diff --git a/component/metadata/metadata.go b/component/metadata/metadata.go
index 0c58f35475ce..8ff2587ae8e3 100644
--- a/component/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/component/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -20,38 +20,42 @@ import (
 type Type struct {
 	Name string
 	// Returns true if provided args include this type (including nested structs)
-	ExistsInArgsFn func(args component.Arguments) bool
+	existsInArgsFn func(args component.Arguments) bool
 	// Returns true if provided exports include this type (including nested structs)
-	ExistsInExportsFn func(exports component.Exports) bool
+	existsInExportsFn func(exports component.Exports) bool
+}
+
+func (t Type) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Type[%s]", t.Name)
 }
 
 var (
 	TypeTargets = Type{
 		Name: "Targets",
-		ExistsInArgsFn: func(args component.Arguments) bool {
+		existsInArgsFn: func(args component.Arguments) bool {
 			return hasFieldOfType(args, reflect.TypeOf([]discovery.Target{}))
 		},
-		ExistsInExportsFn: func(exports component.Exports) bool {
+		existsInExportsFn: func(exports component.Exports) bool {
 			return hasFieldOfType(exports, reflect.TypeOf([]discovery.Target{}))
 		},
 	}
 
 	TypeLokiLogs = Type{
 		Name: "Loki `LogsReceiver`",
-		ExistsInArgsFn: func(args component.Arguments) bool {
+		existsInArgsFn: func(args component.Arguments) bool {
 			return hasFieldOfType(args, reflect.TypeOf([]loki.LogsReceiver{}))
 		},
-		ExistsInExportsFn: func(exports component.Exports) bool {
+		existsInExportsFn: func(exports component.Exports) bool {
 			return hasFieldOfType(exports, reflect.TypeOf(loki.NewLogsReceiver()))
 		},
 	}
 
 	TypePromMetricsReceiver = Type{
 		Name: "Prometheus `MetricsReceiver`",
-		ExistsInArgsFn: func(args component.Arguments) bool {
+		existsInArgsFn: func(args component.Arguments) bool {
 			return hasFieldOfType(args, reflect.TypeOf([]storage.Appendable{}))
 		},
-		ExistsInExportsFn: func(exports component.Exports) bool {
+		existsInExportsFn: func(exports component.Exports) bool {
 			var a *storage.Appendable = nil
 			return hasFieldOfType(exports, reflect.TypeOf(a).Elem())
 		},
@@ -59,10 +63,10 @@ var (
 
 	TypePyroProfilesReceiver = Type{
 		Name: "Pyroscope `ProfilesReceiver`",
-		ExistsInArgsFn: func(args component.Arguments) bool {
+		existsInArgsFn: func(args component.Arguments) bool {
 			return hasFieldOfType(args, reflect.TypeOf([]pyroscope.Appendable{}))
 		},
-		ExistsInExportsFn: func(exports component.Exports) bool {
+		existsInExportsFn: func(exports component.Exports) bool {
 			var a *pyroscope.Appendable = nil
 			return hasFieldOfType(exports, reflect.TypeOf(a).Elem())
 		},
@@ -70,10 +74,10 @@ var (
 
 	TypeOTELReceiver = Type{
 		Name: "OpenTelemetry `otelcol.Consumer`",
-		ExistsInArgsFn: func(args component.Arguments) bool {
+		existsInArgsFn: func(args component.Arguments) bool {
 			return hasFieldOfType(args, reflect.TypeOf([]otelcol.Consumer{}))
 		},
-		ExistsInExportsFn: func(exports component.Exports) bool {
+		existsInExportsFn: func(exports component.Exports) bool {
 			var a *otelcol.Consumer = nil
 			return hasFieldOfType(exports, reflect.TypeOf(a).Elem())
 		},
@@ -134,10 +138,10 @@ func ForComponent(name string) (Metadata, error) {
 func inferMetadata(args component.Arguments, exports component.Exports) Metadata {
 	m := Metadata{}
 	for _, t := range AllTypes {
-		if t.ExistsInArgsFn(args) {
+		if t.existsInArgsFn(args) {
 			m.accepts = append(m.accepts, t)
 		}
-		if t.ExistsInExportsFn(exports) {
+		if t.existsInExportsFn(exports) {
 			m.exports = append(m.exports, t)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/component/metadata/metadata_test.go b/component/metadata/metadata_test.go
index e4ffa6e2ae17..a60376b2c2d1 100644
--- a/component/metadata/metadata_test.go
+++ b/component/metadata/metadata_test.go
@@ -24,13 +24,12 @@ func Test_inferMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "loki.echo",
-			expected: Metadata{accepts: []Type{TypeLokiLogs}},
+			expected: Metadata{exports: []Type{TypeLokiLogs}},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "loki.source.file",
 			expected: Metadata{
-				accepts: []Type{TypeTargets},
-				exports: []Type{TypeLokiLogs},
+				accepts: []Type{TypeTargets, TypeLokiLogs},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -40,12 +39,56 @@ func Test_inferMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 				exports: []Type{TypeLokiLogs},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "prometheus.relabel",
+			expected: Metadata{
+				accepts: []Type{TypePromMetricsReceiver},
+				exports: []Type{TypePromMetricsReceiver},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "prometheus.remote_write",
+			expected: Metadata{
+				accepts: []Type{},
+				exports: []Type{TypePromMetricsReceiver},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "otelcol.exporter.otlp",
+			expected: Metadata{
+				accepts: []Type{},
+				exports: []Type{TypeOTELReceiver},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "otelcol.processor.filter",
+			expected: Metadata{
+				accepts: []Type{TypeOTELReceiver},
+				exports: []Type{TypeOTELReceiver},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "faro.receiver",
+			expected: Metadata{
+				accepts: []Type{TypeLokiLogs, TypeOTELReceiver},
+				exports: []Type{},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			actual, err := ForComponent(tt.name)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			require.Equal(t, tt.expected, actual)
+
+			compareSlices := func(expected, actual []Type, name string) {
+				require.Equal(t, len(expected), len(actual), "expected %d %s types, got %d; expected: %v, actual: %v", len(expected), name, len(actual), expected, actual)
+				for i := range expected {
+					require.Equal(t, expected[i].Name, actual[i].Name, "expected %s type at %d to be %q, got %q", name, i, expected[i].Name, actual[i].Name)
+				}
+			}
+
+			compareSlices(tt.expected.AllTypesAccepted(), actual.AllTypesAccepted(), "accepted")
+			compareSlices(tt.expected.AllTypesExported(), actual.AllTypesExported(), "exported")
 		})
 	}
 }