diff --git a/.changeset/five-cows-crash.md b/.changeset/five-cows-crash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c298dbad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/five-cows-crash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-import': minor
+---
+
+`EntityListComponent` uses `entityPresentationApi` instead of `humanizeEntityRef` to display Entity
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/package.json b/plugins/catalog-import/package.json
index d5f70964a1..be4122b105 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-import/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-import/package.json
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/core-app-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/dev-utils": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/test-utils": "workspace:^",
     "@testing-library/dom": "^10.0.0",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/EntityListComponent/EntityListComponent.tsx b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/EntityListComponent/EntityListComponent.tsx
index ef57fad204..80a2d90fcc 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/EntityListComponent/EntityListComponent.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/EntityListComponent/EntityListComponent.tsx
@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { Entity, CompoundEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { useApp } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import {
+  Entity,
+  CompoundEntityRef,
+  stringifyEntityRef,
+} from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import {
+  EntityDisplayName,
   EntityRefLink,
-  humanizeEntityRef,
+  entityPresentationApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import Collapse from '@material-ui/core/Collapse';
 import IconButton from '@material-ui/core/IconButton';
@@ -38,12 +43,6 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
   },
 }));
 
-function sortEntities(entities: Array<CompoundEntityRef | Entity>) {
-  return entities.sort((a, b) =>
-    humanizeEntityRef(a).localeCompare(humanizeEntityRef(b)),
-  );
-}
-
 /**
  * Props for {@link EntityListComponent}.
  *
@@ -76,9 +75,8 @@ export const EntityListComponent = (props: EntityListComponentProps) => {
     withLinks = false,
   } = props;
 
-  const app = useApp();
   const classes = useStyles();
-
+  const entityPresentationApi = useApi(entityPresentationApiRef);
   const [expandedUrls, setExpandedUrls] = useState<string[]>([]);
 
   const handleClick = (url: string) => {
@@ -87,6 +85,17 @@ export const EntityListComponent = (props: EntityListComponentProps) => {
     );
   };
 
+  function sortEntities(entities: Array<CompoundEntityRef | Entity>) {
+    return entities.sort((a, b) =>
+      entityPresentationApi
+        .forEntity(stringifyEntityRef(a))
+        .snapshot.entityRef.localeCompare(
+          entityPresentationApi.forEntity(stringifyEntityRef(b)).snapshot
+            .entityRef,
+        ),
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <List>
       {firstListItem}
@@ -124,12 +133,9 @@ export const EntityListComponent = (props: EntityListComponentProps) => {
           >
             <List component="div" disablePadding dense>
               {sortEntities(r.entities).map(entity => {
-                const Icon = app.getSystemIcon(
-                  `kind:${entity.kind.toLocaleLowerCase('en-US')}`,
-                );
                 return (
                   <ListItem
-                    key={humanizeEntityRef(entity)}
+                    key={stringifyEntityRef(entity)}
                     className={classes.nested}
                     {...(withLinks
                       ? {
@@ -139,8 +145,9 @@ export const EntityListComponent = (props: EntityListComponentProps) => {
                         }
                       : {})}
                   >
-                    <ListItemIcon>{Icon && <Icon />}</ListItemIcon>
-                    <ListItemText primary={humanizeEntityRef(entity)} />
+                    <ListItemText
+                      primary={<EntityDisplayName entityRef={entity} />}
+                    />
                   </ListItem>
                 );
               })}
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareSelectLocations/StepPrepareSelectLocations.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareSelectLocations/StepPrepareSelectLocations.test.tsx
index b5efd3fbbf..e5a4174859 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareSelectLocations/StepPrepareSelectLocations.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-import/src/components/StepPrepareSelectLocations/StepPrepareSelectLocations.test.tsx
@@ -14,14 +14,22 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { renderInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
+import { TestApiProvider, renderInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import { act, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import React from 'react';
 import { AnalyzeResult } from '../../api';
 import { StepPrepareSelectLocations } from './StepPrepareSelectLocations';
+import {
+  CatalogApi,
+  catalogApiRef,
+  entityPresentationApiRef,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
+import { DefaultEntityPresentationApi } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 describe('<StepPrepareSelectLocations />', () => {
+  let entities: Entity[];
   const analyzeResult = {
     type: 'locations',
     locations: [
@@ -53,17 +61,43 @@ describe('<StepPrepareSelectLocations />', () => {
     ],
   } as Extract<AnalyzeResult, { type: 'locations' }>;
 
+  const catalogApi: jest.Mocked<CatalogApi> = {
+    getLocationById: jest.fn(),
+    getEntityByName: jest.fn(),
+    getEntities: jest.fn(async () => ({ items: entities })),
+    addLocation: jest.fn(),
+    getLocationByRef: jest.fn(),
+    removeEntityByUid: jest.fn(),
+  } as any;
+  let Wrapper: React.ComponentType<React.PropsWithChildren<{}>>;
+
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.resetAllMocks();
+    catalogApi.getEntities.mockResolvedValue({ items: entities });
+    Wrapper = ({ children }: { children?: React.ReactNode }) => (
+      <TestApiProvider
+        apis={[
+          [catalogApiRef, catalogApi],
+          [
+            entityPresentationApiRef,
+            DefaultEntityPresentationApi.create({ catalogApi }),
+          ],
+        ]}
+      >
+        {children}
+      </TestApiProvider>
+    );
   });
 
   it('renders display locations to be added', async () => {
     await renderInTestApp(
-      <StepPrepareSelectLocations
-        analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
-        onPrepare={() => undefined}
-        onGoBack={() => undefined}
-      />,
+      <Wrapper>
+        <StepPrepareSelectLocations
+          analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
+          onPrepare={() => undefined}
+          onGoBack={() => undefined}
+        />
+      </Wrapper>,
     );
 
     expect(screen.getByText('url-1')).toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -96,11 +130,13 @@ describe('<StepPrepareSelectLocations />', () => {
     } as Extract<AnalyzeResult, { type: 'locations' }>;
 
     await renderInTestApp(
-      <StepPrepareSelectLocations
-        analyzeResult={analyzeResultWithExistingLocation}
-        onPrepare={() => undefined}
-        onGoBack={() => undefined}
-      />,
+      <Wrapper>
+        <StepPrepareSelectLocations
+          analyzeResult={analyzeResultWithExistingLocation}
+          onPrepare={() => undefined}
+          onGoBack={() => undefined}
+        />
+      </Wrapper>,
     );
 
     expect(screen.getByText(/my-target/)).toBeInTheDocument();
@@ -112,11 +148,13 @@ describe('<StepPrepareSelectLocations />', () => {
 
   it('should select and deselect all', async () => {
     await renderInTestApp(
-      <StepPrepareSelectLocations
-        analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
-        onPrepare={() => undefined}
-        onGoBack={() => undefined}
-      />,
+      <Wrapper>
+        <StepPrepareSelectLocations
+          analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
+          onPrepare={() => undefined}
+          onGoBack={() => undefined}
+        />
+      </Wrapper>,
     );
 
     const checkboxes = screen.getAllByRole('checkbox');
@@ -144,15 +182,17 @@ describe('<StepPrepareSelectLocations />', () => {
 
   it('should preselect prepared locations', async () => {
     await renderInTestApp(
-      <StepPrepareSelectLocations
-        analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
-        prepareResult={{
-          ...analyzeResult,
-          locations: [...analyzeResult.locations.slice(0, 1)],
-        }}
-        onPrepare={() => undefined}
-        onGoBack={() => undefined}
-      />,
+      <Wrapper>
+        <StepPrepareSelectLocations
+          analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
+          prepareResult={{
+            ...analyzeResult,
+            locations: [...analyzeResult.locations.slice(0, 1)],
+          }}
+          onPrepare={() => undefined}
+          onGoBack={() => undefined}
+        />
+      </Wrapper>,
     );
 
     const checkboxes = screen.getAllByRole('checkbox');
@@ -164,11 +204,13 @@ describe('<StepPrepareSelectLocations />', () => {
 
   it('should select items', async () => {
     await renderInTestApp(
-      <StepPrepareSelectLocations
-        analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
-        onPrepare={() => undefined}
-        onGoBack={() => undefined}
-      />,
+      <Wrapper>
+        <StepPrepareSelectLocations
+          analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
+          onPrepare={() => undefined}
+          onGoBack={() => undefined}
+        />
+      </Wrapper>,
     );
 
     const checkboxes = screen.getAllByRole('checkbox');
@@ -193,11 +235,13 @@ describe('<StepPrepareSelectLocations />', () => {
     const onGoBack = jest.fn();
 
     await renderInTestApp(
-      <StepPrepareSelectLocations
-        analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
-        onPrepare={() => undefined}
-        onGoBack={onGoBack}
-      />,
+      <Wrapper>
+        <StepPrepareSelectLocations
+          analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
+          onPrepare={() => undefined}
+          onGoBack={onGoBack}
+        />
+      </Wrapper>,
     );
 
     await act(async () => {
@@ -211,11 +255,13 @@ describe('<StepPrepareSelectLocations />', () => {
     const onPrepare = jest.fn();
 
     await renderInTestApp(
-      <StepPrepareSelectLocations
-        analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
-        onPrepare={onPrepare}
-        onGoBack={() => undefined}
-      />,
+      <Wrapper>
+        <StepPrepareSelectLocations
+          analyzeResult={analyzeResult}
+          onPrepare={onPrepare}
+          onGoBack={() => undefined}
+        />
+      </Wrapper>,
     );
 
     const checkboxes = screen.getAllByRole('checkbox');
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5c700c6fdc..20406fdb91 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5524,6 +5524,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/frontend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/integration-react": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-react": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/test-utils": "workspace:^"