diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/columns/column.component.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/columns/column.component.ts
index d5d1529798d..1d2b99c8a86 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/columns/column.component.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/columns/column.component.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ const DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = 'mediumDate';
 const DEFAULT_TIME_FORMAT = 'mediumTime';
 const DEFAULT_DATE_TIME_FORMAT = 'medium';
 const DEFAULT_DIGITS_INFO = '1.0-3';
+const CELL_CONTENT_MIN = 32;
 
 /* blazorElement */
 /* contentParent: ColumnGroup */
@@ -1206,14 +1207,8 @@ export class IgxColumnComponent implements AfterContentInit, OnDestroy, ColumnTy
         if (!this.grid) {
             return '80';
         }
-        switch (this.grid.gridSize) {
-            case Size.Medium:
-                return '64';
-            case Size.Small:
-                return '56';
-            default:
-                return '80';
-        }
+        // the paddings + the min allowed cell content
+        return this.grid.defaultHeaderGroupMinWidth + CELL_CONTENT_MIN;
     }
     /**
      * Returns a reference to the `summaryTemplate`.
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid-base.directive.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid-base.directive.ts
index d439786d7c3..bebb22672d5 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid-base.directive.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid-base.directive.ts
@@ -3179,7 +3179,7 @@ export abstract class IgxGridBaseDirective implements GridType,
     private overlayIDs = [];
     private _sortingStrategy: IGridSortingStrategy;
     private _pinning: IPinningConfig = { columns: ColumnPinningPosition.Start };
-    private _shouldRecalcRowHeight = false;
+    private _shouldRecalcDefaultSizes = false;
 
     private _hostWidth;
     private _advancedFilteringOverlayId: string;
@@ -3253,6 +3253,7 @@ export abstract class IgxGridBaseDirective implements GridType,
     private _sortDescendingHeaderIconTemplate: TemplateRef<IgxGridHeaderTemplateContext> = null;
     private _gridSize: Size = Size.Large;
     private _defaultRowHeight = 50;
+    private _defaultCellPadding = 48;
 
     /**
      * @hidden @internal
@@ -3657,7 +3658,7 @@ export abstract class IgxGridBaseDirective implements GridType,
                     if (this.shouldResize) {
                         // resizing occurs due to the change of --ig-size css var
                         this._gridSize = this.gridSize;
-                        this.updateDefaultRowHeight();
+                        this.updateDefaultSizes();
                         this._autoSize = this.isPercentHeight && this.calcHeight !== this.getDataBasedBodyHeight();
                         this.crudService.endEdit(false);
                         if (this._summaryRowHeight === 0) {
@@ -3893,7 +3894,7 @@ export abstract class IgxGridBaseDirective implements GridType,
      */
     public dataRebinding(event: IForOfDataChangingEventArgs) {
         if (event.state.chunkSize == 0) {
-            this._shouldRecalcRowHeight = true;
+            this._shouldRecalcDefaultSizes = true;
         }
         this.dataChanging.emit(event);
     }
@@ -3903,9 +3904,9 @@ export abstract class IgxGridBaseDirective implements GridType,
      */
     public dataRebound(event) {
         this.selectionService.clearHeaderCBState();
-        if (this._shouldRecalcRowHeight) {
-            this._shouldRecalcRowHeight = false;
-            this.updateDefaultRowHeight();
+        if (this._shouldRecalcDefaultSizes) {
+            this._shouldRecalcDefaultSizes = false;
+            this.updateDefaultSizes();
         }
         this.dataChanged.emit(event);
     }
@@ -4337,14 +4338,7 @@ export abstract class IgxGridBaseDirective implements GridType,
      * The values below depend on the header cell default right/left padding values.
      */
     public get defaultHeaderGroupMinWidth(): number {
-        switch (this.gridSize) {
-            case Size.Medium:
-                return 32;
-            case Size.Small:
-                return 24;
-            default:
-                return 48;
-        }
+        return this._defaultCellPadding;
     }
 
     /** @hidden @internal */
@@ -7767,13 +7761,15 @@ export abstract class IgxGridBaseDirective implements GridType,
         this._lastSearchInfo.matchCount = this._lastSearchInfo.matchInfoCache.length;
     }
 
-    protected updateDefaultRowHeight() {
+    protected updateDefaultSizes() {
         if (this.dataRowList.length > 0 && this.dataRowList.first.cells && this.dataRowList.first.cells.length > 0) {
             const height = parseFloat(this.document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(this.dataRowList.first.cells.first.nativeElement)?.getPropertyValue('height'));
-            if (height) {
+            const padding = parseFloat(this.document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(this.dataRowList.first.cells.first.nativeElement)?.getPropertyValue('padding-left'));
+            if (height && padding) {
                 this._defaultRowHeight = height;
+                this._defaultCellPadding = padding * 2;
             } else {
-                this._shouldRecalcRowHeight = true;
+                this._shouldRecalcDefaultSizes = true;
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/pivot-grid/pivot-grid.component.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/pivot-grid/pivot-grid.component.ts
index d77dfc4a18a..1f838a43567 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/pivot-grid/pivot-grid.component.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/pivot-grid/pivot-grid.component.ts
@@ -2510,8 +2510,8 @@ export class IgxPivotGridComponent extends IgxGridBaseDirective implements OnIni
             this.theadRow.nativeElement.offsetHeight;
     }
 
-    protected override updateDefaultRowHeight() {
-        super.updateDefaultRowHeight();
+    protected override updateDefaultSizes() {
+        super.updateDefaultSizes();
         if (this.hasHorizontalLayout) {
             // Trigger pipes to recalc heights for the horizontal layout mrl rows.
             this.regroupTrigger++;