diff --git a/.chloggen/xpdata-mapbuilder.yaml b/.chloggen/xpdata-mapbuilder.yaml
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+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: 'enhancement'
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: xpdata
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add experimental MapBuilder struct to optimize pcommon.Map construction
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [13617]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [api]
diff --git a/pdata/xpdata/map_builder.go b/pdata/xpdata/map_builder.go
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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package xpdata // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/xpdata"
+
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/internal"
+	otlpcommon "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/internal/data/protogen/common/v1"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
+)
+
+// MapBuilder is an experimental struct which can be used to create a pcommon.Map more efficiently
+// than by repeated use of the Put family of methods, which check for duplicate keys on every call
+// (a linear time operation).
+// A zero-initialized MapBuilder is ready for use.
+type MapBuilder struct {
+	state internal.State
+	pairs []otlpcommon.KeyValue
+}
+
+// EnsureCapacity increases the capacity of this MapBuilder instance, if necessary,
+// to ensure that it can hold at least the number of elements specified by the capacity argument.
+func (mb *MapBuilder) EnsureCapacity(capacity int) {
+	oldValues := mb.pairs
+	if capacity <= cap(oldValues) {
+		return
+	}
+	mb.pairs = make([]otlpcommon.KeyValue, len(oldValues), capacity)
+	copy(mb.pairs, oldValues)
+}
+
+func (mb *MapBuilder) getValue(i int) pcommon.Value {
+	return pcommon.Value(internal.NewValue(&mb.pairs[i].Value, &mb.state))
+}
+
+// AppendEmpty appends a key/value pair to the MapBuilder and return the inserted value.
+// This method does not check for duplicate keys and has an amortized constant time complexity.
+func (mb *MapBuilder) AppendEmpty(k string) pcommon.Value {
+	mb.pairs = append(mb.pairs, otlpcommon.KeyValue{Key: k})
+	return mb.getValue(len(mb.pairs) - 1)
+}
+
+// UnsafeIntoMap transfers the contents of a MapBuilder into a Map, without checking for duplicate keys.
+// If the MapBuilder contains duplicate keys, the behavior of the resulting Map is unspecified.
+// This operation has constant time complexity and makes no allocations.
+// After this operation, the MapBuilder is reset to an empty state.
+func (mb *MapBuilder) UnsafeIntoMap(m pcommon.Map) {
+	internal.GetMapState(internal.Map(m)).AssertMutable()
+	*internal.GetOrigMap(internal.Map(m)) = mb.pairs
+	mb.pairs = nil
+}
diff --git a/pdata/xpdata/map_builder_test.go b/pdata/xpdata/map_builder_test.go
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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package xpdata_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/xpdata"
+)
+
+func TestMapBuilder(t *testing.T) {
+	var mb xpdata.MapBuilder
+	mb.EnsureCapacity(3)
+	mb.AppendEmpty("key1").SetStr("val")
+	mb.AppendEmpty("key2").SetInt(42)
+
+	m := pcommon.NewMap()
+	mb.UnsafeIntoMap(m)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, m.Len())
+	val, ok := m.Get("key1")
+	assert.True(t, ok && val.Type() == pcommon.ValueTypeStr && val.Str() == "val")
+	val, ok = m.Get("key2")
+	assert.True(t, ok && val.Type() == pcommon.ValueTypeInt && val.Int() == 42)
+}