diff --git a/src/daft-core/src/array/ops/concat_agg.rs b/src/daft-core/src/array/ops/concat_agg.rs
index 6713597897..09ebb0876e 100644
--- a/src/daft-core/src/array/ops/concat_agg.rs
+++ b/src/daft-core/src/array/ops/concat_agg.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
-use arrow2::{bitmap::utils::SlicesIterator, offset::OffsetsBuffer, types::Index};
+use arrow2::{
+    array::{Array, Utf8Array},
+    bitmap::utils::SlicesIterator,
+    offset::OffsetsBuffer,
+    types::Index,
+};
 use common_error::DaftResult;
 
 use super::{as_arrow::AsArrow, DaftConcatAggable};
-use crate::array::{
-    growable::{make_growable, Growable},
-    ListArray,
+use crate::{
+    array::{
+        growable::{make_growable, Growable},
+        DataArray, ListArray,
+    },
+    prelude::Utf8Type,
 };
 
 #[cfg(feature = "python")]
@@ -146,6 +154,67 @@ impl DaftConcatAggable for ListArray {
     }
 }
 
+impl DaftConcatAggable for DataArray<Utf8Type> {
+    type Output = DaftResult<Self>;
+
+    fn concat(&self) -> Self::Output {
+        let new_validity = match self.validity() {
+            Some(validity) if validity.unset_bits() == self.len() => {
+                Some(arrow2::bitmap::Bitmap::from(vec![false]))
+            }
+            _ => None,
+        };
+
+        let arrow_array = self.as_arrow();
+        let new_offsets = OffsetsBuffer::<i64>::try_from(vec![0, *arrow_array.offsets().last()])?;
+        let output = Utf8Array::new(
+            arrow_array.data_type().clone(),
+            new_offsets,
+            arrow_array.values().clone(),
+            new_validity,
+        );
+
+        let result_box = Box::new(output);
+        DataArray::new(self.field().clone().into(), result_box)
+    }
+
+    fn grouped_concat(&self, groups: &super::GroupIndices) -> Self::Output {
+        let arrow_array = self.as_arrow();
+        let concat_per_group = if arrow_array.null_count() > 0 {
+            Box::new(Utf8Array::from_trusted_len_iter(groups.iter().map(|g| {
+                let to_concat = g
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter_map(|index| {
+                        let idx = *index as usize;
+                        arrow_array.get(idx)
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+                if to_concat.is_empty() {
+                    None
+                } else {
+                    Some(to_concat.concat())
+                }
+            })))
+        } else {
+            Box::new(Utf8Array::from_trusted_len_values_iter(groups.iter().map(
+                |g| {
+                    g.iter()
+                        .map(|index| {
+                            let idx = *index as usize;
+                            arrow_array.value(idx)
+                        })
+                        .collect::<String>()
+                },
+            )))
+        };
+
+        Ok(DataArray::from((
+            self.field.name.as_ref(),
+            concat_per_group,
+        )))
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use std::iter::repeat;
diff --git a/src/daft-core/src/series/ops/agg.rs b/src/daft-core/src/series/ops/agg.rs
index 44a4c10348..353c6ca25d 100644
--- a/src/daft-core/src/series/ops/agg.rs
+++ b/src/daft-core/src/series/ops/agg.rs
@@ -244,8 +244,17 @@ impl Series {
                     None => Ok(DaftConcatAggable::concat(downcasted)?.into_series()),
                 }
             }
+            DataType::Utf8 => {
+                let downcasted = self.downcast::<Utf8Array>()?;
+                match groups {
+                    Some(groups) => {
+                        Ok(DaftConcatAggable::grouped_concat(downcasted, groups)?.into_series())
+                    }
+                    None => Ok(DaftConcatAggable::concat(downcasted)?.into_series()),
+                }
+            }
             _ => Err(DaftError::TypeError(format!(
-                "concat aggregation is only valid for List or Python types, got {}",
+                "concat aggregation is only valid for List, Python types, or Utf8, got {}",
                 self.data_type()
             ))),
         }
diff --git a/src/daft-dsl/src/expr.rs b/src/daft-dsl/src/expr.rs
index affb5f08e3..f8c5deb247 100644
--- a/src/daft-dsl/src/expr.rs
+++ b/src/daft-dsl/src/expr.rs
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ impl AggExpr {
                 let field = expr.to_field(schema)?;
                 match field.dtype {
                     DataType::List(..) => Ok(field),
+                    DataType::Utf8 => Ok(field),
                     #[cfg(feature = "python")]
                     DataType::Python => Ok(field),
                     _ => Err(DaftError::TypeError(format!(
diff --git a/tests/table/test_table_aggs.py b/tests/table/test_table_aggs.py
index fa7a26b3e4..01749a1cdb 100644
--- a/tests/table/test_table_aggs.py
+++ b/tests/table/test_table_aggs.py
@@ -874,3 +874,53 @@ def test_groupby_struct(dtype) -> None:
     expected = [[0, 1, 4], [2, 6], [3, 5]]
     for lt in expected:
         assert lt in res["b"]
+
+
+def test_agg_concat_on_string() -> None:
+    df3 = from_pydict({"a": ["the", " quick", " brown", " fox"]})
+    res = df3.agg(col("a").agg_concat()).to_pydict()
+    assert res["a"] == ["the quick brown fox"]
+
+
+def test_agg_concat_on_string_groupby() -> None:
+    df3 = from_pydict({"a": ["the", " quick", " brown", " fox"], "b": [1, 2, 1, 2]})
+    res = df3.groupby("b").agg_concat("a").to_pydict()
+    expected = ["the brown", " quick fox"]
+    for txt in expected:
+        assert txt in res["a"]
+
+
+def test_agg_concat_on_string_null() -> None:
+    df3 = from_pydict({"a": ["the", " quick", None, " fox"]})
+    res = df3.agg(col("a").agg_concat()).to_pydict()
+    expected = ["the quick fox"]
+    assert res["a"] == expected
+
+
+def test_agg_concat_on_string_groupby_null() -> None:
+    df3 = from_pydict({"a": ["the", " quick", None, " fox"], "b": [1, 2, 1, 2]})
+    res = df3.groupby("b").agg_concat("a").to_pydict()
+    expected = ["the", " quick fox"]
+    for txt in expected:
+        assert txt in res["a"]
+
+
+def test_agg_concat_on_string_null_list() -> None:
+    df3 = from_pydict({"a": [None, None, None, None], "b": [1, 2, 1, 2]}).with_column(
+        "a", col("a").cast(DataType.string())
+    )
+    res = df3.agg(col("a").agg_concat()).to_pydict()
+    print(res)
+    expected = [None]
+    assert res["a"] == expected
+    assert len(res["a"]) == 1
+
+
+def test_agg_concat_on_string_groupby_null_list() -> None:
+    df3 = from_pydict({"a": [None, None, None, None], "b": [1, 2, 1, 2]}).with_column(
+        "a", col("a").cast(DataType.string())
+    )
+    res = df3.groupby("b").agg_concat("a").to_pydict()
+    expected = [None, None]
+    assert res["a"] == expected
+    assert len(res["a"]) == len(expected)