diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/api/getters/useFeatureSearch/useFeatureSearch.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/api/getters/useFeatureSearch/useFeatureSearch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac2b0cc288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/api/getters/useFeatureSearch/useFeatureSearch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import useSWR, { SWRConfiguration } from 'swr';
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
+import { IFeatureToggleListItem } from 'interfaces/featureToggle';
+import { formatApiPath } from 'utils/formatPath';
+import handleErrorResponses from '../httpErrorResponseHandler';
+
+type IFeatureSearchResponse = { features: IFeatureToggleListItem[] };
+
+interface IUseFeatureSearchOutput {
+    features: IFeatureSearchResponse;
+    loading: boolean;
+    error: string;
+    refetch: () => void;
+}
+
+const fallbackFeatures: { features: IFeatureToggleListItem[] } = {
+    features: [],
+};
+
+export const useFeatureSearch = (
+    options: SWRConfiguration = {},
+): IUseFeatureSearchOutput => {
+    const { KEY, fetcher } = getFeatureSearchFetcher();
+    const { data, error, mutate } = useSWR<IFeatureSearchResponse>(
+        KEY,
+        fetcher,
+        options,
+    );
+
+    const refetch = useCallback(() => {
+        mutate();
+    }, [mutate]);
+
+    return {
+        features: data || fallbackFeatures,
+        loading: !error && !data,
+        error,
+        refetch,
+    };
+};
+
+const getFeatureSearchFetcher = () => {
+    const fetcher = () => {
+        const path = formatApiPath(`api/admin/search/features`);
+        return fetch(path, {
+            method: 'GET',
+        })
+            .then(handleErrorResponses('Feature search'))
+            .then((res) => res.json());
+    };
+
+    const KEY = `api/admin/search/features`;
+
+    return {
+        fetcher,
+        KEY,
+    };
+};
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/createFeatureSearchService.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/createFeatureSearchService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d8c678329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/createFeatureSearchService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { Db } from '../../db/db';
+import { IUnleashConfig } from '../../types';
+
+import FeatureStrategiesStore from '../feature-toggle/feature-toggle-strategies-store';
+import { FeatureSearchService } from './feature-search-service';
+import FakeFeatureStrategiesStore from '../feature-toggle/fakes/fake-feature-strategies-store';
+
+export const createFeatureSearchService =
+    (config: IUnleashConfig) => (db: Db): FeatureSearchService => {
+        const { getLogger, eventBus, flagResolver } = config;
+        const featureStrategiesStore = new FeatureStrategiesStore(
+            db,
+            eventBus,
+            getLogger,
+            flagResolver,
+        );
+
+        return new FeatureSearchService(
+            { featureStrategiesStore: featureStrategiesStore },
+            config,
+        );
+    };
+
+export const createFakeFeatureSearchService = (
+    config: IUnleashConfig,
+): FeatureSearchService => {
+    const fakeFeatureStrategiesStore = new FakeFeatureStrategiesStore();
+
+    return new FeatureSearchService(
+        {
+            featureStrategiesStore: fakeFeatureStrategiesStore,
+        },
+        config,
+    );
+};
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts
index ae80cadb6d..d17ed36c8b 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Response } from 'express';
 import Controller from '../../routes/controller';
-import { OpenApiService } from '../../services';
+import { FeatureSearchService, OpenApiService } from '../../services';
 import {
     IFlagResolver,
     IUnleashConfig,
@@ -19,22 +19,28 @@ interface ISearchQueryParams {
 
 const PATH = '/features';
 
-type FeatureSearchServices = Pick<IUnleashServices, 'openApiService'>;
+type FeatureSearchServices = Pick<
+    IUnleashServices,
+    'openApiService' | 'featureSearchService'
+>;
 
 export default class FeatureSearchController extends Controller {
     private openApiService: OpenApiService;
 
     private flagResolver: IFlagResolver;
 
+    private featureSearchService: FeatureSearchService;
+
     private readonly logger: Logger;
 
     constructor(
         config: IUnleashConfig,
-        { openApiService }: FeatureSearchServices,
+        { openApiService, featureSearchService }: FeatureSearchServices,
     ) {
         super(config);
         this.openApiService = openApiService;
         this.flagResolver = config.flagResolver;
+        this.featureSearchService = featureSearchService;
         this.logger = config.getLogger(
             '/feature-search/feature-search-controller.ts',
         );
@@ -66,7 +72,11 @@ export default class FeatureSearchController extends Controller {
         const { query, tags } = req.query;
 
         if (this.config.flagResolver.isEnabled('featureSearchAPI')) {
-            res.json({ features: [] });
+            const features = await this.featureSearchService.search(
+                query,
+                tags,
+            );
+            res.json({ features });
         } else {
             throw new InvalidOperationError(
                 'Feature Search API is not enabled',
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b37b4d4cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { Logger } from '../../logger';
+import {
+    IFeatureStrategiesStore,
+    IUnleashConfig,
+    IUnleashStores,
+} from '../../types';
+
+export class FeatureSearchService {
+    private featureStrategiesStore: IFeatureStrategiesStore;
+    private logger: Logger;
+    constructor(
+        {
+            featureStrategiesStore,
+        }: Pick<IUnleashStores, 'featureStrategiesStore'>,
+        { getLogger }: Pick<IUnleashConfig, 'getLogger'>,
+    ) {
+        this.featureStrategiesStore = featureStrategiesStore;
+        this.logger = getLogger('services/feature-search-service.ts');
+    }
+
+    async search(query: string, tags: string[]) {
+        const features = await this.featureStrategiesStore.getFeatureOverview({
+            projectId: 'default',
+        });
+
+        return features;
+        // Search for features
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/services/index.ts b/src/lib/services/index.ts
index d1823cdde3..c93b132707 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/index.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ import {
     createFakeClientFeatureToggleService,
 } from '../features/client-feature-toggles/createClientFeatureToggleService';
 import { ClientFeatureToggleService } from '../features/client-feature-toggles/client-feature-toggle-service';
+import {
+    createFeatureSearchService,
+    createFakeFeatureSearchService,
+} from '../features/feature-search/createFeatureSearchService';
+import { FeatureSearchService } from '../features/feature-search/feature-search-service';
 
 // TODO: will be moved to scheduler feature directory
 export const scheduleServices = async (
@@ -336,6 +341,10 @@ export const createServices = (
         : withFakeTransactional(createFakeDependentFeaturesService(config));
     const dependentFeaturesService = transactionalDependentFeaturesService;
 
+    const featureSearchService = db
+        ? createFeatureSearchService(config)(db)
+        : createFakeFeatureSearchService(config);
+
     const featureToggleServiceV2 = new FeatureToggleService(
         stores,
         config,
@@ -483,6 +492,7 @@ export const createServices = (
         dependentFeaturesService,
         transactionalDependentFeaturesService,
         clientFeatureToggleService,
+        featureSearchService,
     };
 };
 
@@ -528,4 +538,5 @@ export {
     SchedulerService,
     DependentFeaturesService,
     ClientFeatureToggleService,
+    FeatureSearchService,
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/types/services.ts b/src/lib/types/services.ts
index a226171984..a5c15769c7 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/services.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/services.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import { IPrivateProjectChecker } from '../features/private-project/privateProje
 import { DependentFeaturesService } from '../features/dependent-features/dependent-features-service';
 import { WithTransactional } from 'lib/db/transaction';
 import { ClientFeatureToggleService } from 'lib/features/client-feature-toggles/client-feature-toggle-service';
+import { FeatureSearchService } from 'lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service';
 
 export interface IUnleashServices {
     accessService: AccessService;
@@ -107,4 +108,5 @@ export interface IUnleashServices {
     dependentFeaturesService: DependentFeaturesService;
     transactionalDependentFeaturesService: WithTransactional<DependentFeaturesService>;
     clientFeatureToggleService: ClientFeatureToggleService;
+    featureSearchService: FeatureSearchService;
 }
diff --git a/src/server-dev.ts b/src/server-dev.ts
index 763e99ccc4..10a3db9294 100644
--- a/src/server-dev.ts
+++ b/src/server-dev.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ process.nextTick(async () => {
                         separateAdminClientApi: true,
                         playgroundImprovements: true,
                         featureSwitchRefactor: true,
+                        featureSearchAPI: true,
                     },
                 },
                 authentication: {