diff --git a/.changeset/early-dryers-teach.md b/.changeset/early-dryers-teach.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d747fbc730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/early-dryers-teach.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-node': minor
+---
+
+Added `parseEntityYaml` from `@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend`, to make it more easily usable by custom plugins and modules
diff --git a/.changeset/sad-showers-begin.md b/.changeset/sad-showers-begin.md
index eccbd9981c..6054072620 100644
--- a/.changeset/sad-showers-begin.md
+++ b/.changeset/sad-showers-begin.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ The following removed exports are available from `@backstage/plugin-catalog-node
 - `PlaceholderResolverParams`
 - `PlaceholderResolverRead`
 - `PlaceholderResolverResolveUrl`
+- `parseEntityYaml`
 
 The following removed exports are available from `@backstage/plugin-catalog-common`:
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/report.api.md b/plugins/catalog-backend/report.api.md
index e92e688aa4..cdabce4732 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/report.api.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { CatalogProcessor } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { CatalogProcessorCache } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { CatalogProcessorEmit } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { CatalogProcessorParser } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
-import { CatalogProcessorResult } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { DatabaseService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { DiscoveryService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
@@ -215,12 +214,6 @@ export class FileReaderProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
   ): Promise<boolean>;
 }
 
-// @public (undocumented)
-export function parseEntityYaml(
-  data: Buffer,
-  location: LocationSpec,
-): Iterable<CatalogProcessorResult>;
-
 // @public
 export class PlaceholderProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
   constructor(options: PlaceholderProcessorOptions);
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/index.ts
index 40235a1724..ea658a9a13 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -25,4 +25,3 @@ export * from './processors';
 export * from './processing';
 export * from './service';
 export * from './constants';
-export * from './util';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/util/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/util/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b0e291ac60..0000000000
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/util/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2024 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 { parseEntityYaml } from './parse';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/util/parse.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/util/parse.ts
index 778c176323..d87a98ef75 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/util/parse.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/util/parse.ts
@@ -14,51 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { Entity, stringifyLocationRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import lodash from 'lodash';
-import yaml from 'yaml';
-import { LocationSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
 import {
   CatalogProcessorParser,
-  CatalogProcessorResult,
-  processingResult,
+  parseEntityYaml,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 
-/** @public */
-export function* parseEntityYaml(
-  data: Buffer,
-  location: LocationSpec,
-): Iterable<CatalogProcessorResult> {
-  let documents: yaml.Document.Parsed[];
-  try {
-    documents = yaml.parseAllDocuments(data.toString('utf8')).filter(d => d);
-  } catch (e) {
-    const loc = stringifyLocationRef(location);
-    const message = `Failed to parse YAML at ${loc}, ${e}`;
-    yield processingResult.generalError(location, message);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  for (const document of documents) {
-    if (document.errors?.length) {
-      const loc = stringifyLocationRef(location);
-      const message = `YAML error at ${loc}, ${document.errors[0]}`;
-      yield processingResult.generalError(location, message);
-    } else {
-      const json = document.toJSON();
-      if (lodash.isPlainObject(json)) {
-        yield processingResult.entity(location, json as Entity);
-      } else if (json === null) {
-        // Ignore null values, these happen if there is an empty document in the
-        // YAML file, for example if --- is added to the end of the file.
-      } else {
-        const message = `Expected object at root, got ${typeof json}`;
-        yield processingResult.generalError(location, message);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 export const defaultEntityDataParser: CatalogProcessorParser =
   async function* defaultEntityDataParser({ data, location }) {
     for (const e of parseEntityYaml(data, location)) {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-node/package.json b/plugins/catalog-node/package.json
index 4c12f6b7fb..2aad8b676f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-node/package.json
+++ b/plugins/catalog-node/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-catalog-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-node": "workspace:^",
-    "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.21",
+    "yaml": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-node/report.api.md b/plugins/catalog-node/report.api.md
index f2fe86a38c..807bcaa8d5 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-node/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-node/report.api.md
@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ export function locationSpecToLocationEntity(opts: {
 // @public
 export function locationSpecToMetadataName(location: LocationSpec_2): string;
 
+// @public
+export function parseEntityYaml(
+  data: string | Buffer,
+  location: LocationSpec_2,
+): Iterable<CatalogProcessorResult>;
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type PlaceholderResolver = (
   params: PlaceholderResolverParams,
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/index.ts
index 4e83e6077d..1610e0cb89 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/index.ts
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ export type {
   LocationAnalyzer,
   ScmLocationAnalyzer,
 } from './types';
+export { parseEntityYaml } from './parse';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/util/parse.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/parse.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/catalog-backend/src/util/parse.test.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/parse.test.ts
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/parse.ts b/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/parse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ef276d06d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/catalog-node/src/processing/parse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * 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 { Entity, stringifyLocationRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import lodash from 'lodash';
+import yaml from 'yaml';
+import { LocationSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
+import { CatalogProcessorResult } from '../api/processor';
+import { processingResult } from '../api/processingResult';
+
+/**
+ * A helper function that parses a YAML file, properly handling multiple
+ * documents in a single file.
+ *
+ * @public
+ * @remarks
+ *
+ * Each document is expected to be a valid Backstage entity. Each item in the
+ * iterable is in the form of an entity result if the document seemed like a
+ * valid object, or in the form of an error result if it seemed incorrect. This
+ * way, you can choose to retain a partial result if you want.
+ *
+ * Note that this function does NOT perform any validation of the entities. No
+ * assumptions whatsoever can be made on the emnitted entities except that they
+ * are valid JSON objects.
+ */
+export function* parseEntityYaml(
+  data: string | Buffer,
+  location: LocationSpec,
+): Iterable<CatalogProcessorResult> {
+  let documents: yaml.Document.Parsed[];
+  try {
+    documents = yaml
+      .parseAllDocuments(
+        typeof data === 'string' ? data : data.toString('utf8'),
+      )
+      .filter(d => d);
+  } catch (e) {
+    const loc = stringifyLocationRef(location);
+    const message = `Failed to parse YAML at ${loc}, ${e}`;
+    yield processingResult.generalError(location, message);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  for (const document of documents) {
+    if (document.errors?.length) {
+      const loc = stringifyLocationRef(location);
+      const message = `YAML error at ${loc}, ${document.errors[0]}`;
+      yield processingResult.generalError(location, message);
+    } else {
+      const json = document.toJSON();
+      if (lodash.isPlainObject(json)) {
+        yield processingResult.entity(location, json as Entity);
+      } else if (json === null) {
+        // Ignore null values, these happen if there is an empty document in the
+        // YAML file, for example if --- is added to the end of the file.
+      } else {
+        const message = `Expected object at root, got ${typeof json}`;
+        yield processingResult.generalError(location, message);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9216e2687f..c7f79ae2f0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6187,7 +6187,9 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-node": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
+    lodash: "npm:^4.17.21"
     msw: "npm:^1.0.0"
+    yaml: "npm:^2.0.0"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft