diff --git a/src/shared/lib/groupByKey.test.ts b/src/shared/lib/groupByKey.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fad0754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/lib/groupByKey.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { groupByKey } from './groupByKey';
+
+describe('groupByKey', () => {
+  describe('basic grouping', () => {
+    it('groups items by a string key', () => {
+      const items = [
+        { category: 'Frontend', name: 'React' },
+        { category: 'Backend', name: 'Node' },
+        { category: 'Frontend', name: 'Vue' },
+      ];
+      expect(groupByKey(items, 'category')).toEqual({
+        Frontend: [
+          { category: 'Frontend', name: 'React' },
+          { category: 'Frontend', name: 'Vue' },
+        ],
+        Backend: [{ category: 'Backend', name: 'Node' }],
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('preserves insertion order within each group', () => {
+      const items = [
+        { category: 'A', order: 1 },
+        { category: 'A', order: 2 },
+      ];
+      expect(groupByKey(items, 'category')['A']).toEqual([
+        { category: 'A', order: 1 },
+        { category: 'A', order: 2 },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('edge cases', () => {
+    it('returns empty object for empty array', () => {
+      expect(groupByKey<{ category: string }>([], 'category')).toEqual({});
+    });
+
+    it('handles all items in same group', () => {
+      const items = [
+        { type: 'X', id: 1 },
+        { type: 'X', id: 2 },
+      ];
+      const result = groupByKey(items, 'type');
+      expect(Object.keys(result)).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(result['X']).toHaveLength(2);
+    });
+
+    it('handles single item', () => {
+      const items = [{ category: 'Only', name: 'One' }];
+      expect(groupByKey(items, 'category')).toEqual({
+        Only: [{ category: 'Only', name: 'One' }],
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/shared/lib/groupByKey.ts b/src/shared/lib/groupByKey.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1919981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/lib/groupByKey.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * Groups an array of objects by a shared key into a record of arrays.
+ * @param items - Array of objects to group
+ * @param key - Key whose value determines the group
+ * @returns Record mapping each unique key value to an array of matching items
+ */
+export function groupByKey<T>(items: T[], key: keyof T): Record<string, T[]> {
+  return items.reduce(
+    (acc, item) => {
+      const k = String(item[key]);
+      if (!acc[k]) {
+        acc[k] = [];
+      }
+      acc[k].push(item);
+      return acc;
+    },
+    {} as Record<string, T[]>,
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/lib/index.ts b/src/shared/lib/index.ts
index e8331fc..3342b79 100644
--- a/src/shared/lib/index.ts
+++ b/src/shared/lib/index.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ export type { ClassValue } from 'clsx';
 export { cn } from './cn';
 export * from './fonts';
 export * from './formatDate';
+export { groupByKey } from './groupByKey';