resize!(Int[], 3)
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Int}), Symbol, 3) ==ₜₗ resize!(Symbol[], 3)
+
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector), (3,)) ==ₜₗ resize!(Union{}[], 3)
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Union{}}), (3,)) ==ₜₗ resize!(Union{}[], 3)
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Int}), (3,)) ==ₜₗ resize!(Int[], 3)
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector), Int, (3,)) ==ₜₗ resize!(Int[], 3)
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Union{}}), Int, (3,)) ==ₜₗ resize!(Int[], 3)
+    @test similar(Empty(Vector{Int}), Symbol, (3,)) ==ₜₗ resize!(Symbol[], 3)
+end
+
 end  # module