diff --git a/src/data/lovelace/config/section.ts b/src/data/lovelace/config/section.ts
index ad2c66e2aa..8708d4a013 100644
--- a/src/data/lovelace/config/section.ts
+++ b/src/data/lovelace/config/section.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ export interface LovelaceSectionConfig extends LovelaceBaseSectionConfig {
   cards?: LovelaceCardConfig[];
 }
 
+export interface LovelaceGridSectionConfig extends LovelaceSectionConfig {
+  grid_base?: number;
+}
+
 export interface LovelaceStrategySectionConfig
   extends LovelaceBaseSectionConfig {
   strategy: LovelaceStrategyConfig;
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/card-editor/hui-card-element-editor.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/card-editor/hui-card-element-editor.ts
index 51804864af..a9818b1ad7 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/card-editor/hui-card-element-editor.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/card-editor/hui-card-element-editor.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ import "@material/mwc-tab/mwc-tab";
 import { CSSResultGroup, TemplateResult, css, html, nothing } from "lit";
 import { customElement, property, state } from "lit/decorators";
 import { LovelaceCardConfig } from "../../../../data/lovelace/config/card";
+import {
+  LovelaceGridSectionConfig,
+  LovelaceSectionConfig,
+} from "../../../../data/lovelace/config/section";
 import { getCardElementClass } from "../../create-element/create-card-element";
 import type { LovelaceCardEditor, LovelaceConfigForm } from "../../types";
 import { HuiTypedElementEditor } from "../hui-typed-element-editor";
 import "./hui-card-layout-editor";
 import "./hui-card-visibility-editor";
-import { LovelaceSectionConfig } from "../../../../data/lovelace/config/section";
 
 const tabs = ["config", "visibility", "layout"] as const;
 
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ export class HuiCardElementEditor extends HuiTypedElementEditor<LovelaceCardConf
   protected renderConfigElement(): TemplateResult {
     const displayedTabs: string[] = ["config"];
     if (this.showVisibilityTab) displayedTabs.push("visibility");
-    if (this._showLayoutTab) displayedTabs.push("layout");
+    if (this.sectionConfig?.type === "grid") displayedTabs.push("layout");
 
     if (displayedTabs.length === 1) return super.renderConfigElement();
 
@@ -83,8 +86,8 @@ export class HuiCardElementEditor extends HuiTypedElementEditor<LovelaceCardConf
           <hui-card-layout-editor
             .hass=${this.hass}
             .config=${this.value}
-            .sectionConfig=${this.sectionConfig!}
             @value-changed=${this._configChanged}
+            .sectionConfig=${this.sectionConfig as LovelaceGridSectionConfig}
           >
           </hui-card-layout-editor>
         `;
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/card-editor/hui-card-layout-editor.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/card-editor/hui-card-layout-editor.ts
index 6ee81aba24..188356b9fa 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/card-editor/hui-card-layout-editor.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/card-editor/hui-card-layout-editor.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ import "../../../../components/ha-switch";
 import "../../../../components/ha-yaml-editor";
 import type { HaYamlEditor } from "../../../../components/ha-yaml-editor";
 import { LovelaceCardConfig } from "../../../../data/lovelace/config/card";
-import { LovelaceSectionConfig } from "../../../../data/lovelace/config/section";
+import {
+  LovelaceGridSectionConfig,
+  LovelaceSectionConfig,
+} from "../../../../data/lovelace/config/section";
 import { haStyle } from "../../../../resources/styles";
 import { HomeAssistant } from "../../../../types";
 import { HuiCard } from "../../cards/hui-card";
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   CardGridSize,
   computeCardGridSize,
 } from "../../common/compute-card-grid-size";
+import { DEFAULT_GRID_BASE } from "../../sections/hui-grid-section";
 import { LovelaceLayoutOptions } from "../../types";
 
 @customElement("hui-card-layout-editor")
@@ -72,7 +76,10 @@ export class HuiCardLayoutEditor extends LitElement {
 
     const value = this._computeCardGridSize(options);
 
-    const totalColumns = (this.sectionConfig.column_span ?? 1) * 4;
+    const totalColumns =
+      (this.sectionConfig.column_span ?? 1) *
+      ((this.sectionConfig as LovelaceGridSectionConfig).grid_base ||
+        DEFAULT_GRID_BASE);
 
     return html`
       <div class="header">
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/section-editor/hui-section-settings-editor.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/section-editor/hui-section-settings-editor.ts
index dcc922c3e8..42d0b56fcd 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/section-editor/hui-section-settings-editor.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/section-editor/hui-section-settings-editor.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { LitElement, html } from "lit";
+import { html, LitElement } from "lit";
 import { customElement, property } from "lit/decorators";
 import memoizeOne from "memoize-one";
 import { fireEvent } from "../../../../common/dom/fire_event";
@@ -6,12 +6,21 @@ import {
   HaFormSchema,
   SchemaUnion,
 } from "../../../../components/ha-form/types";
-import { LovelaceSectionRawConfig } from "../../../../data/lovelace/config/section";
+import {
+  isStrategySection,
+  LovelaceGridSectionConfig,
+  LovelaceSectionRawConfig,
+} from "../../../../data/lovelace/config/section";
 import { LovelaceViewConfig } from "../../../../data/lovelace/config/view";
 import { HomeAssistant } from "../../../../types";
+import { LocalizeFunc } from "../../../../common/translations/localize";
+import { DEFAULT_GRID_BASE } from "../../sections/hui-grid-section";
+
+type GridDensity = "default" | "dense" | "custom";
 
 type SettingsData = {
   column_span?: number;
+  grid_density?: GridDensity;
 };
 
 @customElement("hui-section-settings-editor")
@@ -23,27 +32,89 @@ export class HuiDialogEditSection extends LitElement {
   @property({ attribute: false }) public viewConfig!: LovelaceViewConfig;
 
   private _schema = memoizeOne(
-    (maxColumns: number) =>
+    (
+      maxColumns: number,
+      localize: LocalizeFunc,
+      type?: string | undefined,
+      columnDensity?: GridDensity,
+      columnBase?: number
+    ) =>
       [
         {
-          name: "column_span",
-          selector: {
-            number: {
-              min: 1,
-              max: maxColumns,
-              slider_ticks: true,
-            },
-          },
+          name: "title",
+          selector: { text: {} },
         },
+        ...(type === "grid"
+          ? ([
+              {
+                name: "grid_density",
+                default: "default",
+                selector: {
+                  select: {
+                    mode: "list",
+                    options: [
+                      {
+                        label: localize(
+                          `ui.panel.lovelace.editor.edit_section.settings.grid_density_options.default`,
+                          { count: 4 }
+                        ),
+                        value: "default",
+                      },
+                      {
+                        label: localize(
+                          `ui.panel.lovelace.editor.edit_section.settings.grid_density_options.dense`,
+                          { count: 6 }
+                        ),
+                        value: "dense",
+                      },
+                      ...(columnDensity === "custom" && columnBase
+                        ? [
+                            {
+                              label: localize(
+                                `ui.panel.lovelace.editor.edit_section.settings.grid_density_options.custom`,
+                                { count: columnBase }
+                              ),
+                              value: "custom",
+                            },
+                          ]
+                        : []),
+                    ],
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            ] as const satisfies readonly HaFormSchema[])
+          : []),
       ] as const satisfies HaFormSchema[]
   );
 
+  private _isGridSectionConfig(
+    config: LovelaceSectionRawConfig
+  ): config is LovelaceGridSectionConfig {
+    return !isStrategySection(config) && config.type === "grid";
+  }
+
   render() {
+    const gridBase = this._isGridSectionConfig(this.config)
+      ? this.config.grid_base || DEFAULT_GRID_BASE
+      : undefined;
+
+    const columnDensity =
+      gridBase === 6 ? "dense" : gridBase === 4 ? "default" : "custom";
+
     const data: SettingsData = {
       column_span: this.config.column_span || 1,
+      grid_density: columnDensity,
     };
 
-    const schema = this._schema(this.viewConfig.max_columns || 4);
+    const type = "type" in this.config ? this.config.type : undefined;
+
+    const schema = this._schema(
+      this.viewConfig.max_columns || 4,
+      this.hass.localize,
+      type,
+      columnDensity,
+      gridBase
+    );
 
     return html`
       <ha-form
@@ -75,11 +146,26 @@ export class HuiDialogEditSection extends LitElement {
     ev.stopPropagation();
     const newData = ev.detail.value as SettingsData;
 
+    const { column_span, grid_density } = newData;
+
     const newConfig: LovelaceSectionRawConfig = {
       ...this.config,
-      column_span: newData.column_span,
+      column_span: column_span,
     };
 
+    if (this._isGridSectionConfig(newConfig)) {
+      const gridBase =
+        grid_density === "default"
+          ? 4
+          : grid_density === "dense"
+            ? 6
+            : undefined;
+
+      if (gridBase) {
+        (newConfig as LovelaceGridSectionConfig).grid_base = gridBase;
+      }
+    }
+
     fireEvent(this, "value-changed", { value: newConfig });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/sections/hui-grid-section.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/sections/hui-grid-section.ts
index 73894cc3bb..4ef0239712 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/sections/hui-grid-section.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/sections/hui-grid-section.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { fireEvent } from "../../../common/dom/fire_event";
 import type { HaSortableOptions } from "../../../components/ha-sortable";
 import { LovelaceSectionElement } from "../../../data/lovelace";
 import { LovelaceCardConfig } from "../../../data/lovelace/config/card";
-import type { LovelaceSectionConfig } from "../../../data/lovelace/config/section";
+import type { LovelaceGridSectionConfig } from "../../../data/lovelace/config/section";
 import { haStyle } from "../../../resources/styles";
 import type { HomeAssistant } from "../../../types";
 import { HuiCard } from "../cards/hui-card";
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ const CARD_SORTABLE_OPTIONS: HaSortableOptions = {
   invertedSwapThreshold: 0.7,
 } as HaSortableOptions;
 
+export const DEFAULT_GRID_BASE = 4;
+
 export class GridSection extends LitElement implements LovelaceSectionElement {
   @property({ attribute: false }) public hass!: HomeAssistant;
 
@@ -37,11 +39,11 @@ export class GridSection extends LitElement implements LovelaceSectionElement {
 
   @property({ attribute: false }) public cards: HuiCard[] = [];
 
-  @state() _config?: LovelaceSectionConfig;
+  @state() _config?: LovelaceGridSectionConfig;
 
   @state() _dragging = false;
 
-  public setConfig(config: LovelaceSectionConfig): void {
+  public setConfig(config: LovelaceGridSectionConfig): void {
     this._config = config;
   }
 
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ export class GridSection extends LitElement implements LovelaceSectionElement {
 
     const editMode = Boolean(this.lovelace?.editMode && !this.isStrategy);
 
+    const columnCount = this._config.grid_base ?? DEFAULT_GRID_BASE;
+
     return html`
       <ha-sortable
         .disabled=${!editMode}
@@ -77,7 +81,10 @@ export class GridSection extends LitElement implements LovelaceSectionElement {
         .options=${CARD_SORTABLE_OPTIONS}
         invert-swap
       >
-        <div class="container ${classMap({ "edit-mode": editMode })}">
+        <div
+          class="container ${classMap({ "edit-mode": editMode })}"
+          style=${styleMap({ "--column-count": columnCount })}
+        >
           ${repeat(
             cardsConfig,
             (cardConfig) => this._getKey(cardConfig),
@@ -165,7 +172,6 @@ export class GridSection extends LitElement implements LovelaceSectionElement {
       haStyle,
       css`
         :host {
-          --base-column-count: 4;
           --row-gap: var(--ha-section-grid-row-gap, 8px);
           --column-gap: var(--ha-section-grid-column-gap, 8px);
           --row-height: var(--ha-section-grid-row-height, 56px);
@@ -175,7 +181,7 @@ export class GridSection extends LitElement implements LovelaceSectionElement {
         }
         .container {
           --grid-column-count: calc(
-            var(--base-column-count) * var(--column-span, 1)
+            var(--column-count, 4) * var(--column-span, 1)
           );
           display: grid;
           grid-template-columns: repeat(
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index cc08d701a6..4f1f057c18 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -5714,7 +5714,13 @@
               "title": "Title",
               "title_helper": "The title will appear at the top of section. Leave empty to hide the title.",
               "column_span": "Width",
-              "column_span_helper": "Larger sections will be made smaller to fit the display. (e.g. on mobile devices)"
+              "column_span_helper": "Larger sections will be made smaller to fit the display. (e.g. on mobile devices)",
+              "grid_density": "Grid density",
+              "grid_density_options": {
+                "default": "Default ({count} columns)",
+                "dense": "Dense ({count} columns)",
+                "custom": "Custom ({count} {count, plural,\n  one {column}\n  other {columns}\n})"
+              }
             },
             "visibility": {
               "explanation": "The section will be shown when ALL conditions below are fulfilled. If no conditions are set, the section will always be shown."