diff --git a/core/org.wso2.carbon.user.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/user/api/UserStoreManager.java b/core/org.wso2.carbon.user.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/user/api/UserStoreManager.java
index 9e8984aedde..42d7143f9a7 100644
--- a/core/org.wso2.carbon.user.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/user/api/UserStoreManager.java
+++ b/core/org.wso2.carbon.user.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/user/api/UserStoreManager.java
@@ -437,4 +437,14 @@ void deleteUserClaimValues(String userName, String[] claims, String profileName)
      */
     Properties getDefaultUserStoreProperties();
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    /**
+     * Get if the user store is a local user store or not. By default,  this returns true.
+     *
+     * @return boolean - Is user store local or not.
+     */
+    default boolean isLocalUserStore() {
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/org.wso2.carbon.user.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/user/core/tracker/UserStoreManagerRegistry.java b/core/org.wso2.carbon.user.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/user/core/tracker/UserStoreManagerRegistry.java
index fd1bb8e1942..4e7427bb1ec 100644
--- a/core/org.wso2.carbon.user.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/user/core/tracker/UserStoreManagerRegistry.java
+++ b/core/org.wso2.carbon.user.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/user/core/tracker/UserStoreManagerRegistry.java
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
  */
 package org.wso2.carbon.user.core.tracker;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
 import org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker;
 import org.wso2.carbon.user.api.Properties;
+import org.wso2.carbon.user.api.UserStoreException;
 import org.wso2.carbon.user.api.UserStoreManager;
 import org.wso2.carbon.user.core.internal.UserStoreMgtDSComponent;
 
@@ -111,4 +113,39 @@ public static Properties getUserStoreProperties(String className) {
         properties = getUserStoreManagers().get(className);
         return properties;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get if the user store is local or not.
+     *
+     * @param className User store name.
+     * @return boolean true if user store is a local.
+     */
+    public static boolean isLocalUserStore(String className) throws UserStoreException {
+
+        Object[] userStoreManagers = userStoreManagerTracker.getServices();
+        for (Object userStoreManagerObj : userStoreManagers) {
+            UserStoreManager userStoreManager = (UserStoreManager) userStoreManagerObj;
+            if (StringUtils.equals(className, userStoreManager.getClass().getName())) {
+                return userStoreManager.isLocalUserStore();
+            }
+        }
+        throw new UserStoreException(String.format("User store manager is not found for the given className: %s",
+                className));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get all the available user store manager names and their type (local user store or not).
+     *
+     * @return Map<String, Boolean> Map of user store manager name and boolean indicating local or not.
+     */
+    public static Map<String, Boolean> getUserStoreManagersType() {
+
+        Map<String, Boolean> userStoreManagersType = new HashMap<>();
+        Object[] userStoreManagers = userStoreManagerTracker.getServices();
+        for (Object userStoreManagerObj : userStoreManagers) {
+            boolean isLocalUserStore = ((UserStoreManager) userStoreManagerObj).isLocalUserStore();
+            userStoreManagersType.put(userStoreManagerObj.getClass().getName(), isLocalUserStore);
+        }
+        return userStoreManagersType;
+    }
 }