diff --git a/components/configure-gradle-enterprise-maven-extension/src/main/java/com/gradle/ConfigureGradleEnterprise.java b/components/configure-gradle-enterprise-maven-extension/src/main/java/com/gradle/ConfigureGradleEnterprise.java
index 81807f76..2f48cba1 100644
--- a/components/configure-gradle-enterprise-maven-extension/src/main/java/com/gradle/ConfigureGradleEnterprise.java
+++ b/components/configure-gradle-enterprise-maven-extension/src/main/java/com/gradle/ConfigureGradleEnterprise.java
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ public class ConfigureGradleEnterprise implements GradleEnterpriseListener {
 
     private static final String EXPERIMENT_DIR = System.getProperty("com.gradle.enterprise.build-validation.expDir");
 
+    private final RootProjectExtractor rootProjectExtractor;
     private final Logger logger;
 
     @Inject
-    public ConfigureGradleEnterprise(Logger logger) {
+    public ConfigureGradleEnterprise(RootProjectExtractor rootProjectExtractor, Logger logger) {
+        this.rootProjectExtractor = rootProjectExtractor;
         this.logger = logger;
     }
 
@@ -46,11 +48,13 @@ public void configure(GradleEnterpriseApi api, MavenSession session) {
             buildScan.setAllowUntrustedServer(Boolean.parseBoolean(geAllowUntrustedServer));
         }
 
-        registerBuildScanActions(buildScan);
+        String rootProjectName = rootProjectExtractor.extractRootProject(session).getName();
+
+        registerBuildScanActions(buildScan, rootProjectName);
         configureBuildScanPublishing(buildScan);
     }
 
-    private static void registerBuildScanActions(BuildScanApi buildScan) {
+    private static void registerBuildScanActions(BuildScanApi buildScan, String rootProjectName) {
         buildScan.buildFinished(buildResult -> {
             // communicate via error file that no GE server is set
             boolean omitServerUrlValidation = parseBoolean(System.getProperty("com.gradle.enterprise.build-validation.omitServerUrlValidation"));
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ private static void registerBuildScanActions(BuildScanApi buildScan) {
             String baseUrl = String.format("%s://%s%s", buildScanUri.getScheme(), buildScanUri.getHost(), port);
 
             File scanFile = new File(EXPERIMENT_DIR, "build-scans.csv");
-            append(scanFile, String.format("%s,%s,%s,%s\n", runNum, baseUrl, buildScanUri, buildScanId));
+            append(scanFile, String.format("%s,%s,%s,%s,%s\n", runNum, rootProjectName, baseUrl, buildScanUri, buildScanId));
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/components/configure-gradle-enterprise-maven-extension/src/main/java/com/gradle/RootProjectExtractor.java b/components/configure-gradle-enterprise-maven-extension/src/main/java/com/gradle/RootProjectExtractor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e22a5df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/configure-gradle-enterprise-maven-extension/src/main/java/com/gradle/RootProjectExtractor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package com.gradle;
+
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenExecutionRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
+import org.apache.maven.model.building.ModelProcessor;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+
+public class RootProjectExtractor {
+
+    private final ProjectBuilder projectBuilder;
+    private final ModelProcessor modelProcessor;
+    private final Logger logger;
+
+    @Inject
+    public RootProjectExtractor(ProjectBuilder projectBuilder, ModelProcessor modelProcessor, Logger logger) {
+        this.projectBuilder = projectBuilder;
+        this.modelProcessor = modelProcessor;
+        this.logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    public MavenProject extractRootProject(MavenSession session) {
+        List<MavenProject> allProjects = discoverAllProjects(session.getAllProjects());
+        File workspaceDirectory = getWorkspaceDirectory(session);
+
+        if (workspaceDirectory.equals(allProjects.get(0).getBasedir())) {
+            return allProjects.get(0);
+        }
+
+        File workspaceDirectoryPom = modelProcessor.locatePom(workspaceDirectory);
+        if (workspaceDirectoryPom.exists()) {
+            try {
+                return projectBuilder.build(workspaceDirectoryPom, session.getProjectBuildingRequest()).getProject();
+            } catch (ProjectBuildingException e) {
+                logger.error("Error locating the top level project", e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // return the first project if the top level project was not identified successfully
+        return allProjects.get(0);
+    }
+
+    private File getWorkspaceDirectory(MavenSession session) {
+        MavenExecutionRequest request = session.getRequest();
+        try {
+            return request.getMultiModuleProjectDirectory();
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodError ignored) {
+            return new File(session.getExecutionRootDirectory());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private List<MavenProject> discoverAllProjects(Collection<MavenProject> sessionProjects) {
+        Set<MavenProject> allProjects = new LinkedHashSet<>(sessionProjects);
+        sessionProjects.stream().flatMap(p -> Optional.ofNullable(p.getCollectedProjects()).orElse(emptyList()).stream()).forEach(allProjects::add);
+        return new ArrayList<MavenProject>(allProjects);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/components/fetch-build-scan-data-cmdline-tool/src/main/java/com/gradle/enterprise/api/client/AuthenticationConfigurator.java b/components/fetch-build-scan-data-cmdline-tool/src/main/java/com/gradle/enterprise/api/client/AuthenticationConfigurator.java
index d66a9d9a..2ca8eff0 100644
--- a/components/fetch-build-scan-data-cmdline-tool/src/main/java/com/gradle/enterprise/api/client/AuthenticationConfigurator.java
+++ b/components/fetch-build-scan-data-cmdline-tool/src/main/java/com/gradle/enterprise/api/client/AuthenticationConfigurator.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ private static Optional<String> lookupAccessKey(URL url, ConsoleLogger logger) {
 
             return Optional.ofNullable(accessKeysByHost.getProperty(url.getHost()));
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            logger.debug("Error whole trying to read access keys: " + e.getMessage() + ". Will try fetching build scan data without authentication.");
+            logger.debug("Error while trying to read access keys: " + e.getMessage() + ". Will try fetching build scan data without authentication.");
             logger.debug(e);
             return Optional.empty();
         }
diff --git a/components/scripts/gradle/gradle-init-scripts/configure-gradle-enterprise.gradle b/components/scripts/gradle/gradle-init-scripts/configure-gradle-enterprise.gradle
index 6a868a60..57a990ac 100644
--- a/components/scripts/gradle/gradle-init-scripts/configure-gradle-enterprise.gradle
+++ b/components/scripts/gradle/gradle-init-scripts/configure-gradle-enterprise.gradle
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if (ccudPluginVersion && isNotAtLeast(ccudPluginVersion, '1.7')) {
 }
 
 // register build scan listeners to capture build scan URL/id and to track publishing errors
-def registerBuildScanActions = { def buildScan ->
+def registerBuildScanActions = { def buildScan, def rootProjectName ->
     buildScan.buildScanPublished { publishedBuildScan ->
         // defer reading the `runNum` system property until execution time since it does not affect
         // the configuration of the build, and given its value changes between consecutive build invocations
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def registerBuildScanActions = { def buildScan ->
         def baseUrl = "${buildScanUri.scheme}://${buildScanUri.host}${port}"
 
         def scanFile = new File(expDir, 'build-scans.csv')
-        scanFile.append("${runNum},${baseUrl},${buildScanUri},${buildScanId}\n")
+        scanFile.append("${runNum},${rootProjectName},${baseUrl},${buildScanUri},${buildScanId}\n")
     }
 
     buildScan.onError { error ->
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ if (GradleVersion.current() < GradleVersion.version('6.0')) {
                             "or use `--gradle-enterprise-server` when running the build validation script.")
                 }
 
-                registerBuildScanActions(buildScan)
+                registerBuildScanActions(buildScan, rootProject.name)
                 configureBuildScanPublishing(buildScan)
                 addBuildScanCustomData(buildScan)
             }
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ if (GradleVersion.current() < GradleVersion.version('6.0')) {
                         "or use `--gradle-enterprise-server` when running the build validation script.")
             }
 
-            registerBuildScanActions(ext.buildScan)
+            registerBuildScanActions(ext.buildScan, settings.rootProject.name)
             configureBuildScanPublishing(ext.buildScan)
             addBuildScanCustomData(ext.buildScan)
         }
diff --git a/components/scripts/lib/build-scan-online.sh b/components/scripts/lib/build-scan-online.sh
index 12652e69..c6ca6b06 100644
--- a/components/scripts/lib/build-scan-online.sh
+++ b/components/scripts/lib/build-scan-online.sh
@@ -24,10 +24,14 @@ read_build_scan_metadata() {
       debug ""
     fi
 
-    while IFS=, read -r run_num field_1 field_2 field_3; do
-       base_urls[$run_num]="$field_1"
-       build_scan_urls[$run_num]="$field_2"
-       build_scan_ids[$run_num]="$field_3"
+    local run_num project_name base_url build_scan_url build_scan_id
+
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2034
+    while IFS=, read -r run_num project_name base_url build_scan_url build_scan_id; do
+       project_names[$run_num]="${project_name}"
+       base_urls[$run_num]="${base_url}"
+       build_scan_urls[$run_num]="${build_scan_url}"
+       build_scan_ids[$run_num]="${build_scan_id}"
     done <<< "${build_scan_metadata}"
   fi
 }
diff --git a/components/scripts/lib/build-scan-parse.sh b/components/scripts/lib/build-scan-parse.sh
index 3642e0f7..5b2442e5 100644
--- a/components/scripts/lib/build-scan-parse.sh
+++ b/components/scripts/lib/build-scan-parse.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,17 @@ parse_build_scan_row() {
   while IFS=, read -r run_num field_1 field_2 field_3 field_4 field_5 field_6 field_7 field_8 field_9 field_10 field_11 field_12 field_13 field_14 field_15 field_16 field_17 field_18 field_19 field_20 field_21; do
     debug "Build Scan $field_4 is for build $run_num"
 
-    project_names[run_num]="${field_1}"
+    # The project_name should be overridden by Build Scan data if it is
+    # available. This is so that the project names displayed in the summary are
+    # consistent with what is shown in the Build Scan.
+
+    if [ -n "${field_1}" ]; then
+      project_names[run_num]="${field_1}"
+    fi
+
+    # If the following fields are already valued, then they should not be
+    # overridden by Build Scan data. For locally executed builds, this data is
+    # determined by the scripts as a result of execution.
 
     if [ -z "${base_urls[run_num]}" ]; then
       base_urls[run_num]="${field_2}"
@@ -90,7 +100,9 @@ parse_build_scan_row() {
       build_scan_urls[run_num]="${field_3}"
     fi
 
-    build_scan_ids[run_num]="${field_4}"
+    if [ -z "${build_scan_ids[run_num]}" ]; then
+      build_scan_ids[run_num]="${field_4}"
+    fi
 
     if [ -z "${git_repos[run_num]}" ]; then
       git_repos[run_num]="${field_5}"
@@ -112,6 +124,9 @@ parse_build_scan_row() {
       build_outcomes[run_num]="${field_9}"
     fi
 
+    # The below fields are always set by Build Scan data regardless of their
+    # previous value and are always safe to override.
+
     remote_build_cache_urls[run_num]="${field_10}"
     remote_build_cache_shards[run_num]="${field_11}"