diff --git a/.changeset/search-moar-catalog-yo.md b/.changeset/search-moar-catalog-yo.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e665157e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/search-moar-catalog-yo.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+---
+
+Entity lifecycle and owner are now indexed by the `DefaultCatalogCollator`. A `locationTemplate` may now optionally be provided to its constructor to reflect a custom catalog entity path in the Backstage frontend.
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
index dcd48aaf40..1691f53485 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default async function createPlugin({
   indexBuilder.addCollator({
     type: 'software-catalog',
     defaultRefreshIntervalSeconds: 600,
-    collator: new DefaultCatalogCollator(discovery),
+    collator: new DefaultCatalogCollator({ discovery }),
   });
 
   const { scheduler } = await indexBuilder.build();
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0764912f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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 { PluginEndpointDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { DefaultCatalogCollator } from './DefaultCatalogCollator';
+
+const expectedEntities: Entity[] = [
+  {
+    apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
+    kind: 'Component',
+    metadata: {
+      name: 'test-entity',
+      description: 'The expected description',
+    },
+    spec: {
+      type: 'some-type',
+      lifecycle: 'experimental',
+      owner: 'someone',
+    },
+  },
+];
+
+jest.mock('cross-fetch', () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  default: async () => {
+    return {
+      json: async () => {
+        return expectedEntities;
+      },
+    };
+  },
+}));
+
+describe('DefaultCatalogCollator', () => {
+  let mockDiscoveryApi: jest.Mocked<PluginEndpointDiscovery>;
+  let collator: DefaultCatalogCollator;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockDiscoveryApi = {
+      getBaseUrl: jest.fn().mockResolvedValueOnce('http://localhost:7000'),
+      getExternalBaseUrl: jest.fn(),
+    };
+    collator = new DefaultCatalogCollator({ discovery: mockDiscoveryApi });
+  });
+
+  it('fetches from the configured catalog service', async () => {
+    const documents = await collator.execute();
+    expect(mockDiscoveryApi.getBaseUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('catalog');
+    expect(documents).toHaveLength(expectedEntities.length);
+  });
+
+  it('maps a returned entity to an expected CatalogEntityDocument', async () => {
+    const documents = await collator.execute();
+    expect(documents[0]).toMatchObject({
+      title: expectedEntities[0].metadata.name,
+      location: '/catalog/default/component/test-entity',
+      text: expectedEntities[0].metadata.description,
+      namespace: 'default',
+      componentType: expectedEntities[0]!.spec!.type,
+      lifecycle: expectedEntities[0]!.spec!.lifecycle,
+      owner: expectedEntities[0]!.spec!.owner,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('maps a returned entity with a custom locationTemplate', async () => {
+    // Provide an alternate location template.
+    collator = new DefaultCatalogCollator({
+      discovery: mockDiscoveryApi,
+      locationTemplate: '/software/:name',
+    });
+
+    const documents = await collator.execute();
+    expect(documents[0]).toMatchObject({
+      location: '/software/test-entity',
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.ts
index 72bf43f8f9..068b9e36ae 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollator.ts
@@ -23,13 +23,35 @@ export interface CatalogEntityDocument extends IndexableDocument {
   componentType: string;
   namespace: string;
   kind: string;
+  lifecycle: string;
+  owner: string;
 }
 
 export class DefaultCatalogCollator implements DocumentCollator {
   protected discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
+  protected locationTemplate: string;
 
-  constructor(discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery) {
+  constructor({
+    discovery,
+    locationTemplate,
+  }: {
+    discovery: PluginEndpointDiscovery;
+    locationTemplate?: string;
+  }) {
     this.discovery = discovery;
+    this.locationTemplate =
+      locationTemplate || '/catalog/:namespace/:kind/:name';
+  }
+
+  protected applyArgsToFormat(
+    format: string,
+    args: Record<string, string>,
+  ): string {
+    let formatted = format;
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(args)) {
+      formatted = formatted.replace(`:${key}`, value);
+    }
+    return formatted.toLowerCase();
   }
 
   async execute() {
@@ -37,17 +59,20 @@ export class DefaultCatalogCollator implements DocumentCollator {
     const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/entities`);
     const entities: Entity[] = await res.json();
     return entities.map(
-      (entity): CatalogEntityDocument => {
+      (entity: Entity): CatalogEntityDocument => {
         return {
           title: entity.metadata.name,
-          // TODO: Use a config-based template approach for entity location.
-          location: `/catalog/${
-            entity.metadata.namespace || 'default'
-          }/component/${entity.metadata.name}`,
+          location: this.applyArgsToFormat(this.locationTemplate, {
+            namespace: entity.metadata.namespace || 'default',
+            kind: entity.kind,
+            name: entity.metadata.name,
+          }),
           text: entity.metadata.description || '',
           componentType: entity.spec?.type?.toString() || 'other',
           namespace: entity.metadata.namespace || 'default',
           kind: entity.kind,
+          lifecycle: (entity.spec?.lifecycle as string) || '',
+          owner: (entity.spec?.owner as string) || '',
         };
       },
     );