diff --git a/modules/thermal_hydraulics/include/components/Component.h b/modules/thermal_hydraulics/include/components/Component.h
index 9f384a1b3a8d..13bc5e4d69e7 100644
--- a/modules/thermal_hydraulics/include/components/Component.h
+++ b/modules/thermal_hydraulics/include/components/Component.h
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ class Component : public THMObject, public LoggingInterface, public NamingInterf
    */
   void executeSetupMesh();
 
+  /**
+   * Adds relationship managers for the component
+   */
+  virtual void addRelationshipManagers(Moose::RelationshipManagerType /*input_rm_type*/) {}
+
   virtual void addVariables() {}
 
   virtual void addMooseObjects() {}
@@ -275,6 +280,18 @@ class Component : public THMObject, public LoggingInterface, public NamingInterf
    */
   virtual void setupMesh() {}
 
+  /**
+   * Method to add a relationship manager for the objects being added to the system. Relationship
+   * managers have to be added relatively early. In many cases before the Action::act() method
+   * is called.
+   *
+   * This method was copied from Action.
+   *
+   * @param moose_object_pars The MooseObject to inspect for RelationshipManagers to add
+   * @return Whether any relationship manager was added
+   */
+  bool addRelationshipManagersFromParameters(const InputParameters & moose_object_pars);
+
   /**
    * Runtime check to make sure that a parameter of specified type exists in the component's input
    * parameters
@@ -396,6 +413,27 @@ class Component : public THMObject, public LoggingInterface, public NamingInterf
   THMMesh & _mesh;
 
 private:
+  /**
+   * Method for adding a single relationship manager
+   *
+   * This method was copied from Action.
+   *
+   * @param moose_object_pars The parameters of the MooseObject that requested the RM
+   * @param rm_name The class type of the RM, e.g. ElementSideNeighborLayers
+   * @param rm_type The RelationshipManagerType, e.g. geometric, algebraic, coupling
+   * @param rm_input_parameter_func The RM callback function, typically a lambda defined in the
+   *                                requesting MooseObject's validParams function
+   * @param sys_type A RMSystemType that can be used to limit the systems and consequent dof_maps
+   *                 that the RM can be attached to
+   * @return Whether a relationship manager was added
+   */
+  bool
+  addRelationshipManager(const InputParameters & moose_object_pars,
+                         std::string rm_name,
+                         Moose::RelationshipManagerType rm_type,
+                         Moose::RelationshipManagerInputParameterCallback rm_input_parameter_func,
+                         Moose::RMSystemType sys_type = Moose::RMSystemType::NONE);
+
   /// Component setup status
   mutable EComponentSetupStatus _component_setup_status;
 
diff --git a/modules/thermal_hydraulics/include/components/FlowComponentNS.h b/modules/thermal_hydraulics/include/components/FlowComponentNS.h
index a1d4f1aa6362..77a8e533cae2 100644
--- a/modules/thermal_hydraulics/include/components/FlowComponentNS.h
+++ b/modules/thermal_hydraulics/include/components/FlowComponentNS.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class FlowComponentNS : public NSFVBase<FileMeshComponent>
 
   FlowComponentNS(const InputParameters & parameters);
 
+  virtual void addRelationshipManagers(Moose::RelationshipManagerType input_rm_type) override;
   virtual void addVariables() override;
   virtual void addMooseObjects() override;
 
diff --git a/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/base/Simulation.C b/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/base/Simulation.C
index a073c33733ec..65ec5a38f783 100644
--- a/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/base/Simulation.C
+++ b/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/base/Simulation.C
@@ -684,6 +684,11 @@ Simulation::addRelationshipManagers()
     if (!_thm_app.addRelationshipManager(rm))
       _thm_factory.releaseSharedObjects(*rm);
   }
+
+  for (auto && comp : _components)
+    comp->addRelationshipManagers(Moose::RelationshipManagerType::COUPLING |
+                                  Moose::RelationshipManagerType::ALGEBRAIC |
+                                  Moose::RelationshipManagerType::GEOMETRIC);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/components/Component.C b/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/components/Component.C
index 5d0a9549fcf6..2265b39a06e4 100644
--- a/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/components/Component.C
+++ b/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/components/Component.C
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "ThermalHydraulicsApp.h"
 #include "ConstantFunction.h"
 #include "Numerics.h"
+#include "RelationshipManager.h"
 
 InputParameters
 Component::validParams()
@@ -158,6 +159,68 @@ Component::checkComponentExistsByName(const std::string & comp_name) const
     logError("The component '", comp_name, "' does not exist");
 }
 
+bool
+Component::addRelationshipManagersFromParameters(const InputParameters & moose_object_pars)
+{
+  const auto & buildable_types = moose_object_pars.getBuildableRelationshipManagerTypes();
+
+  bool added = false;
+
+  for (const auto & buildable_type : buildable_types)
+  {
+    auto & rm_name = std::get<0>(buildable_type);
+    auto & rm_type = std::get<1>(buildable_type);
+    auto rm_input_parameter_func = std::get<2>(buildable_type);
+
+    added = addRelationshipManager(moose_object_pars, rm_name, rm_type, rm_input_parameter_func) ||
+            added;
+  }
+
+  return added;
+}
+
+bool
+Component::addRelationshipManager(
+    const InputParameters & moose_object_pars,
+    std::string rm_name,
+    Moose::RelationshipManagerType rm_type,
+    Moose::RelationshipManagerInputParameterCallback rm_input_parameter_func,
+    Moose::RMSystemType)
+{
+  // These need unique names
+  static unsigned int unique_object_id = 0;
+
+  auto new_name = moose_object_pars.get<std::string>("_moose_base") + '_' + name() + '_' + rm_name +
+                  "_" + Moose::stringify(rm_type) + " " + std::to_string(unique_object_id);
+
+  auto rm_params = _factory.getValidParams(rm_name);
+  rm_params.set<Moose::RelationshipManagerType>("rm_type") = rm_type;
+
+  rm_params.set<std::string>("for_whom") = name();
+
+  // If there is a callback for setting the RM parameters let's use it
+  if (rm_input_parameter_func)
+    rm_input_parameter_func(moose_object_pars, rm_params);
+
+  rm_params.set<MooseMesh *>("mesh") = &mesh();
+
+  if (!rm_params.areAllRequiredParamsValid())
+    mooseError("Missing required parameters for RelationshipManager " + rm_name + " for object " +
+               name());
+
+  auto rm_obj = _factory.create<RelationshipManager>(rm_name, new_name, rm_params);
+
+  const bool added = _app.addRelationshipManager(rm_obj);
+
+  // Delete the resources created on behalf of the RM if it ends up not being added to the App.
+  if (!added)
+    _factory.releaseSharedObjects(*rm_obj);
+  else // we added it
+    unique_object_id++;
+
+  return added;
+}
+
 void
 Component::checkMutuallyExclusiveParameters(const std::vector<std::string> & params,
                                             bool need_one_specified) const
diff --git a/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/components/FlowComponentNS.C b/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/components/FlowComponentNS.C
index f12bf6b1e424..c7ddd2dedd28 100644
--- a/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/components/FlowComponentNS.C
+++ b/modules/thermal_hydraulics/src/components/FlowComponentNS.C
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ FlowComponentNS::FlowComponentNS(const InputParameters & parameters)
   checkCopyNSNodalVariables();
 }
 
+void FlowComponentNS::addRelationshipManagers(Moose::RelationshipManagerType /*input_rm_type*/)
+{
+  addRelationshipManagersFromParameters(getGhostParametersForRM());
+}
+
 void
 FlowComponentNS::addVariables()
 {