diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index dcfce13388c7..872b7b34ae77 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ packages/kbn-saved-objects-settings @elastic/appex-sharedux
 src/plugins/saved_objects_tagging_oss @elastic/appex-sharedux
 x-pack/plugins/saved_objects_tagging @elastic/appex-sharedux
 src/plugins/saved_search @elastic/kibana-data-discovery
+src/plugins/saved_search_so @elastic/kibana-data-discovery
 examples/screenshot_mode_example @elastic/appex-sharedux
 src/plugins/screenshot_mode @elastic/appex-sharedux
 x-pack/examples/screenshotting_example @elastic/appex-sharedux
diff --git a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
index 3eccd4beaeda..a2f2da5d0db6 100644
--- a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
@@ -303,6 +303,10 @@ oss plugins.
 |Contains the saved search saved object definition and helpers.
 
 
+|{kib-repo}blob/{branch}/src/plugins/saved_search_so/README.md[savedSearchSo]
+|Contains the saved search saved object definition.
+
+
 |{kib-repo}blob/{branch}/src/plugins/screenshot_mode/README.md[screenshotMode]
 |The service exposed by this plugin informs consumers whether they should optimize for non-interactivity. In this way plugins can avoid loading unnecessary code, data or other services.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ccd5182e04a5..d6fa3701ceff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@
     "@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-oss-plugin": "link:src/plugins/saved_objects_tagging_oss",
     "@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-plugin": "link:x-pack/plugins/saved_objects_tagging",
     "@kbn/saved-search-plugin": "link:src/plugins/saved_search",
+    "@kbn/saved-search-so-plugin": "link:src/plugins/saved_search_so",
     "@kbn/screenshot-mode-example-plugin": "link:examples/screenshot_mode_example",
     "@kbn/screenshot-mode-plugin": "link:src/plugins/screenshot_mode",
     "@kbn/screenshotting-example-plugin": "link:x-pack/examples/screenshotting_example",
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search/common/constants.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search/common/constants.ts
index a980bd40e3e2..57e3cfff51eb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_search/common/constants.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search/common/constants.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,4 @@ export const SavedSearchType = 'search';
 
 export const LATEST_VERSION = 1;
 
-export const MIN_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE = 1;
-export const MAX_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE = 10000;
-
 export type SavedSearchContentType = typeof SavedSearchType;
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search/common/content_management/v1/cm_services.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search/common/content_management/v1/cm_services.ts
index 0cbbe69c4bfe..641b203f0676 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_search/common/content_management/v1/cm_services.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search/common/content_management/v1/cm_services.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ import {
   updateOptionsSchema,
   createResultSchema,
 } from '@kbn/content-management-utils';
-import { MIN_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE, MAX_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE } from '../../constants';
+import {
+  MIN_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE,
+  MAX_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE,
+} from '@kbn/saved-search-so-plugin/common';
 
 const sortSchema = schema.arrayOf(schema.string(), { maxSize: 2 });
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search/common/index.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search/common/index.ts
index 0ac92232fb3b..47ed071e7b08 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_search/common/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search/common/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
+export {
+  VIEW_MODE,
+  MIN_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE,
+  MAX_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE,
+} from '@kbn/saved-search-so-plugin/common';
 export { getSavedSearchUrl, getSavedSearchFullPathUrl } from './saved_searches_url';
 export { fromSavedSearchAttributes } from './saved_searches_utils';
 
@@ -16,15 +21,5 @@ export type {
   SavedSearchAttributes,
 } from './types';
 
-export enum VIEW_MODE {
-  DOCUMENT_LEVEL = 'documents',
-  AGGREGATED_LEVEL = 'aggregated',
-}
-
-export {
-  SavedSearchType,
-  LATEST_VERSION,
-  MIN_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE,
-  MAX_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE,
-} from './constants';
+export { SavedSearchType, LATEST_VERSION } from './constants';
 export { getKibanaContextFn } from './expressions/kibana_context';
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search/server/plugin.ts
index d09775442fd0..3ad969926d90 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_search/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search/server/plugin.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import type {
 } from '@kbn/data-plugin/server';
 import type { ContentManagementServerSetup } from '@kbn/content-management-plugin/server';
 import { ExpressionsServerSetup } from '@kbn/expressions-plugin/server';
-import { getSavedSearchObjectType } from './saved_objects';
 import { SavedSearchType, LATEST_VERSION } from '../common';
 import { SavedSearchStorage } from './content_management';
 import { kibanaContext } from '../common/expressions';
@@ -54,11 +53,6 @@ export class SavedSearchServerPlugin
       },
     });
 
-    const searchSource = data.search.searchSource;
-
-    const getSearchSourceMigrations = searchSource.getAllMigrations.bind(searchSource);
-    core.savedObjects.registerType(getSavedSearchObjectType(getSearchSourceMigrations));
-
     expressions.registerType(kibanaContext);
     expressions.registerFunction(
       getKibanaContext(core.getStartServices as StartServicesAccessor<SavedSearchServerStartDeps>)
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/saved_search/tsconfig.json
index c4ea0eaf4d5b..8c17ee85b081 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_search/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@
   "kbn_references": [
     "@kbn/core",
     "@kbn/data-plugin",
-    "@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin",
     "@kbn/spaces-plugin",
     "@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-oss-plugin",
     "@kbn/i18n",
     "@kbn/config-schema",
     "@kbn/core-saved-objects-server",
-    "@kbn/core-saved-objects-utils-server",
     "@kbn/object-versioning",
     "@kbn/content-management-utils",
     "@kbn/content-management-plugin",
@@ -33,6 +31,7 @@
     "@kbn/core-plugins-server",
     "@kbn/utility-types",
     "@kbn/saved-objects-finder-plugin",
+    "@kbn/saved-search-so-plugin",
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "target/**/*",
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search_so/README.md b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..558bd619fd40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Saved search SO
+
+Contains the saved search saved object definition.
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search_so/common/constants.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/common/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa7387516bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/common/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+export const MIN_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE = 1;
+export const MAX_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE = 10000;
+
+export enum VIEW_MODE {
+  DOCUMENT_LEVEL = 'documents',
+  AGGREGATED_LEVEL = 'aggregated',
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search_so/common/index.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/common/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7faa35e48b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/common/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+export { MIN_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE, MAX_SAVED_SEARCH_SAMPLE_SIZE, VIEW_MODE } from './constants';
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search_so/jest.config.js b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b3057569d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  preset: '@kbn/test',
+  rootDir: '../../..',
+  roots: ['<rootDir>/src/plugins/saved_search_so'],
+  coverageDirectory: '<rootDir>/target/kibana-coverage/jest/src/plugins/saved_search_so',
+  coverageReporters: ['text', 'html'],
+  collectCoverageFrom: [
+    '<rootDir>/src/plugins/saved_search_so/{common,public,server}/**/*.{js,ts,tsx}',
+  ],
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search_so/kibana.jsonc b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/kibana.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cc48ca56073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/kibana.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "type": "plugin",
+  "id": "@kbn/saved-search-so-plugin",
+  "owner": "@elastic/kibana-data-discovery",
+  "description": "This plugin contains 'search' SO definition",
+  "plugin": {
+    "id": "savedSearchSo",
+    "server": true,
+    "browser": false,
+    "requiredPlugins": ["data"],
+    "optionalPlugins": ["lens"],
+    "requiredBundles": [],
+    "extraPublicDirs": ["common"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/index.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62b857c90cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+export const plugin = async () => {
+  const { SavedSearchSOServerPlugin } = await import('./plugin');
+  return new SavedSearchSOServerPlugin();
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51ef3566d853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { CoreSetup, Plugin } from '@kbn/core/server';
+import type { PluginSetup as DataPluginSetup } from '@kbn/data-plugin/server';
+import { getSavedSearchObjectType } from './saved_objects';
+
+/**
+ * Saved search SO plugin server Setup contract
+ */
+export interface SavedSearchSOPublicSetupDependencies {
+  data: DataPluginSetup;
+}
+
+export class SavedSearchSOServerPlugin implements Plugin<object, object, object> {
+  constructor() {}
+
+  public setup(core: CoreSetup, { data }: SavedSearchSOPublicSetupDependencies) {
+    const searchSource = data.search.searchSource;
+
+    const getSearchSourceMigrations = searchSource.getAllMigrations.bind(searchSource);
+    core.savedObjects.registerType(getSavedSearchObjectType(getSearchSourceMigrations));
+
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  public start() {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  public stop() {}
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search/server/saved_objects/index.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/saved_objects/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/saved_search/server/saved_objects/index.ts
rename to src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/saved_objects/index.ts
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search/server/saved_objects/schema.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/saved_objects/schema.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/saved_search/server/saved_objects/schema.ts
rename to src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/saved_objects/schema.ts
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search/server/saved_objects/search.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/saved_objects/search.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/saved_search/server/saved_objects/search.ts
rename to src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/saved_objects/search.ts
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search/server/saved_objects/search_migrations.test.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/saved_objects/search_migrations.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/saved_search/server/saved_objects/search_migrations.test.ts
rename to src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/saved_objects/search_migrations.test.ts
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search/server/saved_objects/search_migrations.ts b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/saved_objects/search_migrations.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from src/plugins/saved_search/server/saved_objects/search_migrations.ts
rename to src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/saved_objects/search_migrations.ts
index 911c9a9f9322..6d327db99445 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_search/server/saved_objects/search_migrations.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/server/saved_objects/search_migrations.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-// TODO: This needs to be removed and properly typed
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 import { flow, get, mapValues } from 'lodash';
 import type {
   SavedObjectAttributes,
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_search_so/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f4080e5a29d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_search_so/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "target/types",
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "common/**/*",
+    "public/**/*",
+    "server/**/*",
+    "../../../typings/**/*",
+  ],
+  "kbn_references": [
+    "@kbn/core",
+    "@kbn/data-plugin",
+    "@kbn/config-schema",
+    "@kbn/core-saved-objects-server",
+    "@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin",
+    "@kbn/core-saved-objects-utils-server",
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "target/**/*",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index bb1f7b787702..2a92d90d8e94 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -1318,6 +1318,8 @@
       "@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-plugin/*": ["x-pack/plugins/saved_objects_tagging/*"],
       "@kbn/saved-search-plugin": ["src/plugins/saved_search"],
       "@kbn/saved-search-plugin/*": ["src/plugins/saved_search/*"],
+      "@kbn/saved-search-so-plugin": ["src/plugins/saved_search_so"],
+      "@kbn/saved-search-so-plugin/*": ["src/plugins/saved_search_so/*"],
       "@kbn/screenshot-mode-example-plugin": ["examples/screenshot_mode_example"],
       "@kbn/screenshot-mode-example-plugin/*": ["examples/screenshot_mode_example/*"],
       "@kbn/screenshot-mode-plugin": ["src/plugins/screenshot_mode"],
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d75766cfa5b0..c79a82b54eaa 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5700,6 +5700,10 @@
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""
 
+"@kbn/saved-search-so-plugin@link:src/plugins/saved_search_so":
+  version "0.0.0"
+  uid ""
+
 "@kbn/screenshot-mode-example-plugin@link:examples/screenshot_mode_example":
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""