diff --git a/app/services/ci/components/usages/create_service.rb b/app/services/ci/components/usages/create_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e6876ff01465e4a7c68e273c5401c2d6b5bc0188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/ci/components/usages/create_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Ci
+  module Components
+    module Usages
+      class CreateService
+        def initialize(component, used_by_project:)
+          @component = component
+          @used_by_project = used_by_project
+        end
+
+        def execute
+          component_usage = Ci::Catalog::Resources::Components::Usage.new(
+            component: component,
+            catalog_resource: component.catalog_resource,
+            project: component.project,
+            used_by_project_id: used_by_project.id
+          )
+
+          if component_usage.valid?
+            component_usage.save
+
+            return ServiceResponse.success(message: 'Usage recorded')
+          end
+
+          errors = component_usage.errors
+
+          if errors.size == 1 && errors.first.type == :taken # Only unique validation failed
+            ServiceResponse.success(message: 'Usage already recorded for today')
+          else
+            ServiceResponse.error(message: errors.full_messages.join(', '))
+          end
+        end
+
+        private
+
+        attr_reader :component, :used_by_project
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/pipeline/chain/component_usage.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/pipeline/chain/component_usage.rb
index 79b8ea2d9db0f7fd7e11e5658a18eac840b5ab3b..fa341a75c1be79f1c75898d2b513f39b656f3a9d 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/pipeline/chain/component_usage.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/pipeline/chain/component_usage.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ def track_event(component)
                 value: component.resource_type_before_type_cast
               }
             )
+
+            ::Ci::Components::Usages::CreateService.new(component, used_by_project: project).execute
           end
 
           def included_catalog_components
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/pipeline/chain/component_usage_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/pipeline/chain/component_usage_spec.rb
index f4291f4938f64f7a3c692fd090efd54d4102b31c..ce27de2db4361342a36642be9cc3a25931174568 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/pipeline/chain/component_usage_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/pipeline/chain/component_usage_spec.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@
       let(:value) { 1 } # Default resource_type
     end
 
+    it 'creates a component usage record' do
+      expect { perform }.to change { Ci::Catalog::Resources::Components::Usage.count }.by(1)
+    end
+
+    context 'when component usage has already been recorded', :freeze_time do
+      it 'does not create a component usage record' do
+        step.perform!
+
+        expect { perform }.not_to change { Ci::Catalog::Resources::Components::Usage.count }
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when the FF `ci_track_catalog_component_usage` is disabled' do
       before do
         stub_feature_flags(ci_track_catalog_component_usage: false)
@@ -50,6 +62,10 @@
 
         perform
       end
+
+      it 'does not create a component usage record' do
+        expect { perform }.not_to change { Ci::Catalog::Resources::Components::Usage.count }
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/services/ci/components/usages/create_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/ci/components/usages/create_service_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..81c96e5598f4327b81565310c07b2d1ac46208d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/ci/components/usages/create_service_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Ci::Components::Usages::CreateService, feature_category: :pipeline_composition do
+  let_it_be(:project) { create(:project) }
+  let_it_be(:component) { create(:ci_catalog_resource_component) }
+
+  let(:service) { described_class.new(component, used_by_project: project) }
+
+  describe '#execute' do
+    subject(:execute) { service.execute }
+
+    it 'creates a usage record', :aggregate_failures do
+      expect { execute }.to change { Ci::Catalog::Resources::Components::Usage.count }.by(1)
+      expect(execute).to be_success
+      expect(execute.message).to eq('Usage recorded')
+
+      usage = Ci::Catalog::Resources::Components::Usage.find_by(component: component)
+
+      expect(usage.catalog_resource).to eq(component.catalog_resource)
+      expect(usage.project).to eq(component.project)
+      expect(usage.used_by_project_id).to eq(project.id)
+    end
+
+    context 'when usage has already been recorded', :freeze_time do
+      it 'does not create a usage record' do
+        service.execute
+
+        expect { execute }.not_to change { Ci::Catalog::Resources::Components::Usage.count }
+        expect(execute).to be_success
+        expect(execute.message).to eq('Usage already recorded for today')
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when usage is invalid' do
+      it 'does not create a usage record and returns error' do
+        usage = instance_double(
+          Ci::Catalog::Resources::Components::Usage, valid?: false,
+          errors: instance_double(ActiveModel::Errors, full_messages: ['msg 1', 'msg 2'], size: 2))
+
+        allow(Ci::Catalog::Resources::Components::Usage).to receive(:new).and_return(usage)
+
+        expect { execute }.not_to change { Ci::Catalog::Resources::Components::Usage.count }
+        expect(execute).to be_error
+        expect(execute.message).to eq('msg 1, msg 2')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end