diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/char-separated-value-data.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/char-separated-value-data.ts
index ea3691015e8..a4a0820e0e6 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/char-separated-value-data.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/char-separated-value-data.ts
@@ -42,13 +42,15 @@ export class CharSeparatedValueData {
         return this._headerRecord + this._dataRecords;
     }
 
-    public prepareDataAsync(done: (result: string) => void) {
+    public prepareDataAsync(done: (result: string) => void, alwaysExportHeaders: boolean = true) {
         const columns = this.columns?.filter(c => !c.skip)
                         .sort((a, b) => a.startIndex - b.startIndex)
                         .sort((a, b) => a.pinnedIndex - b.pinnedIndex);
         const keys = columns && columns.length ? columns.map(c => c.field) : ExportUtilities.getKeysFromData(this._data);
 
-        this._isSpecialData = ExportUtilities.isSpecialData(this._data[0]);
+        if (this._data && this._data.length > 0) {
+            this._isSpecialData = ExportUtilities.isSpecialData(this._data[0]);
+        }
         this._escapeCharacters.push(this._delimiter);
 
         const headers = columns && columns.length ?
@@ -57,7 +59,12 @@ export class CharSeparatedValueData {
 
         this._headerRecord = this.processHeaderRecord(headers, this._data.length);
         if (keys.length === 0 || ((!this._data || this._data.length === 0) && keys.length === 0)) {
-            done('');
+            // If alwaysExportHeaders is true and we have headers, export headers only
+            if (alwaysExportHeaders && headers && headers.length > 0) {
+                done(this._headerRecord);
+            } else {
+                done('');
+            }
         } else {
             this.processDataRecordsAsync(this._data, keys, (dr) => {
                 done(this._headerRecord + dr);
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/csv-exporter-grid.spec.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/csv-exporter-grid.spec.ts
index b4a7f98e930..bc40126c309 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/csv-exporter-grid.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/csv-exporter-grid.spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import { ReorderedColumnsComponent,
         GridIDNameJobTitleComponent,
         ProductsComponent,
         ColumnsAddedOnInitComponent,
-        EmptyGridComponent } from '../../test-utils/grid-samples.spec';
+        EmptyGridComponent,
+        GridCustomSummaryComponent } from '../../test-utils/grid-samples.spec';
 import { SampleTestData } from '../../test-utils/sample-test-data.spec';
 import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { DefaultSortingStrategy, SortingDirection } from '../../data-operations/sorting-strategy';
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ describe('CSV Grid Exporter', () => {
                 IgxTreeGridPrimaryForeignKeyComponent,
                 ProductsComponent,
                 ColumnsAddedOnInitComponent,
-                EmptyGridComponent
+                EmptyGridComponent,
+                GridCustomSummaryComponent
             ]
         }).compileComponents();
     }));
@@ -406,6 +408,30 @@ describe('CSV Grid Exporter', () => {
         wrapper.verifyData('Country,Region,Test Header', 'Only headers should be exported.');
     });
 
+    it('should export grid with summaries correctly, not as [object Object]', async () => {
+        const fix = TestBed.createComponent(GridCustomSummaryComponent);
+        fix.detectChanges();
+
+        const grid = fix.componentInstance.grid;
+
+        const wrapper = await getExportedData(grid, options);
+        const exportedData = wrapper['_data'];
+
+        expect(exportedData.includes('[object Object]')).toBe(false, 'CSV export should not contain [object Object]');
+
+        const lines = exportedData.split('\r\n');
+
+        // Skip header line and data lines, check summary lines at the end
+        const summaryLines = lines.slice(-4);
+
+        // Verify at least one summary line contains proper formatting (label: value pattern)
+        const hasProperlySummary = summaryLines.some(line =>
+            line.includes(':') && !line.includes('[object Object]')
+        );
+
+        expect(hasProperlySummary).toBe(true, 'Summary data should be formatted as "label: value"');
+    });
+
     describe('Tree Grid CSV export', () => {
         let fix;
         let treeGrid: IgxTreeGridComponent;
diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/csv-exporter.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/csv-exporter.ts
index d6a5c9596ae..73b241eff0e 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/csv-exporter.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/services/csv/csv-exporter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { EventEmitter, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { DEFAULT_OWNER, ExportHeaderType, IColumnInfo, IExportRecord, IgxBaseExporter } from '../exporter-common/base-export-service';
+import { DEFAULT_OWNER, ExportHeaderType, ExportRecordType, IColumnInfo, IExportRecord, IgxBaseExporter } from '../exporter-common/base-export-service';
 import { ExportUtilities } from '../exporter-common/export-utilities';
 import { CharSeparatedValueData } from './char-separated-value-data';
 import { CsvFileTypes, IgxCsvExporterOptions } from './csv-exporter-options';
@@ -50,14 +50,40 @@ export class IgxCsvExporterService extends IgxBaseExporter {
     private _stringData: string;
 
     protected exportDataImplementation(data: IExportRecord[], options: IgxCsvExporterOptions, done: () => void) {
-        const dimensionKeys = data[0]?.dimensionKeys;
-        data = dimensionKeys?.length ? 
-            data.map((item) => item.rawData):
-            data.map((item) => item.data);
+        const firstDataElement = data[0];
+        const dimensionKeys = firstDataElement?.dimensionKeys;
+
+        const dataRecords = dimensionKeys?.length ?
+            data.filter(item => item.type !== ExportRecordType.SummaryRecord).map((item) => item.rawData):
+            data.filter(item => item.type !== ExportRecordType.SummaryRecord).map((item) => item.data);
+
+        // Get summary records if exportSummaries is enabled
+        const summaryRecords: any[] = [];
+        if (options.exportSummaries) {
+            const summaries = data.filter(item => item.type === ExportRecordType.SummaryRecord);
+            for (const summary of summaries) {
+                // Convert summary record data to a flat object format for CSV
+                const summaryData: any = {};
+                if (summary.data) {
+                    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(summary.data)) {
+                        if (value && typeof value === 'object' && 'label' in value && 'value' in value) {
+                            summaryData[key] = `${value.label}: ${value.value}`;
+                        } else {
+                            summaryData[key] = value;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                summaryRecords.push(summaryData);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Combine data records and summary records
+        const allRecords = [...dataRecords, ...summaryRecords];
+
         const columnList = this._ownersMap.get(DEFAULT_OWNER);
         const columns = columnList?.columns.filter(c => c.headerType === ExportHeaderType.ColumnHeader);
         if (dimensionKeys) {
-            const dimensionCols = dimensionKeys.map((key) => {               
+            const dimensionCols = dimensionKeys.map((key) => {
                 const columnInfo: IColumnInfo = {
                     header: key,
                     field: key,
@@ -72,13 +98,13 @@ export class IgxCsvExporterService extends IgxBaseExporter {
             columns.unshift(...dimensionCols);
         }
 
-        const csvData = new CharSeparatedValueData(data, options.valueDelimiter, columns);
+        const csvData = new CharSeparatedValueData(allRecords, options.valueDelimiter, columns);
         csvData.prepareDataAsync((r) => {
             this._stringData = r;
             this.saveFile(options);
             this.exportEnded.emit({ csvData: this._stringData });
             done();
-        });
+        }, options.alwaysExportHeaders);
     }
 
     private saveFile(options: IgxCsvExporterOptions) {