diff --git a/.changeset/eleven-baboons-sparkle.md b/.changeset/eleven-baboons-sparkle.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7dba4792bcb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eleven-baboons-sparkle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': minor
+---
+
+added useOwnedEntities hook to get the list of entities of the logged-in user
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
index c4aa254226507..ef469e3b02262 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/api-report.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { ApiRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { AsyncState } from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
 import { CATALOG_FILTER_EXISTS } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
+import { CatalogListResponse } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { ComponentEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { ComponentProps } from 'react';
 import { Context } from 'react';
@@ -847,6 +848,12 @@ export function useEntityOwnership(): {
 // @public
 export function useEntityTypeFilter(): EntityTypeReturn;
 
+// @public
+export function useOwnedEntities(allowedKinds?: string[]): {
+  loading: boolean;
+  ownedEntities: CatalogListResponse<Entity> | undefined;
+};
+
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "useOwnUser" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)
 //
 // @public
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/index.ts
index bbbca3a50126a..a6684732ce0e0 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ export {
   useEntityOwnership,
   loadIdentityOwnerRefs,
 } from './useEntityOwnership';
+export { useOwnedEntities } from './useOwnedEntities';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/OwnedEntityPicker/useOwnedEntities.ts b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useOwnedEntities.ts
similarity index 82%
rename from plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/OwnedEntityPicker/useOwnedEntities.ts
rename to plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useOwnedEntities.ts
index ecdfc5c90f12e..f9191364cb72c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/OwnedEntityPicker/useOwnedEntities.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/hooks/useOwnedEntities.ts
@@ -13,17 +13,27 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+import { catalogApiRef } from './../api';
 import {
-  catalogApiRef,
   loadCatalogOwnerRefs,
   loadIdentityOwnerRefs,
-} from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
+} from './useEntityOwnership';
 import { identityApiRef, useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { Entity, RELATION_OWNED_BY } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { CatalogListResponse } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { useAsync } from 'react-use';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
+/**
+ * Takes the relevant parts of the Backstage identity, and translates them into
+ * a list of entities which are owned by the user. Takes an optional parameter
+ * to filter the entities based on allowedKinds
+ *
+ * @public
+ *
+ * @param allowedKinds - Array of allowed kinds to filter the entities
+ * @returns CatalogListResponse<Entity>
+ */
 export function useOwnedEntities(allowedKinds?: string[]): {
   loading: boolean;
   ownedEntities: CatalogListResponse<Entity> | undefined;
@@ -52,6 +62,7 @@ export function useOwnedEntities(allowedKinds?: string[]): {
     );
     return catalogs;
   }, []);
+
   const ownedEntities = useMemo(() => {
     return refs;
   }, [refs]);
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/OwnedEntityPicker/OwnedEntityPicker.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/OwnedEntityPicker/OwnedEntityPicker.tsx
index 06b637a79ca7b..3c2fc2b495c36 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/OwnedEntityPicker/OwnedEntityPicker.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/OwnedEntityPicker/OwnedEntityPicker.tsx
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { formatEntityRefTitle } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
+import {
+  formatEntityRefTitle,
+  useOwnedEntities,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import { TextField } from '@material-ui/core';
 import FormControl from '@material-ui/core/FormControl';
 import Autocomplete from '@material-ui/lab/Autocomplete';
 import { FieldProps } from '@rjsf/core';
 import React from 'react';
-import { useOwnedEntities } from './useOwnedEntities';
 
 export const OwnedEntityPicker = ({
   onChange,