diff --git a/.changeset/wet-shrimps-approve.md b/.changeset/wet-shrimps-approve.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': patch
+---
+
+Export `MissingAnnotationEmptyState` from `@backstage/plugin-catalog-react`
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/MissingAnnotationEmptyState/MissingAnnotationEmptyState.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/MissingAnnotationEmptyState/MissingAnnotationEmptyState.tsx
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@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { BackstageTheme } from '@backstage/theme';
+import Box from '@material-ui/core/Box';
+import Button from '@material-ui/core/Button';
+import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
+import Typography from '@material-ui/core/Typography';
+import React from 'react';
+import { CodeSnippet, Link, EmptyState } from '@backstage/core-components';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { useEntity } from '../../hooks';
+
+type Props = {
+  annotation: string | string[];
+  readMoreUrl?: string;
+};
+
+/** @public */
+export type MissingAnnotationEmptyStateClassKey = 'code';
+
+const useStyles = makeStyles<BackstageTheme>(
+  theme => ({
+    code: {
+      borderRadius: 6,
+      margin: theme.spacing(2, 0),
+      background:
+        theme.palette.type === 'dark' ? '#444' : theme.palette.common.white,
+    },
+  }),
+  { name: 'BackstageMissingAnnotationEmptyState' },
+);
+
+function generateYamlExample(
+  annotations: string[],
+  entity?: Entity,
+): { yamlText: string; lineNumbers: number[] } {
+  const kind = entity?.kind || 'Component';
+  const name = entity?.metadata.name || 'example';
+  const type = entity?.spec?.type || 'website';
+  const owner = entity?.spec?.owner || 'user:default/guest';
+
+  const yamlText = `apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: ${kind}
+metadata:
+  name: ${name}
+  annotations:${annotations.map(ann => `\n    ${ann}: value`).join('')}
+spec:
+  type: ${type}
+  owner: ${owner}`;
+
+  let line = 6; // Line 6 is the line number that annotations are added to.
+  const lineNumbers: number[] = [];
+  annotations.forEach(() => {
+    lineNumbers.push(line);
+    line++;
+  });
+
+  return {
+    yamlText,
+    lineNumbers,
+  };
+}
+
+function generateDescription(annotations: string[], entityKind = 'Component') {
+  const isSingular = annotations.length <= 1;
+  return (
+    <>
+      The {isSingular ? 'annotation' : 'annotations'}{' '}
+      {annotations
+        .map(ann => <code>{ann}</code>)
+        .reduce((prev, curr) => (
+          <>
+            {prev}, {curr}
+          </>
+        ))}{' '}
+      {isSingular ? 'is' : 'are'} missing. You need to add the{' '}
+      {isSingular ? 'annotation' : 'annotations'} to your {entityKind} if you
+      want to enable this tool.
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * Renders an empty state when an annotation is missing from an entity.
+ */
+export function MissingAnnotationEmptyState(props: Props) {
+  let entity: Entity | undefined;
+  try {
+    const entityContext = useEntity();
+    entity = entityContext.entity;
+  } catch (err) {
+    // ignore when entity context doesnt exist
+  }
+
+  const { annotation, readMoreUrl } = props;
+  const annotations = Array.isArray(annotation) ? annotation : [annotation];
+  const url =
+    readMoreUrl ||
+    'https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/well-known-annotations';
+  const classes = useStyles();
+
+  const entityKind = entity?.kind || 'Component';
+  const { yamlText, lineNumbers } = generateYamlExample(annotations, entity);
+  return (
+    <EmptyState
+      missing="field"
+      title="Missing Annotation"
+      description={generateDescription(annotations, entityKind)}
+      action={
+        <>
+          <Typography variant="body1">
+            Add the annotation to your {entityKind} YAML as shown in the
+            highlighted example below:
+          </Typography>
+          <Box className={classes.code}>
+            <CodeSnippet
+              text={yamlText}
+              language="yaml"
+              showLineNumbers
+              highlightedNumbers={lineNumbers}
+              customStyle={{ background: 'inherit', fontSize: '115%' }}
+            />
+          </Box>
+          <Button color="primary" component={Link} to={url}>
+            Read more
+          </Button>
+        </>
+      }
+    />
+  );
+}
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/MissingAnnotationEmptyState/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/MissingAnnotationEmptyState/index.ts
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index 0000000000..96f6ee2b09
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+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/MissingAnnotationEmptyState/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+export * from './MissingAnnotationEmptyState';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/index.ts
index 5b7247cdbd..a805550b1b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/index.ts
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ export * from './UserListPicker';
 export * from './EntityProcessingStatusPicker';
 export * from './EntityNamespacePicker';
 export * from './EntityAutocompletePicker';
+export * from './MissingAnnotationEmptyState';