diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/base-renderer.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/base-renderer.ts
index d604056fb05..90addfe68e5 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/base-renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/base-renderer.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import type { SimpleDocument, SimpleElement } from '@simple-dom/interface';
 import { hasDOM } from '../../browser-environment';
 import { EmberEnvironmentDelegate } from './environment';
 import ResolverImpl from './resolver';
+import { renderers } from './renderers';
 import { EvaluationContextImpl } from '@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/program-context';
 
 export type IBuilder = (env: Environment, cursor: Cursor) => TreeBuilder;
@@ -134,8 +135,6 @@ export class ComponentRootState implements RendererRoot {
   }
 }
 
-const renderers: BaseRenderer[] = [];
-
 export function _resetRenderers() {
   renderers.length = 0;
 }
diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/renderers.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/renderers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1de3272d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/renderers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import type { BaseRenderer } from './base-renderer';
+
+/**
+ * Every renderer that has at least one live root.
+ *
+ * This covers each application's `renderer:-dom`
+ * and every renderer that `renderComponent` created.
+ *
+ * It lives in its own module so that `@ember/debug`
+ * can read it without importing the renderer.
+ */
+export const renderers: BaseRenderer[] = [];
diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/application/debug-render-tree-test.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/application/debug-render-tree-test.ts
index 8cd7e1568c1..0bbf0471c5d 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/application/debug-render-tree-test.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/application/debug-render-tree-test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { ApplicationTestCase, ModuleBasedTestResolver, moduleFor } from 'internal-test-helpers';
 
 import { ENV } from '@ember/-internals/environment';
-import { Component as EmberComponent, setComponentManager } from '@ember/-internals/glimmer';
+import {
+  Component as EmberComponent,
+  renderComponent,
+  setComponentManager,
+} from '@ember/-internals/glimmer';
 import Component from '@glimmer/component';
 import type { InternalOwner } from '@ember/-internals/owner';
 import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
@@ -1128,6 +1132,101 @@ if (ENV._DEBUG_RENDER_TREE) {
         ]);
       }
 
+      async '@test components rendered with renderComponent'() {
+        await this.visit('/');
+
+        let HelloWorld = setComponentTemplate(
+          precompileTemplate('Hello {{@name}}', { strictMode: true }),
+          templateOnly()
+        );
+        let Root = setComponentTemplate(
+          precompileTemplate('<HelloWorld @name="world" />', {
+            strictMode: true,
+            scope: () => ({ HelloWorld }),
+          }),
+          templateOnly()
+        );
+        let into = document.createElement('div');
+
+        let result = runTask(() => renderComponent(Root, { owner: this.owner, into }));
+
+        let roots = captureRenderTree(this.owner).filter((node) => node.type === 'component');
+
+        this.assertRenderNodes(
+          roots,
+          [
+            {
+              type: 'component',
+              name: '{ROOT}',
+              args: { positional: [], named: {} },
+              instance: null,
+              bounds: this.elementBounds(into),
+              children: [
+                {
+                  type: 'component',
+                  name: 'HelloWorld',
+                  args: { positional: [], named: { name: 'world' } },
+                  instance: null,
+                  bounds: this.elementBounds(into),
+                  children: [],
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+          'root'
+        );
+
+        runTask(() => result.destroy());
+      }
+
+      async '@test components rendered with renderComponent and a different owner'() {
+        await this.visit('/');
+
+        let HelloWorld = setComponentTemplate(
+          precompileTemplate('Hello {{@name}}', { strictMode: true }),
+          templateOnly()
+        );
+        let Root = setComponentTemplate(
+          precompileTemplate('<HelloWorld @name="world" />', {
+            strictMode: true,
+            scope: () => ({ HelloWorld }),
+          }),
+          templateOnly()
+        );
+        let owner = {};
+        let into = document.createElement('div');
+
+        let result = runTask(() => renderComponent(Root, { owner, into }));
+
+        let roots = captureRenderTree(this.owner).filter((node) => node.type === 'component');
+
+        this.assertRenderNodes(
+          roots,
+          [
+            {
+              type: 'component',
+              name: '{ROOT}',
+              args: { positional: [], named: {} },
+              instance: null,
+              bounds: this.elementBounds(into),
+              children: [
+                {
+                  type: 'component',
+                  name: 'HelloWorld',
+                  args: { positional: [], named: { name: 'world' } },
+                  instance: null,
+                  bounds: this.elementBounds(into),
+                  children: [],
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+          'root'
+        );
+
+        runTask(() => result.destroy());
+      }
+
       async '@test <Input> components'() {
         this.add(
           'template:application',
diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/components/render-component-test.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/components/render-component-test.ts
index 85319efad4c..479cafe6b6e 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/components/render-component-test.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/components/render-component-test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ import { trackedObject } from '@ember/reactive/collections';
 import { cached, tracked } from '@glimmer/tracking';
 import Service, { service } from '@ember/service';
 import type Owner from '@ember/owner';
+import { ENV } from '@ember/-internals/environment';
+import { captureRenderTree } from '@ember/debug';
+import type { CapturedRenderNode } from '@glimmer/interfaces';
 
 class RenderComponentTestCase extends AbstractStrictTestCase {
   declare component: (RenderResult & { rerender: () => void }) | undefined;
@@ -119,9 +122,75 @@ moduleFor(
 
       assertHTML('');
     }
+
+    '@test captureRenderTree includes the rendered components'(assert: QUnit['assert']) {
+      let HelloWorld = setComponentTemplate(precompileTemplate('Hello, world!'), templateOnly());
+      let Root = setComponentTemplate(
+        precompileTemplate('<HelloWorld/>', { strictMode: true, scope: () => ({ HelloWorld }) }),
+        templateOnly()
+      );
+
+      this.renderComponent(Root, { expect: 'Hello, world!' });
+
+      if (!ENV._DEBUG_RENDER_TREE) return;
+
+      assert.deepEqual(renderTreeNames(this.owner), ['{ROOT}', 'HelloWorld']);
+    }
+
+    '@test captureRenderTree includes components rendered with any owner'(assert: QUnit['assert']) {
+      let Owned = setComponentTemplate(precompileTemplate('owned'), templateOnly());
+      let Ownerless = setComponentTemplate(precompileTemplate('ownerless'), templateOnly());
+      let OwnedRoot = setComponentTemplate(
+        precompileTemplate('<Owned/>', { strictMode: true, scope: () => ({ Owned }) }),
+        templateOnly()
+      );
+      let OwnerlessRoot = setComponentTemplate(
+        precompileTemplate('<Ownerless/>', { strictMode: true, scope: () => ({ Ownerless }) }),
+        templateOnly()
+      );
+
+      let ownedElement = document.createElement('div');
+      let ownerlessElement = document.createElement('div');
+      this.element.append(ownedElement, ownerlessElement);
+
+      let results = run(() => [
+        renderComponent(OwnedRoot, { owner: this.owner, into: ownedElement }),
+        renderComponent(OwnerlessRoot, { into: ownerlessElement }),
+      ]);
+
+      assertHTML('<div>owned</div><div>ownerless</div>');
+
+      if (ENV._DEBUG_RENDER_TREE) {
+        assert.deepEqual(renderTreeNames(this.owner), ['{ROOT}', 'Owned', '{ROOT}', 'Ownerless']);
+      }
+
+      run(() => {
+        for (let result of results) {
+          result.destroy();
+        }
+      });
+
+      if (ENV._DEBUG_RENDER_TREE) {
+        assert.deepEqual(renderTreeNames(this.owner), [], 'destroyed renders are gone');
+      }
+
+      run(() => destroy(this));
+    }
   }
 );
 
+function renderTreeNames(owner: Owner): string[] {
+  let names: string[] = [];
+  let collect = (nodes: CapturedRenderNode[]) => {
+    for (let node of nodes) {
+      names.push(node.name);
+      collect(node.children);
+    }
+  };
+  collect(captureRenderTree(owner));
+  return names;
+}
+
 moduleFor(
   'Strict Mode - renderComponent (direct)',
   class extends AbstractStrictTestCase {
diff --git a/packages/@ember/debug/lib/capture-render-tree.ts b/packages/@ember/debug/lib/capture-render-tree.ts
index 03c5cd4b3fa..efb1caa1979 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/debug/lib/capture-render-tree.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/debug/lib/capture-render-tree.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Renderer } from '@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/renderer';
+import { renderers } from '@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/renderers';
 import type Owner from '@ember/owner';
 import type { CapturedRenderNode } from '@glimmer/interfaces';
 
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import type { CapturedRenderNode } from '@glimmer/interfaces';
 /**
   Ember Inspector calls this function to capture the current render tree.
 
+  The result has the tree of every renderer with live roots:
+  each application, and each `renderComponent` call, whatever its owner.
+
   In production mode, this requires turning on `ENV._DEBUG_RENDER_TREE`
   before loading Ember.
 
@@ -15,18 +18,17 @@ import type { CapturedRenderNode } from '@glimmer/interfaces';
   @static
   @method captureRenderTree
   @for @ember/debug
-  @param app {ApplicationInstance} An `ApplicationInstance`.
+  @param app {ApplicationInstance} Unused. Ember Inspector still passes it.
   @since 3.14.0
 */
-export default function captureRenderTree(app: Owner): CapturedRenderNode[] {
-  let domRenderer = app.lookup('renderer:-dom') as Renderer;
+export default function captureRenderTree(_app: Owner): CapturedRenderNode[] {
+  let nodes: CapturedRenderNode[] = [];
 
-  if (!domRenderer) {
-    throw new Error(`BUG: owner is missing renderer`);
+  for (let renderer of renderers) {
+    for (let node of renderer.debugRenderTree.capture()) {
+      nodes.push(node);
+    }
   }
-  // SAFETY: Ideally we'd assert here but that causes awkward circular requires since this is also in @ember/debug.
-  // This is only for debug stuff so not very risky.
-  let renderer = domRenderer;
 
-  return renderer.debugRenderTree.capture();
+  return nodes;
 }