diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/pivot-grid/src/pivot-grid.component.scss b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/pivot-grid/src/pivot-grid.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d171af90be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/pivot-grid/src/pivot-grid.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@use 'themes/grid/base';
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/pivot-grid/src/pivot-grid.component.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/pivot-grid/src/pivot-grid.component.ts
index 3b2176a9c45..fa6ff2ca58f 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/pivot-grid/src/pivot-grid.component.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/pivot-grid/src/pivot-grid.component.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ export interface IPivotRecordTemplateContext {
     preserveWhitespaces: false,
     selector: 'igx-pivot-grid',
     templateUrl: 'pivot-grid.component.html',
+    styleUrl: 'pivot-grid.component.css',
+    host: { 'class': 'igx-grid--pivot' },
     encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
     providers: [
         IgxGridCRUDService,
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/pivot-grid/src/themes/grid/_base.scss b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/pivot-grid/src/themes/grid/_base.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ffa9097003a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/pivot-grid/src/themes/grid/_base.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+////
+/// @group pivot-grid
+/// @access private
+////
+
+@use 'igniteui-theming/sass/bem' as *;
+@use 'igniteui-theming/sass/themes' as *;
+@use 'styles/themes/scoping' as *;
+@use 'grids/themes/variables' as *;
+
+@include layer(base) {
+    @include b(igx-grid) {
+        @include m(pivot) {
+            @include e(scroll-start) {
+                background: var-get($theme, 'header-background');
+            }
+
+            @include e(scroll-start, $m: pinned) {
+                border-inline-end: $grid-header-border;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/themes/_base.scss b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/themes/_base.scss
index 0b371d5e035..bc038f29bf9 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/themes/_base.scss
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/themes/_base.scss
@@ -7,40 +7,7 @@
 @use 'igniteui-theming/sass/color/functions' as *;
 @use 'igniteui-theming/sass/elevations' as *;
 @use 'styles/themes/scoping' as *;
-@use 'igniteui-theming/sass/themes/schemas/components/light/grid' as *;
-
-$theme: digest-schema($material-grid);
-$cell-font-size: rem(13px);
-$cell-line-height: rem(16px);
-$cell-editing-outline-width: rem(1px);
-$grid-header-border-color: var(--_grid-header-border-color, hsla(from var-get($theme, 'header-border-color') h s l / 0.38));
-$grid-action-border-color: var(--_grid-action-border-color, hsla(from var-get($theme, 'action-border-color') h s l / 0.38));
-$grid-header-border: var-get($theme, 'header-border-width') var-get($theme, 'header-border-style') $grid-header-border-color;
-$grid-row-border: var-get($theme, 'row-border-width') var-get($theme, 'row-border-style') var-get($theme, 'row-border-color');
-$grid-scrollbar-borders: rem(1px) solid var(--ig-grid-summary-border-color, var(--row-border-color));
-$grid-body-column-border-odd: var-get($theme, 'header-border-width') solid var-get($theme, 'body-column-border-color-odd');
-$grid-body-column-border-even: var-get($theme, 'header-border-width') solid var-get($theme, 'body-column-border-color-even');
-$grid-active-state-border: var-get($theme, 'cell-active-border-width')  var-get($theme, 'active-state-border-style') var-get($theme, 'cell-active-border-color');
-$cell-padding-sm: rem(12px);
-$cell-padding-md: rem(16px);
-$cell-padding-lg: rem(24px);
-
-// The shadow size that simulates border glueth to the pinned border to make it thicker
-$pinned-shadow-size: #{rem(1px)};
-
-// Z-Indices
-$z-grid-base: 1;
-$z-grid-decoration: 2;
-$z-grid-interaction: 3;
-$z-grid-selection: 4;
-$z-grid-edit-indicator: 5;
-$z-grid-drag-ghost: 20;
-$z-grid-scroll-drag: 25;
-$z-grid-pinned-cell: 9999;
-$z-grid-pinned-row: 10000;
-$z-grid-scroll: 10001;
-$z-grid-overlay: 10002;
-$z-grid-loading: 10003;
+@use 'variables' as *;
 
 @include layer(base) {
     @include scale-in-ver-center();
@@ -2793,6 +2760,10 @@ $z-grid-loading: 10003;
     .igx-pivot-grid-row-filler__wrapper {
         .igx-grid-thead__wrapper {
             height: 100%;
+            // This wrapper only reuses header styles for visual consistency in
+            // the empty space below the last row - it isn't an actual header,
+            // so it shouldn't carry the thead/tbody separator border.
+            border-bottom: none;
 
             .igx-grid-th {
                 height: 100%;
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/themes/_variables.scss b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/themes/_variables.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15422c570b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/themes/_variables.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+////
+/// @group grids
+/// @access private
+////
+
+@use 'igniteui-theming/sass/themes' as *;
+@use 'igniteui-theming/sass/typography' as *;
+@use 'igniteui-theming/sass/themes/schemas/components/light/grid' as *;
+
+$theme: digest-schema($material-grid);
+
+$cell-font-size: rem(13px);
+$cell-line-height: rem(16px);
+$cell-editing-outline-width: rem(1px);
+$grid-header-border-color: var(--_grid-header-border-color, hsla(from var-get($theme, 'header-border-color') h s l / 0.38));
+$grid-action-border-color: var(--_grid-action-border-color, hsla(from var-get($theme, 'action-border-color') h s l / 0.38));
+$grid-header-border: var-get($theme, 'header-border-width') var-get($theme, 'header-border-style') $grid-header-border-color;
+$grid-row-border: var-get($theme, 'row-border-width') var-get($theme, 'row-border-style') var-get($theme, 'row-border-color');
+$grid-pinned-border: var-get($theme, 'pinned-border-width') var-get($theme, 'pinned-border-style') var-get($theme, 'pinned-border-color');
+$grid-scrollbar-borders: rem(1px) solid var(--ig-grid-summary-border-color, var(--row-border-color));
+$grid-body-column-border-odd: var-get($theme, 'header-border-width') solid var-get($theme, 'body-column-border-color-odd');
+$grid-body-column-border-even: var-get($theme, 'header-border-width') solid var-get($theme, 'body-column-border-color-even');
+$grid-active-state-border: var-get($theme, 'cell-active-border-width')  var-get($theme, 'active-state-border-style') var-get($theme, 'cell-active-border-color');
+$cell-padding-sm: rem(12px);
+$cell-padding-md: rem(16px);
+$cell-padding-lg: rem(24px);
+
+// The shadow size that simulates border glueth to the pinned border to make it thicker
+$pinned-shadow-size: #{rem(1px)};
+
+// Z-Indices
+$z-grid-base: 1;
+$z-grid-decoration: 2;
+$z-grid-interaction: 3;
+$z-grid-selection: 4;
+$z-grid-edit-indicator: 5;
+$z-grid-drag-ghost: 20;
+$z-grid-scroll-drag: 25;
+$z-grid-pinned-cell: 9999;
+$z-grid-pinned-row: 10000;
+$z-grid-scroll: 10001;
+$z-grid-overlay: 10002;
+$z-grid-loading: 10003;