diff --git a/ee/app/models/approval_rules/approval_group_rule.rb b/ee/app/models/approval_rules/approval_group_rule.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c68d4c865736e0781eec6571341921dad06171df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/app/models/approval_rules/approval_group_rule.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module ApprovalRules
+  class ApprovalGroupRule < ApplicationRecord
+    include ApprovalRuleLike
+
+    enum rule_type: {
+      regular: 1,
+      code_owner: 2,
+      report_approver: 3,
+      any_approver: 4
+    }
+
+    belongs_to :group, inverse_of: :approval_rules
+    has_and_belongs_to_many :protected_branches
+
+    validates :name, uniqueness: { scope: [:group_id, :rule_type] }
+    validates :rule_type, uniqueness: {
+      scope: :group_id,
+      message: proc { _('any-approver for the group already exists') }
+    }, if: :any_approver?
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ee/app/models/ee/group.rb b/ee/app/models/ee/group.rb
index 21a3f63c38f3ba02f424ee471e9daff31abeb7b3..b5367b48fd553677044e1ed4b70a4da5d364b80c 100644
--- a/ee/app/models/ee/group.rb
+++ b/ee/app/models/ee/group.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ module Group
       belongs_to :file_template_project, class_name: "Project"
 
       belongs_to :push_rule, inverse_of: :group
+      has_many :approval_rules, class_name: 'ApprovalRules::ApprovalGroupRule', inverse_of: :group
 
       delegate :deleting_user, :marked_for_deletion_on, to: :deletion_schedule, allow_nil: true
 
diff --git a/ee/spec/factories/approval_rules.rb b/ee/spec/factories/approval_rules.rb
index 433e1f8211e26c8a0da04219c3f839347f890441..62c7121d096d2b242fd31a03fb2b6ffc07ccbaa0 100644
--- a/ee/spec/factories/approval_rules.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/factories/approval_rules.rb
@@ -102,4 +102,10 @@
     approval_project_rule
     user
   end
+
+  factory :approval_group_rule, class: 'ApprovalRules::ApprovalGroupRule' do
+    group
+    sequence(:name) { |n| "#{ApprovalRuleLike::DEFAULT_NAME}-#{n}" }
+    rule_type { :regular }
+  end
 end
diff --git a/ee/spec/models/approval_rules/approval_group_rule_spec.rb b/ee/spec/models/approval_rules/approval_group_rule_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1ac8f0b9c7c9878deec2ceec870845a314079783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/spec/models/approval_rules/approval_group_rule_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe ApprovalRules::ApprovalGroupRule, feature_category: :source_code_management do
+  subject { build(:approval_group_rule) }
+
+  describe 'validations' do
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:name) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:name).scoped_to([:group_id, :rule_type]) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_numericality_of(:approvals_required).is_less_than_or_equal_to(100) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_numericality_of(:approvals_required).is_greater_than_or_equal_to(0) }
+  end
+
+  describe 'associations' do
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:group).inverse_of(:approval_rules) }
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:security_orchestration_policy_configuration) }
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:scan_result_policy_read) }
+    it { is_expected.to have_and_belong_to_many(:users) }
+    it { is_expected.to have_and_belong_to_many(:groups) }
+    it { is_expected.to have_and_belong_to_many(:protected_branches) }
+  end
+
+  describe 'any_approver rules' do
+    let_it_be(:group) { create(:group) }
+
+    let(:rule) { build(:approval_group_rule, group: group, rule_type: :any_approver) }
+
+    it 'allows to create only one any_approver rule', :aggregate_failures do
+      create(:approval_group_rule, group: group, rule_type: :any_approver)
+
+      expect(rule).not_to be_valid
+      expect(rule.errors.messages).to eq(rule_type: ['any-approver for the group already exists'])
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/ee/spec/models/ee/group_spec.rb b/ee/spec/models/ee/group_spec.rb
index dd25558506a80f672b365b0b221ce6feb6f6b306..c533baf8148427cb2eb8eb7dc06af196120706d8 100644
--- a/ee/spec/models/ee/group_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/models/ee/group_spec.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:repository_storage_moves) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:iterations) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:iterations_cadences) }
+    it { is_expected.to have_many(:approval_rules).class_name('ApprovalRules::ApprovalGroupRule').inverse_of(:group) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:epic_board_recent_visits).inverse_of(:group) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:external_audit_event_destinations) }
     it { is_expected.to have_many(:google_cloud_logging_configurations) }
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 7fff677c22c4d4731749778cb5930c9c1bd29040..212c2552cf770a3fc643433a9ca813f06c35ef12 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -55641,6 +55641,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "and"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "any-approver for the group already exists"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "any-approver for the merge request already exists"
 msgstr ""