diff --git a/workspaces/tech-radar/.changeset/witty-parents-cover.md b/workspaces/tech-radar/.changeset/witty-parents-cover.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..022c87f719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspaces/tech-radar/.changeset/witty-parents-cover.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage-community/plugin-tech-radar': major
+---
+
+The plugin now responds better to small screens. The number of columns in the legend adjusts based on screen width; it will have 3 columns on wide screens and 1 column on narrow screens. The columns will never overlap and the legend will not disappear on very narrow screens.
diff --git a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/Radar.test.tsx b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/Radar.test.tsx
index b76eb20a16..effbd24bf6 100644
--- a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/Radar.test.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/Radar.test.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ import Radar, { Props } from './Radar';
 const minProps: Props = {
   width: 500,
   height: 200,
-  quadrants: [{ id: 'languages', name: 'Languages' }],
+  quadrants: [
+    { id: 'infrastructure', name: 'Infrastructure' },
+    { id: 'frameworks', name: 'Frameworks' },
+    { id: 'languages', name: 'Languages' },
+    { id: 'process', name: 'Process' },
+  ],
   rings: [{ id: 'use', name: 'USE', color: '#93c47d' }],
   entries: [
     {
diff --git a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/Radar.tsx b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/Radar.tsx
index 55b8a01784..304c8b0f6d 100644
--- a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/Radar.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/Radar.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@
 import React, { useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import type { Entry, Quadrant, Ring } from '../../utils/types';
 import RadarPlot from '../RadarPlot';
-import { adjustEntries, adjustQuadrants, adjustRings } from './utils';
+import {
+  adjustEntries,
+  adjustQuadrants,
+  adjustRings,
+  determineColumnCount,
+  determineColumnWidth,
+  determineLegendWidth,
+  margin,
+} from './utils';
 
 export type Props = {
   width: number;
@@ -36,10 +44,9 @@ const Radar = ({
   entries,
   ...props
 }: Props): JSX.Element => {
-  // Radius with optional buffer for the footer if rings have descriptions
-  const radius =
-    Math.min(width, height) / 2 -
-    (rings.some(ring => ring.description) ? 16 : 0);
+  const columnWidth = determineColumnWidth(width);
+  const legendWidth = determineLegendWidth(width, columnWidth);
+  const columnCount = determineColumnCount(legendWidth, columnWidth);
 
   // State
   const [activeEntry, setActiveEntry] = useState<Entry>();
@@ -47,9 +54,18 @@ const Radar = ({
 
   // Adjusted props
   const adjustedQuadrants = useMemo(
-    () => adjustQuadrants(quadrants, radius, width, height),
-    [quadrants, radius, width, height],
+    () => adjustQuadrants(quadrants, width, legendWidth, height),
+    [quadrants, width, legendWidth, height],
   );
+
+  const rightMostPoint = adjustedQuadrants[3].legendX + legendWidth;
+  const leftMostPoint = adjustedQuadrants[2].legendX;
+
+  const midpoint = (rightMostPoint + leftMostPoint) / 2;
+  const widthBetween =
+    rightMostPoint - legendWidth - (leftMostPoint + legendWidth);
+  const radius = Math.min(widthBetween, height) / 2 - margin;
+
   const adjustedRings = useMemo(
     () => adjustRings(rings, radius),
     [radius, rings],
@@ -69,9 +85,10 @@ const Radar = ({
   return (
     <svg ref={node} width={width} height={height} {...props.svgProps}>
       <RadarPlot
-        width={width}
+        width={midpoint * 2}
         height={height}
         radius={radius}
+        columnCount={columnCount}
         entries={adjustedEntries}
         quadrants={adjustedQuadrants}
         rings={adjustedRings}
diff --git a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/utils.ts b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/utils.ts
index 5c32207268..95aff7c02a 100644
--- a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/utils.ts
+++ b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/Radar/utils.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,51 @@ import { forceCollide, forceSimulation } from 'd3-force';
 import Segment from '../../utils/segment';
 import type { Entry, Quadrant, Ring } from '../../utils/types';
 
+export const margin = 16;
+
+export const determineColumnWidth = (width: number): number => {
+  const minWidth = 110;
+  const maxWidth = 130;
+  const maxContainerWidth = 1600;
+
+  return Math.min(
+    maxWidth,
+    Math.max(
+      minWidth,
+      minWidth +
+        ((width - maxContainerWidth / 2) / maxContainerWidth) *
+          (maxWidth - minWidth),
+    ),
+  );
+};
+
+export const determineColumnCount = (
+  legendWidth: number,
+  columnWidth: number,
+): number => {
+  const columnWidths = [columnWidth, columnWidth * 2, columnWidth * 3];
+  return (
+    columnWidths.findIndex(width => legendWidth <= width) + 1 ||
+    columnWidths.length
+  );
+};
+
+export const determineLegendWidth = (
+  width: number,
+  columnWidth: number,
+): number => {
+  const thresholds = [850, 1250];
+  const columnWidths = [columnWidth, columnWidth * 2, columnWidth * 3];
+
+  if (width < thresholds[0]) return columnWidths[0];
+  if (width < thresholds[1]) return columnWidths[1];
+  return columnWidths[2];
+};
+
 export const adjustQuadrants = (
   quadrants: Quadrant[],
-  radius: number,
   width: number,
+  legendWidth: number,
   height: number,
 ) => {
   /*
@@ -43,40 +84,34 @@ export const adjustQuadrants = (
     ┼───────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────┼─3
      */
 
-  const margin = 16;
-  const xStops = [
-    margin,
-    width / 2 - radius - margin,
-    width / 2 + radius + margin,
-    width - margin,
-  ];
+  const xStarts = [margin, width - legendWidth - margin];
   const yStops = [margin, height / 2 - margin, height / 2, height - margin];
 
   // The quadrant parameters correspond to Q[0..3] above.  They are in this order because of the
   // original Zalando code; maybe we should refactor them to be in reverse order?
   const legendParams = [
     {
-      x: xStops[2],
+      x: xStarts[1],
       y: yStops[2],
-      width: xStops[3] - xStops[2],
+      width: legendWidth,
       height: yStops[3] - yStops[2],
     },
     {
-      x: xStops[0],
+      x: xStarts[0],
       y: yStops[2],
-      width: xStops[1] - xStops[0],
+      width: legendWidth,
       height: yStops[3] - yStops[2],
     },
     {
-      x: xStops[0],
+      x: xStarts[0],
       y: yStops[0],
-      width: xStops[1] - xStops[0],
+      width: legendWidth,
       height: yStops[1] - yStops[0],
     },
     {
-      x: xStops[2],
+      x: xStarts[1],
       y: yStops[0],
-      width: xStops[3] - xStops[2],
+      width: legendWidth,
       height: yStops[1] - yStops[0],
     },
   ];
diff --git a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarComponent.test.tsx b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarComponent.test.tsx
index 383e64bb42..e701090a52 100644
--- a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarComponent.test.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarComponent.test.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ describe('RadarComponent', () => {
       await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, this.delay));
       return {
         entries: [],
-        quadrants: [],
+        quadrants: [
+          { id: 'infrastructure', name: 'Infrastructure' },
+          { id: 'frameworks', name: 'Frameworks' },
+          { id: 'languages', name: 'Languages' },
+          { id: 'process', name: 'Process' },
+        ],
         rings: [],
       };
     }
diff --git a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/RadarLegend.test.tsx b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/RadarLegend.test.tsx
index 70cd2d0244..e034aeb291 100644
--- a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/RadarLegend.test.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/RadarLegend.test.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import RadarLegend from './RadarLegend';
 import { RadarLegendProps } from './types';
 
 const minProps: RadarLegendProps = {
+  columnCount: 2,
   quadrants: [{ id: 'languages', name: 'Languages' }],
   rings: [{ id: 'use', name: 'USE', color: '#93c47d' }],
   entries: [
diff --git a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/RadarLegend.tsx b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/RadarLegend.tsx
index 0eab1adf75..eab3e0c9f7 100644
--- a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/RadarLegend.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/RadarLegend.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
     fontSize: '18px',
   },
   rings: {
-    columns: 3,
+    columns: (props: { columnCount: number }) => props.columnCount,
   },
   ring: {
     breakInside: 'avoid-column',
diff --git a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/types.ts b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/types.ts
index cdac1bfe9d..a07235c111 100644
--- a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/types.ts
+++ b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarLegend/types.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export type Segments = {
 };
 
 export type RadarLegendProps = {
+  columnCount: number;
   quadrants: Quadrant[];
   rings: Ring[];
   entries: Entry[];
diff --git a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPage.test.tsx b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPage.test.tsx
index a78a5cc723..425285d319 100644
--- a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPage.test.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPage.test.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ describe('RadarPage', () => {
     async load(): Promise<TechRadarLoaderResponse> {
       return {
         entries: [],
-        quadrants: [],
+        quadrants: [
+          { id: 'infrastructure', name: 'Infrastructure' },
+          { id: 'frameworks', name: 'Frameworks' },
+          { id: 'languages', name: 'Languages' },
+          { id: 'process', name: 'Process' },
+        ],
         rings: [],
       };
     }
@@ -54,7 +59,12 @@ describe('RadarPage', () => {
         await new Promise<void>(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
         return {
           entries: [],
-          quadrants: [],
+          quadrants: [
+            { id: 'infrastructure', name: 'Infrastructure' },
+            { id: 'frameworks', name: 'Frameworks' },
+            { id: 'languages', name: 'Languages' },
+            { id: 'process', name: 'Process' },
+          ],
           rings: [],
         };
       }
diff --git a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPlot/RadarPlot.test.tsx b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPlot/RadarPlot.test.tsx
index 7557755ed2..b376ffcc0b 100644
--- a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPlot/RadarPlot.test.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPlot/RadarPlot.test.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const minProps: Props = {
   width: 500,
   height: 200,
   radius: 50,
+  columnCount: 2,
   quadrants: [{ id: 'languages', name: 'Languages' }],
   rings: [{ id: 'use', name: 'USE', color: '#93c47d' }],
   entries: [
diff --git a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPlot/RadarPlot.tsx b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPlot/RadarPlot.tsx
index 56fd029eee..a5da08b5d5 100644
--- a/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPlot/RadarPlot.tsx
+++ b/workspaces/tech-radar/plugins/tech-radar/src/components/RadarPlot/RadarPlot.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export type Props = {
   width: number;
   height: number;
   radius: number;
+  columnCount: number;
   rings: Ring[];
   quadrants: Quadrant[];
   entries: Entry[];
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ const RadarPlot = (props: Props): JSX.Element => {
     width,
     height,
     radius,
+    columnCount,
     quadrants,
     rings,
     entries,
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ const RadarPlot = (props: Props): JSX.Element => {
   return (
     <g data-testid="radar-plot">
       <RadarLegend
+        columnCount={columnCount}
         quadrants={quadrants}
         rings={rings}
         entries={entries}