diff --git a/.changeset/gorgeous-snails-admire.md b/.changeset/gorgeous-snails-admire.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45875ed366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gorgeous-snails-admire.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/repo-tools': minor
+---
+
+**BREAKING**: API Reports generated for sub-path exports now place the name as a suffix rather than prefix, for example `api-report-alpha.md` instead of `alpha-api-report.md`. When upgrading to this version you'll need to re-create any such API reports and delete the old ones.
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index ad2bd355ed..c54ee5d821 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ coverage
 *.hbs
 templates
 api-report.md
-*-api-report.md
+api-report-*.md
 cli-report.md
 plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates
 .vscode
diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/alpha-api-report.md b/packages/backend-app-api/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend-app-api/alpha-api-report.md
rename to packages/backend-app-api/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/alpha-api-report.md b/packages/backend-common/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend-common/alpha-api-report.md
rename to packages/backend-common/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/testUtils-api-report.md b/packages/backend-common/api-report-testUtils.md
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend-common/testUtils-api-report.md
rename to packages/backend-common/api-report-testUtils.md
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/alpha-api-report.md b/packages/backend-plugin-api/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/backend-plugin-api/alpha-api-report.md
rename to packages/backend-plugin-api/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/alpha-api-report.md b/packages/catalog-model/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/catalog-model/alpha-api-report.md
rename to packages/catalog-model/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/packages/core-components/testUtils-api-report.md b/packages/core-components/api-report-testUtils.md
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core-components/testUtils-api-report.md
rename to packages/core-components/api-report-testUtils.md
diff --git a/packages/core-plugin-api/alpha-api-report.md b/packages/core-plugin-api/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core-plugin-api/alpha-api-report.md
rename to packages/core-plugin-api/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test-utils/playwright-api-report.md b/packages/e2e-test-utils/api-report-playwright.md
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/e2e-test-utils/playwright-api-report.md
rename to packages/e2e-test-utils/api-report-playwright.md
diff --git a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts
index ce3e6f5b20..c978e49300 100644
--- a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts
+++ b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/api-reports/api-extractor.ts
@@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ export async function runApiExtraction({
       packageDir,
     );
 
-    const prefix = name === 'index' ? '' : `${name}-`;
-    const reportFileName = `${prefix}api-report.md`;
+    const suffix = name === 'index' ? '' : `-${name}`;
+    const reportFileName = `api-report${suffix}.md`;
     const reportPath = resolvePath(projectFolder, reportFileName);
 
     const warningCountBefore = await countApiReportWarnings(reportPath);
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ export async function runApiExtraction({
           reportFolder: projectFolder,
           reportTempFolder: resolvePath(
             outputDir,
-            `${prefix}<unscopedPackageName>`,
+            `<unscopedPackageName>${suffix}`,
           ),
         },
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ export async function runApiExtraction({
           enabled: name === 'index',
           apiJsonFilePath: resolvePath(
             outputDir,
-            `${prefix}<unscopedPackageName>.api.json`,
+            `<unscopedPackageName>${suffix}.api.json`,
           ),
         },
 
diff --git a/packages/test-utils/alpha-api-report.md b/packages/test-utils/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/test-utils/alpha-api-report.md
rename to packages/test-utils/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/adr/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/adr/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/adr/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/adr/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/app-backend/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/app-backend/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/app-backend/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/app-backend/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/bazaar-backend/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/bazaar-backend/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/bazaar-backend/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/bazaar-backend/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-aws/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-aws/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend-module-aws/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/catalog-backend-module-aws/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/catalog-backend-module-azure/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/catalog-backend-module-bitbucket-server/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/catalog-backend-module-gcp/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gerrit/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gerrit/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend-module-gerrit/alpha-api-report.md
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diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/alpha-api-report.md
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diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/catalog-backend-module-incremental-ingestion/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-msgraph/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-msgraph/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend-module-msgraph/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/catalog-backend-module-msgraph/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-puppetdb/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-puppetdb/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend-module-puppetdb/alpha-api-report.md
rename to plugins/catalog-backend-module-puppetdb/api-report-alpha.md
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend/alpha-api-report.md
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diff --git a/plugins/catalog-common/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-common/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-common/alpha-api-report.md
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diff --git a/plugins/catalog-import/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-import/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-import/alpha-api-report.md
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diff --git a/plugins/catalog-node/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-node/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-node/alpha-api-report.md
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diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-react/alpha-api-report.md
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diff --git a/plugins/catalog/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/catalog/api-report-alpha.md
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog/alpha-api-report.md
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diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-aws-sqs/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/events-backend-module-aws-sqs/api-report-alpha.md
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rename from plugins/events-backend-module-aws-sqs/alpha-api-report.md
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diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/events-backend-module-azure/api-report-alpha.md
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rename from plugins/events-backend-module-azure/alpha-api-report.md
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diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/events-backend-module-bitbucket-cloud/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/events-backend-module-gerrit/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/events-backend-module-github/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/events-backend-module-github/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/events-node/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/events-node/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/explore/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/explore/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/graphiql/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/graphiql/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/home/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/home/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/kafka-backend/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/kafka-backend/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/periskop-backend/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/periskop-backend/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/permission-backend/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/permission-backend/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/proxy-backend/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/proxy-backend/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/scaffolder-react/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/search-backend-module-catalog/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/search-backend-module-elasticsearch/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-explore/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/search-backend-module-explore/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/search-backend-module-techdocs/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/search-backend/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/search-backend/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/search-react/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/search-react/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/search/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/search/api-report-alpha.md
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diff --git a/plugins/stack-overflow/alpha-api-report.md b/plugins/stack-overflow/api-report-alpha.md
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