diff --git a/gradle/changelog/url_escaping_for_parenthesis.yaml b/gradle/changelog/url_escaping_for_parenthesis.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f18c89988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/url_escaping_for_parenthesis.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: fixed
+  description: Escape parenthesis for entity names to fix routing ([#1998](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1998))
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-api/src/urls.ts b/scm-ui/ui-api/src/urls.ts
index 24fd78cb8e..869fdc7923 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-api/src/urls.ts
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-api/src/urls.ts
@@ -108,3 +108,11 @@ export function matchedUrl(props: any) {
   const match = props.match;
   return matchedUrlFromMatch(match);
 }
+
+export function escapeUrlForRoute(url: string) {
+  return url.replace(/[-[\]{}()*+?.,\\^$|#\s]/g, "\\$&");
+}
+
+export function unescapeUrlForRoute(url: string) {
+  return url.replace(/\\/g, "");
+}
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/config/ConfigurationBinder.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/config/ConfigurationBinder.tsx
index 8bfeaff51f..33d3418fbe 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/config/ConfigurationBinder.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/config/ConfigurationBinder.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { NavLink } from "../navigation";
 import { Route } from "react-router-dom";
 import { WithTranslation, withTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Repository, Links, Link } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
+import { urls } from "@scm-manager/ui-api";
 
 type GlobalRouteProps = {
   url: string;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ class ConfigurationBinder {
 
   route(path: string, Component: any) {
     return (
-      <Route path={path} exact>
+      <Route path={urls.escapeUrlForRoute(path)} exact>
         {Component}
       </Route>
     );
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ class ConfigurationBinder {
       const link = repository._links[linkName];
       if (link) {
         return this.route(
-          url + "/settings" + to,
+          urls.unescapeUrlForRoute(url) + "/settings" + to,
           <RepositoryComponent repository={repository} link={(link as Link).href} {...additionalProps} />
         );
       }
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/navigation/useActiveMatch.ts b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/navigation/useActiveMatch.ts
index 91fa14b306..4b879bc55e 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-components/src/navigation/useActiveMatch.ts
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-components/src/navigation/useActiveMatch.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+import { urls } from "@scm-manager/ui-api";
 import { useLocation, useRouteMatch } from "react-router-dom";
 import { RoutingProps } from "./RoutingProps";
 
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ const useActiveMatch = ({ to, activeOnlyWhenExact, activeWhenMatch }: RoutingPro
   }
 
   const match = useRouteMatch({
-    path,
-    exact: activeOnlyWhenExact,
+    path: urls.escapeUrlForRoute(path),
+    exact: activeOnlyWhenExact
   });
 
   const location = useLocation();
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ const useActiveMatch = ({ to, activeOnlyWhenExact, activeWhenMatch }: RoutingPro
   const isActiveWhenMatch = () => {
     if (activeWhenMatch) {
       return activeWhenMatch({
-        location,
+        location
       });
     }
     return false;
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/roles/containers/SingleRepositoryRole.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/roles/containers/SingleRepositoryRole.tsx
index 44887c8037..d85f878ab0 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/roles/containers/SingleRepositoryRole.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/roles/containers/SingleRepositoryRole.tsx
@@ -47,19 +47,20 @@ const SingleRepositoryRole: FC = () => {
   }
 
   const url = urls.matchedUrlFromMatch(match);
+  const escapedUrl = urls.escapeUrlForRoute(url);
 
   const extensionProps = {
     role,
-    url
+    url: escapedUrl
   };
 
   return (
     <>
       <Title title={t("repositoryRole.title")} />
-      <Route path={`${url}/info`}>
+      <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/info`}>
         <PermissionRoleDetail role={role} url={url} />
       </Route>
-      <Route path={`${url}/edit`} exact>
+      <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/edit`} exact>
         <EditRepositoryRole role={role} />
       </Route>
       <ExtensionPoint<extensionPoints.RolesRoute> name="roles.route" props={extensionProps} renderAll={true} />
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/groups/containers/SingleGroup.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/groups/containers/SingleGroup.tsx
index 4c7d9f8e89..24cbb1a4d1 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/groups/containers/SingleGroup.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/groups/containers/SingleGroup.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const SingleGroup: FC = () => {
   }
 
   const url = urls.matchedUrlFromMatch(match);
+  const escapedUrl = urls.escapeUrlForRoute(url);
 
   const extensionProps = {
     group,
@@ -70,16 +71,23 @@ const SingleGroup: FC = () => {
       <Page title={group.name}>
         <CustomQueryFlexWrappedColumns>
           <PrimaryContentColumn>
-            <Route path={url} exact>
+            <Route path={escapedUrl} exact>
               <Details group={group} />
             </Route>
-            <Route path={`${url}/settings/general`} exact>
+            <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/settings/general`} exact>
               <EditGroup group={group} />
             </Route>
-            <Route path={`${url}/settings/permissions`} exact>
+            <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/settings/permissions`} exact>
               <SetGroupPermissions group={group} />
             </Route>
-            <ExtensionPoint<extensionPoints.GroupRoute> name="group.route" props={extensionProps} renderAll={true} />
+            <ExtensionPoint<extensionPoints.GroupRoute>
+              name="group.route"
+              props={{
+                group,
+                url: escapedUrl
+              }}
+              renderAll={true}
+            />
           </PrimaryContentColumn>
           <SecondaryNavigationColumn>
             <SecondaryNavigation label={t("singleGroup.menu.navigationLabel")}>
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/branches/containers/BranchRoot.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/branches/containers/BranchRoot.tsx
index 5c017ec85f..e3bbcefbbf 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/branches/containers/BranchRoot.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/branches/containers/BranchRoot.tsx
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ const BranchRoot: FC<Props> = ({ repository }) => {
     return null;
   }
 
+  const escapedUrl = urls.escapeUrlForRoute(url);
+
   return (
     <Switch>
-      <Redirect exact from={url} to={`${url}/info`} />
-      <Route path={`${url}/info`}>
+      <Redirect exact from={escapedUrl} to={`${url}/info`} />
+      <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/info`}>
         <BranchView repository={repository} branch={branch} />
       </Route>
     </Switch>
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/codeSection/components/CodeActionBar.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/codeSection/components/CodeActionBar.tsx
index 682083d6bc..38386afbf5 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/codeSection/components/CodeActionBar.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/codeSection/components/CodeActionBar.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import React, { FC, ReactNode } from "react";
 import styled from "styled-components";
 import { useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
-import { BranchSelector, devices, Level } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+import { BranchSelector, devices, Level, urls } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 import CodeViewSwitcher, { SwitchViewLink } from "./CodeViewSwitcher";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Branch } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ const CodeActionBar: FC<Props> = ({ selectedBranch, branches, onSelectBranch, sw
           )
         }
         children={actions}
-        right={<CodeViewSwitcher currentUrl={location.pathname} switchViewLink={switchViewLink} />}
+        right={
+          <CodeViewSwitcher currentUrl={urls.escapeUrlForRoute(location.pathname)} switchViewLink={switchViewLink} />
+        }
       />
     </ActionBar>
   );
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/codeSection/containers/CodeOverview.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/codeSection/containers/CodeOverview.tsx
index f5eafe3b38..3123e09adf 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/codeSection/containers/CodeOverview.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/codeSection/containers/CodeOverview.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { Route, useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
 import Sources from "../../sources/containers/Sources";
 import ChangesetsRoot from "../../containers/ChangesetsRoot";
 import { Branch, Repository } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
-import { ErrorPage, Loading } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+import { ErrorPage, Loading, urls } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { useBranches } from "@scm-manager/ui-api";
 import FileSearch from "./FileSearch";
@@ -84,24 +84,28 @@ type RoutingProps = {
   selectedBranch?: string;
 };
 
-const CodeRouting: FC<RoutingProps> = ({ repository, baseUrl, branches, selectedBranch }) => (
-  <>
-    <Route path={`${baseUrl}/sources`} exact={true}>
-      <Sources repository={repository} baseUrl={baseUrl} branches={branches} />
-    </Route>
-    <Route path={`${baseUrl}/sources/:revision/:path*`}>
-      <Sources repository={repository} baseUrl={baseUrl} branches={branches} selectedBranch={selectedBranch} />
-    </Route>
-    <Route path={`${baseUrl}/changesets`}>
-      <ChangesetsRoot repository={repository} baseUrl={baseUrl} branches={branches} />
-    </Route>
-    <Route path={`${baseUrl}/branch/:branch/changesets/`}>
-      <ChangesetsRoot repository={repository} baseUrl={baseUrl} branches={branches} selectedBranch={selectedBranch} />
-    </Route>
-    <Route path={`${baseUrl}/search/:revision/`}>
-      <FileSearch repository={repository} baseUrl={baseUrl} branches={branches} selectedBranch={selectedBranch} />
-    </Route>
-  </>
-);
+const CodeRouting: FC<RoutingProps> = ({ repository, baseUrl, branches, selectedBranch }) => {
+
+  const escapedUrl = urls.escapeUrlForRoute(baseUrl);
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/sources`} exact={true}>
+        <Sources repository={repository} baseUrl={baseUrl} branches={branches} />
+      </Route>
+      <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/sources/:revision/:path*`}>
+        <Sources repository={repository} baseUrl={baseUrl} branches={branches} selectedBranch={selectedBranch} />
+      </Route>
+      <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/changesets`}>
+        <ChangesetsRoot repository={repository} baseUrl={baseUrl} branches={branches} />
+      </Route>
+      <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/branch/:branch/changesets/`}>
+        <ChangesetsRoot repository={repository} baseUrl={baseUrl} branches={branches} selectedBranch={selectedBranch} />
+      </Route>
+      <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/search/:revision/`}>
+        <FileSearch repository={repository} baseUrl={baseUrl} branches={branches} selectedBranch={selectedBranch} />
+      </Route>
+    </>
+  );
+};
 
 export default CodeOverview;
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/ChangesetsRoot.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/ChangesetsRoot.tsx
index e01071ed3a..ae02fb92d1 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/ChangesetsRoot.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/ChangesetsRoot.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const ChangesetRoot: FC<Props> = ({ repository, baseUrl, branches, selectedBranc
     return null;
   }
 
-  const url = urls.stripEndingSlash(match.url);
+  const url = urls.stripEndingSlash(urls.escapeUrlForRoute(match.url));
   const defaultBranch = branches?.find(b => b.defaultBranch === true);
 
   const isBranchAvailable = () => {
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.tsx
index ec8146da26..190df5288a 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.tsx
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ const RepositoryRoot = () => {
     />
   );
 
+  const escapedUrl = urls.escapeUrlForRoute(url);
+
   return (
     <StateMenuContextProvider>
       <Page
@@ -247,57 +249,64 @@ const RepositoryRoot = () => {
         <CustomQueryFlexWrappedColumns>
           <PrimaryContentColumn>
             <Switch>
-              <Redirect exact from={match.url} to={redirectedUrl} />
+              <Redirect exact from={urls.escapeUrlForRoute(match.url)} to={urls.escapeUrlForRoute(redirectedUrl)} />
 
               {/* redirect pre 2.0.0-rc2 links */}
-              <Redirect from={`${url}/changeset/:id`} to={`${url}/code/changeset/:id`} />
-              <Redirect exact from={`${url}/sources`} to={`${url}/code/sources`} />
-              <Redirect from={`${url}/sources/:revision/:path*`} to={`${url}/code/sources/:revision/:path*`} />
-              <Redirect exact from={`${url}/changesets`} to={`${url}/code/changesets`} />
-              <Redirect from={`${url}/branch/:branch/changesets`} to={`${url}/code/branch/:branch/changesets/`} />
+              <Redirect from={`${escapedUrl}/changeset/:id`} to={`${url}/code/changeset/:id`} />
+              <Redirect exact from={`${escapedUrl}/sources`} to={`${url}/code/sources`} />
+              <Redirect from={`${escapedUrl}/sources/:revision/:path*`} to={`${url}/code/sources/:revision/:path*`} />
+              <Redirect exact from={`${escapedUrl}/changesets`} to={`${url}/code/changesets`} />
+              <Redirect
+                from={`${escapedUrl}/branch/:branch/changesets`}
+                to={`${url}/code/branch/:branch/changesets/`}
+              />
 
-              <Route path={`${url}/info`} exact>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/info`} exact>
                 <RepositoryDetails repository={repository} />
               </Route>
-              <Route path={`${url}/settings/general`}>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/settings/general`}>
                 <EditRepo repository={repository} />
               </Route>
-              <Route path={`${url}/settings/permissions`}>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/settings/permissions`}>
                 <Permissions namespaceOrRepository={repository} />
               </Route>
-              <Route exact path={`${url}/code/changeset/:id`}>
+              <Route exact path={`${escapedUrl}/code/changeset/:id`}>
                 <ChangesetView repository={repository} fileControlFactoryFactory={fileControlFactoryFactory} />
               </Route>
-              <Route path={`${url}/code/sourceext/:extension`} exact={true}>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/code/sourceext/:extension`} exact={true}>
                 <SourceExtensions repository={repository} />
               </Route>
-              <Route path={`${url}/code/sourceext/:extension/:revision/:path*`}>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/code/sourceext/:extension/:revision/:path*`}>
                 <SourceExtensions repository={repository} baseUrl={`${url}/code/sources`} />
               </Route>
-              <Route path={`${url}/code`}>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/code`}>
                 <CodeOverview baseUrl={`${url}/code`} repository={repository} />
               </Route>
-              <Route path={`${url}/branch/:branch`}>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/branch/:branch`}>
                 <BranchRoot repository={repository} />
               </Route>
-              <Route path={`${url}/branches`} exact={true}>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/branches`} exact={true}>
                 <BranchesOverview repository={repository} baseUrl={`${url}/branch`} />
               </Route>
-              <Route path={`${url}/branches/create`}>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/branches/create`}>
                 <CreateBranch repository={repository} />
               </Route>
-              <Route path={`${url}/tag/:tag`}>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/tag/:tag`}>
                 <TagRoot repository={repository} baseUrl={`${url}/tag`} />
               </Route>
-              <Route path={`${url}/tags`} exact={true}>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/tags`} exact={true}>
                 <TagsOverview repository={repository} baseUrl={`${url}/tag`} />
               </Route>
-              <Route path={`${url}/compare/:sourceType/:sourceName`}>
+              <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/compare/:sourceType/:sourceName`}>
                 <CompareRoot repository={repository} baseUrl={`${url}/compare`} />
               </Route>
               <ExtensionPoint<extensionPoints.RepositoryRoute>
                 name="repository.route"
-                props={extensionProps}
+                props={{
+                  repository,
+                  url: urls.escapeUrlForRoute(url),
+                  indexLinks
+                }}
                 renderAll={true}
               />
             </Switch>
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/tags/container/TagRoot.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/tags/container/TagRoot.tsx
index e09f9ac5e7..d57ea0a3ea 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/tags/container/TagRoot.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/tags/container/TagRoot.tsx
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ const TagRoot: FC<Props> = ({ repository, baseUrl }) => {
 
   const url = urls.matchedUrlFromMatch(match);
 
+  const escapedUrl = urls.escapeUrlForRoute(url);
+
   return (
     <Switch>
-      <Redirect exact from={url} to={`${url}/info`} />
-      <Route path={`${url}/info`}>
+      <Redirect exact from={escapedUrl} to={`${url}/info`} />
+      <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/info`}>
         <TagView repository={repository} tag={tag} />
       </Route>
     </Switch>
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/users/containers/SingleUser.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/users/containers/SingleUser.tsx
index f0c16b81b1..3e85d44c9c 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/users/containers/SingleUser.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/users/containers/SingleUser.tsx
@@ -74,30 +74,35 @@ const SingleUser: FC = () => {
     url
   };
 
+  const escapedUrl = urls.escapeUrlForRoute(url);
+
   return (
     <StateMenuContextProvider>
       <Page title={user.displayName}>
         <CustomQueryFlexWrappedColumns>
           <PrimaryContentColumn>
-            <Route path={url} exact>
+            <Route path={escapedUrl} exact>
               <Details user={user} />
             </Route>
-            <Route path={`${url}/settings/general`}>
+            <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/settings/general`}>
               <EditUser user={user} />
             </Route>
-            <Route path={`${url}/settings/password`}>
+            <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/settings/password`}>
               <SetUserPassword user={user} />
             </Route>
-            <Route path={`${url}/settings/permissions`}>
+            <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/settings/permissions`}>
               <SetUserPermissions user={user} />
             </Route>
-            <Route path={`${url}/settings/publickeys`}>
+            <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/settings/publickeys`}>
               <SetPublicKeys user={user} />
             </Route>
-            <Route path={`${url}/settings/apiKeys`}>
+            <Route path={`${escapedUrl}/settings/apiKeys`}>
               <SetApiKeys user={user} />
             </Route>
-            <ExtensionPoint<extensionPoints.UserRoute> name="user.route" props={extensionProps} renderAll={true} />
+            <ExtensionPoint<extensionPoints.UserRoute> name="user.route" props={{
+              user,
+              url: escapedUrl
+            }} renderAll={true} />
           </PrimaryContentColumn>
           <SecondaryNavigationColumn>
             <SecondaryNavigation label={t("singleUser.menu.navigationLabel")}>