diff --git a/src/internal/analytics-metadata/__tests__/components.tsx b/src/internal/analytics-metadata/__tests__/components.tsx
index 2005400..ad371cc 100644
--- a/src/internal/analytics-metadata/__tests__/components.tsx
+++ b/src/internal/analytics-metadata/__tests__/components.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { METADATA_ATTRIBUTE, getAnalyticsMetadataAttribute, getAnalyticsLabelAttribute } from '../attributes';
 
 export const ComponentOne = ({ malformed }: { malformed?: boolean }) => (
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export const ComponentOne = ({ malformed }: { malformed?: boolean }) => (
   </div>
 );
 
-const ComponentTwo = () => (
+export const ComponentTwo = () => (
   <div {...getAnalyticsMetadataAttribute({ component: { name: 'ComponentTwo', label: '.component-label' } })}>
     <div className="component-label" {...getAnalyticsLabelAttribute('.sub-label')}>
       <div className="sub-label">sub label</div>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const ComponentTwo = () => (
   </div>
 );
 
-export const ComponentThree = () => (
+export const ComponentThree = ({ children }: { children?: ReactNode }) => (
   <div {...getAnalyticsMetadataAttribute({ component: { name: 'ComponentThree' } })}>
     <div
       {...getAnalyticsMetadataAttribute({
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export const ComponentThree = () => (
       <div data-awsui-referrer-id="id:nested:portal">
         <ComponentOne />
       </div>
+      {children}
     </div>
   </div>
 );
diff --git a/src/internal/analytics-metadata/__tests__/page-scanner-utils.test.tsx b/src/internal/analytics-metadata/__tests__/page-scanner-utils.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df6b636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/analytics-metadata/__tests__/page-scanner-utils.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { getComponentsTree } from '../utils';
+import { METADATA_ATTRIBUTE, activateAnalyticsMetadata } from '../attributes';
+import { ComponentOne, ComponentTwo, ComponentThree } from './components';
+
+describe('getComponentsTree', () => {
+  describe('with active analytics metadata', () => {
+    beforeAll(() => {
+      activateAnalyticsMetadata(true);
+    });
+    test('returns an empty array when input is null', () => {
+      expect(getComponentsTree(null)).toEqual([]);
+    });
+    test('skips metadata that does not refer to a component', () => {
+      const { container } = render(
+        <div id="outer-target">
+          <ComponentOne />
+        </div>
+      );
+      const target = container.querySelector('#outer-target') as HTMLElement;
+      expect(getComponentsTree(target)).toEqual([
+        { name: 'ComponentOne', label: 'component label', properties: { multi: 'true' }, children: [] },
+      ]);
+    });
+    test('only includes components inside the specified element', () => {
+      const { container } = render(
+        <>
+          <div id="outer-target-1">
+            <ComponentOne />
+          </div>
+          <div id="outer-target-2">
+            <ComponentTwo />
+          </div>
+        </>
+      );
+      expect(getComponentsTree(container.querySelector('#outer-target-1') as HTMLElement)).toEqual([
+        { name: 'ComponentOne', label: 'component label', properties: { multi: 'true' }, children: [] },
+      ]);
+      expect(getComponentsTree(container.querySelector('#outer-target-2') as HTMLElement)).toEqual([
+        { name: 'ComponentTwo', label: 'sub label', children: [] },
+      ]);
+    });
+    test('can include multiple components', () => {
+      const { container } = render(
+        <div id="outer-target-1">
+          <ComponentThree />
+          <ComponentTwo />
+        </div>
+      );
+      expect(getComponentsTree(container.querySelector('#outer-target-1') as HTMLElement)).toEqual([
+        {
+          name: 'ComponentThree',
+          children: [
+            { name: 'ComponentTwo', label: 'sub label', children: [] },
+            { name: 'ComponentOne', label: 'component label', properties: { multi: 'true' }, children: [] },
+          ],
+        },
+        { name: 'ComponentTwo', label: 'sub label', children: [] },
+      ]);
+    });
+    test('can include multiple nested components', () => {
+      const { container } = render(
+        <div id="outer-target-1">
+          <ComponentThree>
+            <ComponentThree />
+          </ComponentThree>
+        </div>
+      );
+      expect(getComponentsTree(container.querySelector('#outer-target-1') as HTMLElement)).toEqual([
+        {
+          name: 'ComponentThree',
+          children: [
+            { name: 'ComponentTwo', label: 'sub label', children: [] },
+            { name: 'ComponentOne', label: 'component label', properties: { multi: 'true' }, children: [] },
+            {
+              name: 'ComponentThree',
+              children: [
+                { name: 'ComponentTwo', label: 'sub label', children: [] },
+                { name: 'ComponentOne', label: 'component label', properties: { multi: 'true' }, children: [] },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+    test('use document as default element', () => {
+      render(
+        <>
+          <ComponentThree />
+          <ComponentTwo />
+        </>
+      );
+      expect(getComponentsTree()).toEqual([
+        {
+          name: 'ComponentThree',
+          children: [
+            { name: 'ComponentTwo', label: 'sub label', children: [] },
+            { name: 'ComponentOne', label: 'component label', properties: { multi: 'true' }, children: [] },
+          ],
+        },
+        { name: 'ComponentTwo', label: 'sub label', children: [] },
+      ]);
+    });
+    test('skips malformed metadata', () => {
+      const { container } = render(
+        <div id="outer-target" {...{ [METADATA_ATTRIBUTE]: "{'corruptedJSON':}" }}>
+          <ComponentOne malformed={true} />
+        </div>
+      );
+      const target = container.querySelector('#outer-target') as HTMLElement;
+      expect(getComponentsTree(target)).toEqual([
+        { name: 'ComponentOne', label: 'component label', properties: { multi: 'true' }, children: [] },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('with inactive analytics metadata', () => {
+    beforeAll(() => {
+      activateAnalyticsMetadata(false);
+    });
+    test('returns an empty object', () => {
+      const { container } = render(<ComponentThree />);
+      const target = container.querySelector('#target') as HTMLElement;
+      expect(getComponentsTree(target)).toEqual([]);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/internal/analytics-metadata/interfaces.ts b/src/internal/analytics-metadata/interfaces.ts
index 383dd3c..297e244 100644
--- a/src/internal/analytics-metadata/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/internal/analytics-metadata/interfaces.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export interface GeneratedAnalyticsMetadata {
   contexts: Array<GeneratedAnalyticsMetadataComponentContext>;
 }
 
-interface GeneratedAnalyticsMetadataComponent {
+export interface GeneratedAnalyticsMetadataComponent {
   // name of the component. For example: "awsui.RadioGroup". We prefix the actual name with awsui to account for future tagging of custom components
   name: string;
 
diff --git a/src/internal/analytics-metadata/page-scanner-utils.ts b/src/internal/analytics-metadata/page-scanner-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..615b32e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/analytics-metadata/page-scanner-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { METADATA_ATTRIBUTE } from './attributes';
+import { isNodeComponent } from './dom-utils';
+import { GeneratedAnalyticsMetadataComponent } from './interfaces';
+import { getGeneratedAnalyticsMetadata } from './utils';
+
+interface GeneratedAnalyticsMetadataComponentTree extends GeneratedAnalyticsMetadataComponent {
+  children?: Array<GeneratedAnalyticsMetadataComponentTree>;
+}
+
+const getComponentsArray = (node: HTMLElement | Document = document) => {
+  const elementsWithMetadata = Array.from(node.querySelectorAll(`[${METADATA_ATTRIBUTE}]`)) as Array<HTMLElement>;
+  return elementsWithMetadata.filter(isNodeComponent);
+};
+
+const getComponentsTreeRecursive = (
+  node: HTMLElement | Document,
+  visited: Set<HTMLElement>
+): Array<GeneratedAnalyticsMetadataComponentTree> => {
+  const tree: Array<GeneratedAnalyticsMetadataComponentTree> = [];
+  const componentNodes = getComponentsArray(node);
+  componentNodes.forEach(componentNode => {
+    if (visited.has(componentNode)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    visited.add(componentNode);
+    tree.push({
+      ...getGeneratedAnalyticsMetadata(componentNode).contexts[0].detail,
+      children: getComponentsTreeRecursive(componentNode, visited),
+    });
+  });
+  return tree;
+};
+
+export const getComponentsTree = (
+  node: HTMLElement | Document | null = document
+): Array<GeneratedAnalyticsMetadataComponentTree> => {
+  if (!node) {
+    return [];
+  }
+  return getComponentsTreeRecursive(node, new Set());
+};
diff --git a/src/internal/analytics-metadata/utils.ts b/src/internal/analytics-metadata/utils.ts
index 05c1205..19bb318 100644
--- a/src/internal/analytics-metadata/utils.ts
+++ b/src/internal/analytics-metadata/utils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 export { getRawAnalyticsMetadata } from './testing-utils';
+export { getComponentsTree } from './page-scanner-utils';
 
 import { METADATA_DATA_ATTRIBUTE } from './attributes';
 import { GeneratedAnalyticsMetadata, GeneratedAnalyticsMetadataFragment } from './interfaces';