diff --git a/.changeset/mighty-suns-drop.md b/.changeset/mighty-suns-drop.md
index 80f7b88e2b..f8bb686aaf 100644
--- a/.changeset/mighty-suns-drop.md
+++ b/.changeset/mighty-suns-drop.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/plugin-org': patch
 ---
 
-add transitive ownership type for kind group in OwnershipCard
+add aggregated ownership type for kind group in OwnershipCard
diff --git a/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/TransitiveRelationsGrid.tsx b/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/AggregatedRelationsGrid.tsx
similarity index 94%
rename from plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/TransitiveRelationsGrid.tsx
rename to plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/AggregatedRelationsGrid.tsx
index 8ed4d1c413..4839e4db56 100644
--- a/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/TransitiveRelationsGrid.tsx
+++ b/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/AggregatedRelationsGrid.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 import React from 'react';
 import pluralize from 'pluralize';
 import { catalogIndexRouteRef } from '../../../routes';
-import { useTransitiveEntities } from './useTransitiveEntities';
+import { useAggregatedEntities } from './useAggregatedEntities';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles((theme: BackstageTheme) =>
   createStyles({
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const EntityCountTile = ({
 };
 
 // can only be used for group entity
-export const TransitiveRelationsGrid = ({
+export const AggregatedRelationsGrid = ({
   entity,
   entityFilterKind,
 }: {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const TransitiveRelationsGrid = ({
   entityFilterKind?: string[];
 }) => {
   const catalogLink = useRouteRef(catalogIndexRouteRef);
-  const { componentsWithCounters, loading, error } = useTransitiveEntities(
+  const { componentsWithCounters, loading, error } = useAggregatedEntities(
     entity,
     entityFilterKind,
   );
diff --git a/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/OwnershipCard.tsx b/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/OwnershipCard.tsx
index 18dd57cc1d..4612fce931 100644
--- a/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/OwnershipCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/OwnershipCard.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 } from '@material-ui/core';
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { DirectRelationsGrid } from './DirectRelationsGrid';
-import { TransitiveRelationsGrid } from './TransitiveRelationsGrid';
+import { AggregatedRelationsGrid } from './AggregatedRelationsGrid';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
   list: {
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ const directRelationsGrid = (entity: Entity, entityFilterKind?: string[]) => {
   );
 };
 
-const transitiveRelationsGrid = (
+const aggregatedRelationsGrid = (
   entity: Entity,
   entityFilterKind?: string[],
 ) => {
   return (
-    <TransitiveRelationsGrid
+    <AggregatedRelationsGrid
       entity={entity}
       entityFilterKind={entityFilterKind}
     />
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export const OwnershipCard = ({
   const [relationsType, setRelationsType] = useState('direct');
   const renderedGrid =
     relationsType !== 'direct' && isGroup
-      ? transitiveRelationsGrid(entity, entityFilterKind)
+      ? aggregatedRelationsGrid(entity, entityFilterKind)
       : directRelationsGrid(entity, entityFilterKind);
 
   return (
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export const OwnershipCard = ({
             <Tooltip
               placement="top"
               arrow
-              title={`${relationsType === 'direct' ? 'Direct' : 'Transitive'
+              title={`${relationsType === 'direct' ? 'Direct' : 'Aggregated'
                 } Relations`}
             >
               <Switch
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export const OwnershipCard = ({
                 checked={relationsType !== 'direct'}
                 onChange={() =>
                   relationsType === 'direct'
-                    ? setRelationsType('transitive')
+                    ? setRelationsType('aggregated')
                     : setRelationsType('direct')
                 }
                 name="pin"
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export const OwnershipCard = ({
                 disabled={!isGroup}
               />
             </Tooltip>
-            Transitive Relations
+            Aggregated Relations
           </ListItemSecondaryAction>
         </ListItem>
       </List>
diff --git a/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/useTransitiveEntities.ts b/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/useAggregatedEntities.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/useTransitiveEntities.ts
rename to plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/useAggregatedEntities.ts
index de03b4b617..2707ba70e7 100644
--- a/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/useTransitiveEntities.ts
+++ b/plugins/org/src/components/Cards/OwnershipCard/useAggregatedEntities.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const getQueryParams = (
   return queryParams;
 };
 
-export function useTransitiveEntities(
+export function useAggregatedEntities(
   entity: Entity,
   entityFilterKind?: string[],
 ): {