diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/factRetrievers/entityFactRetriever.test.ts b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/factRetrievers/entityFactRetriever.test.ts
index c7c8ecf77a..fe4cd18645 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/factRetrievers/entityFactRetriever.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/factRetrievers/entityFactRetriever.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { entityFactRetriever } from './entityFactRetriever';
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Entity, RELATION_OWNED_BY } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import {
   PluginEndpointDiscovery,
   getVoidLogger,
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const defaultEntityListResponse: CatalogListResponse<Entity> = {
       },
       relations: [
         {
-          type: 'ownedBy',
+          type: RELATION_OWNED_BY,
           target: { name: 'team-a', kind: 'group', namespace: 'default' },
         },
       ],
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ const defaultEntityListResponse: CatalogListResponse<Entity> = {
       spec: {
         type: 'service',
         lifecycle: 'test',
+        owner: '',
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1beta1',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'service-with-user-owner',
+      },
+      kind: 'Component',
+      spec: {
+        type: 'service',
+        lifecycle: 'test',
+        owner: 'user:my-user',
       },
     },
   ],
@@ -108,4 +121,42 @@ describe('entityFactRetriever', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+  describe('hasSpecWithGroupOwner', () => {
+    describe('where the entity has an group as owner in the spec', () => {
+      it('returns true for hasSpecWithGroupOwner', async () => {
+        const facts = await entityFactRetriever.handler(handlerContext);
+        expect(
+          facts.find(it => it.entity.name === 'service-with-owner'),
+        ).toMatchObject({
+          facts: {
+            hasSpecWithGroupOwner: true,
+          },
+        });
+      });
+    });
+    describe('where the entity has a user as owner in the spec', () => {
+      it('returns false for hasSpecWithGroupOwner', async () => {
+        const facts = await entityFactRetriever.handler(handlerContext);
+        expect(
+          facts.find(it => it.entity.name === 'service-with-user-owner'),
+        ).toMatchObject({
+          facts: {
+            hasSpecWithGroupOwner: false,
+          },
+        });
+      });
+    });
+    describe('where the entity does not have an owner in the spec', () => {
+      it('returns false for hasSpecWithGroupOwner', async () => {
+        const facts = await entityFactRetriever.handler(handlerContext);
+        expect(
+          facts.find(it => it.entity.name === 'service-without-owner'),
+        ).toMatchObject({
+          facts: {
+            hasSpecWithGroupOwner: false,
+          },
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/factRetrievers/entityFactRetriever.ts b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/factRetrievers/entityFactRetriever.ts
index 8bc670b873..1488cf71ca 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/factRetrievers/entityFactRetriever.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/fact/factRetrievers/entityFactRetriever.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { FactRetrieverContext } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-node';
 import { CatalogClient } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
-import { RELATION_OWNED_BY } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Entity, RELATION_OWNED_BY } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 const applicableEntityKinds = [
   'component',
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export const entityFactRetriever = {
       filter: entityKindFilter,
     });
 
-    return entities.items.map(it => {
+    return entities.items.map((it: Entity) => {
       return {
         entity: {
           namespace: it.metadata.namespace!!,
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ export const entityFactRetriever = {
         },
         facts: {
           hasSpecWithOwner: Boolean(it.spec?.owner),
-          hasSpecWithGroupOwner: Boolean(it.spec?.owner && it.spec?.owner),
+          hasSpecWithGroupOwner: Boolean(
+            it.spec?.owner && (it.spec?.owner as string).startsWith('group:'),
+          ),
           hasOwnedByRelation: Boolean(
             it.relations &&
               it.relations.find(({ type }) => type === RELATION_OWNED_BY),