diff --git a/.changeset/twenty-trees-travel.md b/.changeset/twenty-trees-travel.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f65084320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twenty-trees-travel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog': patch
+---
+
+Use the OWNED_BY relation and compare it to the users MEMBER_OF relation. The user entity is searched by name, based on the userId of the identity.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.test.tsx
index 83bf4a6f6e..28fb1b08c7 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.test.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
  */
 
 import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import {
+  Entity,
+  RELATION_MEMBER_OF,
+  RELATION_OWNED_BY,
+} from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import {
   ApiProvider,
   ApiRegistry,
@@ -46,6 +50,12 @@ describe('CatalogPage', () => {
               owner: 'tools@example.com',
               type: 'service',
             },
+            relations: [
+              {
+                type: RELATION_OWNED_BY,
+                target: { kind: 'Group', name: 'tools', namespace: 'default' },
+              },
+            ],
           },
           {
             apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
@@ -57,11 +67,34 @@ describe('CatalogPage', () => {
               owner: 'not-tools@example.com',
               type: 'service',
             },
+            relations: [
+              {
+                type: RELATION_OWNED_BY,
+                target: {
+                  kind: 'Group',
+                  name: 'not-tools',
+                  namespace: 'default',
+                },
+              },
+            ],
           },
         ] as Entity[],
       }),
     getLocationByEntity: () =>
       Promise.resolve({ id: 'id', type: 'github', target: 'url' }),
+    getEntityByName: async entityName => {
+      return {
+        apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
+        kind: 'User',
+        metadata: { name: entityName.name },
+        relations: [
+          {
+            type: RELATION_MEMBER_OF,
+            target: { namespace: 'default', kind: 'Group', name: 'tools' },
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+    },
   };
   const testProfile: Partial<ProfileInfo> = {
     displayName: 'Display Name',
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.tsx
index e73a789380..5b728895b8 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/CatalogPage/CatalogPage.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
   Content,
   ContentHeader,
   errorApiRef,
-  identityApiRef,
   SupportButton,
   useApi,
 } from '@backstage/core';
@@ -38,6 +37,8 @@ import { ResultsFilter } from '../ResultsFilter/ResultsFilter';
 import CatalogLayout from './CatalogLayout';
 import { CatalogTabs, LabeledComponentType } from './CatalogTabs';
 import { WelcomeBanner } from './WelcomeBanner';
+import { useUserGroups } from '../useUserGroups';
+import { RELATION_OWNED_BY } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
   contentWrapper: {
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@ const CatalogPageContents = () => {
   const catalogApi = useApi(catalogApiRef);
   const errorApi = useApi(errorApiRef);
   const { isStarredEntity } = useStarredEntities();
-  const userId = useApi(identityApiRef).getUserId();
   const [selectedTab, setSelectedTab] = useState<string>();
   const [selectedSidebarItem, setSelectedSidebarItem] = useState<string>();
   const orgName = configApi.getOptionalString('organization.name') ?? 'Company';
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ const CatalogPageContents = () => {
     [],
   );
 
+  const { groups } = useUserGroups();
+
   const filterGroups = useMemo<ButtonGroup[]>(
     () => [
       {
@@ -121,7 +123,16 @@ const CatalogPageContents = () => {
             id: 'owned',
             label: 'Owned',
             icon: SettingsIcon,
-            filterFn: entity => entity.spec?.owner === userId,
+            filterFn: entity => {
+              const ownerRelation = entity.relations?.find(
+                r =>
+                  r.type === RELATION_OWNED_BY &&
+                  r.target.kind.toLowerCase() === 'group',
+              );
+              return (
+                !!ownerRelation && groups.includes(ownerRelation.target.name)
+              );
+            },
           },
           {
             id: 'starred',
@@ -142,7 +153,7 @@ const CatalogPageContents = () => {
         ],
       },
     ],
-    [isStarredEntity, userId, orgName],
+    [isStarredEntity, orgName, groups],
   );
 
   const showAddExampleEntities =
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/useUserGroups.ts b/plugins/catalog/src/components/useUserGroups.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c91a449837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/useUserGroups.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 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 { useAsync } from 'react-use';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { RELATION_MEMBER_OF } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { identityApiRef, useApi } from '@backstage/core';
+import { catalogApiRef } from '../plugin';
+
+/**
+ * Get the group memberships of the logged-in user.
+ */
+export const useUserGroups: () => {
+  groups: string[];
+  loading: boolean;
+  error?: Error;
+} = () => {
+  const catalogApi = useApi(catalogApiRef);
+  const userId = useApi(identityApiRef).getUserId();
+
+  // TODO: should the identityApiRef already include the entity? or at least a full EntityName?
+  const { value: user, loading, error } = useAsync(async () => {
+    return await catalogApi.getEntityByName({
+      kind: 'User',
+      namespace: 'default',
+      name: userId,
+    });
+  }, [catalogApi, userId]);
+
+  // calculate the group memberships
+  const groups = useMemo<string[]>(() => {
+    if (user && user.relations) {
+      return user.relations
+        .filter(
+          r =>
+            r.type === RELATION_MEMBER_OF &&
+            r.target.kind.toLowerCase() === 'group',
+        )
+        .map(r => r.target.name);
+    }
+
+    return [];
+  }, [user]);
+
+  return { groups, loading, error };
+};