diff --git a/packages/components/src/autocomplete/index.tsx b/packages/components/src/autocomplete/index.tsx
index 7a75be8eca5c84..55e81d08c9797f 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/autocomplete/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/autocomplete/index.tsx
@@ -40,35 +40,7 @@ import type {
 	UseAutocompleteProps,
 	WPCompleter,
 } from './types';
-
-const getNodeText = ( node: React.ReactNode ): string => {
-	if ( node === null ) {
-		return '';
-	}
-
-	switch ( typeof node ) {
-		case 'string':
-		case 'number':
-			return node.toString();
-			break;
-		case 'boolean':
-			return '';
-			break;
-		case 'object': {
-			if ( node instanceof Array ) {
-				return node.map( getNodeText ).join( '' );
-			}
-			if ( 'props' in node ) {
-				return getNodeText( node.props.children );
-			}
-			break;
-		}
-		default:
-			return '';
-	}
-
-	return '';
-};
+import getNodeText from '../utils/get-node-text';
 
 const EMPTY_FILTERED_OPTIONS: KeyedOption[] = [];
 
diff --git a/packages/components/src/utils/get-node-text.ts b/packages/components/src/utils/get-node-text.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..eb3bc045c3a653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/utils/get-node-text.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const getNodeText = ( node: React.ReactNode ): string => {
+	if ( node === null ) {
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	switch ( typeof node ) {
+		case 'string':
+		case 'number':
+			return node.toString();
+		case 'object': {
+			if ( node instanceof Array ) {
+				return node.map( getNodeText ).join( '' );
+			}
+			if ( 'props' in node ) {
+				return getNodeText( node.props.children );
+			}
+			return '';
+		}
+		default:
+			return '';
+	}
+};
+
+export default getNodeText;
diff --git a/packages/components/src/utils/test/get-node-text.js b/packages/components/src/utils/test/get-node-text.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..903b6158f74b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/utils/test/get-node-text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import getNodeText from '../get-node-text';
+
+describe( 'getNodeText', () => {
+	it( 'should return an empty string for null', () => {
+		expect( getNodeText( null ) ).toBe( '' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should return the string representation of a string node', () => {
+		expect( getNodeText( 'Hello' ) ).toBe( 'Hello' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should return the string representation of a number node', () => {
+		expect( getNodeText( 123 ) ).toBe( '123' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should return an empty string for a boolean node', () => {
+		expect( getNodeText( true ) ).toBe( '' );
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should concatenate text from an array of nodes', () => {
+		expect( getNodeText( [ 'Hello', ' ', 'World' ] ) ).toBe(
+			'Hello World'
+		);
+	} );
+
+	it( 'should return text from a React element with children', () => {
+		const element = (
+			<div>
+				Hello <span>World</span>
+			</div>
+		);
+		expect( getNodeText( element ) ).toBe( 'Hello World' );
+	} );
+} );