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
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 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 { entityFactRetriever } from './entityFactRetriever';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import {
+  PluginEndpointDiscovery,
+  getVoidLogger,
+} from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
+import { CatalogListResponse } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
+
+const getEntitiesMock = jest.fn();
+jest.mock('@backstage/catalog-client', () => {
+  return {
+    CatalogClient: jest
+      .fn()
+      .mockImplementation(() => ({ getEntities: getEntitiesMock })),
+  };
+});
+const discovery: jest.Mocked<PluginEndpointDiscovery> = {
+  getBaseUrl: jest.fn(),
+  getExternalBaseUrl: jest.fn(),
+};
+
+const defaultEntityListResponse: CatalogListResponse<Entity> = {
+  items: [
+    {
+      apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1beta1',
+      metadata: { name: 'service-with-owner' },
+      kind: 'Component',
+      spec: {
+        type: 'service',
+        lifecycle: 'test',
+        owner: 'group:team-a',
+      },
+      relations: [
+        {
+          type: 'ownedBy',
+          target: { name: 'team-a', kind: 'group', namespace: 'default' },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1beta1',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'service-without-owner',
+      },
+      kind: 'Component',
+      spec: {
+        type: 'service',
+        lifecycle: 'test',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
+const handlerContext = {
+  discovery,
+  logger: getVoidLogger(),
+  config: ConfigReader.fromConfigs([]),
+};
+
+describe('entityFactRetriever', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    getEntitiesMock.mockResolvedValue(defaultEntityListResponse);
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    getEntitiesMock.mockClear();
+  });
+
+  describe('hasSpecWithOwner', () => {
+    describe('where the entity has an owner in the spec', () => {
+      it('returns true for hasSpecWithOwner', async () => {
+        const facts = await entityFactRetriever.handler(handlerContext);
+        expect(
+          facts.find(it => it.entity.name === 'service-with-owner'),
+        ).toMatchObject({
+          facts: {
+            hasSpecWithOwner: true,
+          },
+        });
+      });
+    });
+    describe('where the entity does not have an owner in the spec', () => {
+      it('returns false for hasSpecWithOwner', async () => {
+        const facts = await entityFactRetriever.handler(handlerContext);
+        expect(
+          facts.find(it => it.entity.name === 'service-without-owner'),
+        ).toMatchObject({
+          facts: {
+            hasSpecWithOwner: 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
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 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 { FactRetrieverContext } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-node';
+import { CatalogClient } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
+import { RELATION_OWNED_BY } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+
+const applicableEntityKinds = [
+  'component',
+  'api',
+  'template',
+  'domain',
+  'resource',
+  'system',
+];
+
+const entityKindFilter = { field: 'kind', values: applicableEntityKinds };
+
+export const entityFactRetriever = {
+  id: 'entityRetriever',
+  version: '0.0.1',
+  entityFilter: [
+    {
+      field: 'kind',
+      values: applicableEntityKinds,
+    },
+  ],
+  schema: {
+    hasSpecWithOwner: {
+      type: 'boolean',
+      description: 'The spec.owner field is set',
+    },
+    hasSpecWithGroupOwner: {
+      type: 'boolean',
+      description: 'The spec.owner field is set and refers to a group',
+    },
+    hasOwnedByRelation: {
+      type: 'boolean',
+      description: 'The entity has an owned_by relation',
+    },
+    hasOwnedByRelationWithGroupTarget: {
+      type: 'boolean',
+      description: 'The entity has an owned_by relation which targets a group',
+    },
+  },
+  handler: async ({ discovery }: FactRetrieverContext) => {
+    const catalogClient = new CatalogClient({
+      discoveryApi: discovery,
+    });
+    const entities = await catalogClient.getEntities({
+      filter: entityKindFilter,
+    });
+
+    return entities.items.map(it => {
+      return {
+        entity: {
+          namespace: it.metadata.namespace!!,
+          kind: it.kind,
+          name: it.metadata.name,
+        },
+        facts: {
+          hasSpecWithOwner: Boolean(it.spec?.owner),
+          hasSpecWithGroupOwner: Boolean(it.spec?.owner && it.spec?.owner),
+          hasOwnedByRelation: Boolean(
+            it.relations &&
+              it.relations.find(({ type }) => type === RELATION_OWNED_BY),
+          ),
+          hasOwnedByRelationWithGroupTarget: Boolean(
+            it.relations &&
+              it.relations.find(
+                ({ type, target }) =>
+                  type === RELATION_OWNED_BY && target.kind === 'group',
+              ),
+          ),
+        },
+      };
+    });
+  },
+};