diff --git a/netbox/ipam/forms/bulk_import.py b/netbox/ipam/forms/bulk_import.py
index c50f194e81..24dbf58952 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/forms/bulk_import.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/forms/bulk_import.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ class VLANGroupImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
         label=_('Scope type (app & model)')
     )
     vlan_id_ranges = NumericRangeArrayField(
-        required=False,
+        required=False
     )
 
     class Meta:
diff --git a/netbox/ipam/forms/model_forms.py b/netbox/ipam/forms/model_forms.py
index 9359677c96..bdbc98d9b2 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/forms/model_forms.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/forms/model_forms.py
@@ -634,8 +634,7 @@ class VLANGroupForm(NetBoxModelForm):
     )
     slug = SlugField()
     vlan_id_ranges = NumericRangeArrayField(
-        label=_('VLAN IDs'),
-        required=False
+        label=_('VLAN IDs')
     )
 
     fieldsets = (
diff --git a/netbox/ipam/migrations/0070_vlangroup_vlan_id_ranges.py b/netbox/ipam/migrations/0070_vlangroup_vlan_id_ranges.py
index 4ac64b16de..b8cc987c36 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/migrations/0070_vlangroup_vlan_id_ranges.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/migrations/0070_vlangroup_vlan_id_ranges.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 from django.db import migrations, models
 from django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any import NumericRange
 
+import ipam.models.vlans
+
 
 def move_min_max(apps, schema_editor):
     VLANGroup = apps.get_model('ipam', 'VLANGroup')
@@ -29,9 +31,8 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='vlan_id_ranges',
             field=django.contrib.postgres.fields.ArrayField(
                 base_field=django.contrib.postgres.fields.ranges.IntegerRangeField(),
-                blank=True,
-                null=True,
-                size=None,
+                default=ipam.models.vlans.default_vland_id_ranges,
+                size=None
             ),
         ),
         migrations.AddField(
diff --git a/netbox/ipam/models/vlans.py b/netbox/ipam/models/vlans.py
index 6b025d0a4a..ceefa8905c 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/models/vlans.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/models/vlans.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.validators import MaxValueValidator, MinValueValidator
 from django.db import models
+from django.db.backends.postgresql.psycopg_any import NumericRange
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -20,6 +21,12 @@
 )
 
 
+def default_vland_id_ranges():
+    return [
+        NumericRange(VLAN_VID_MIN, VLAN_VID_MAX, bounds='[]')
+    ]
+
+
 class VLANGroup(OrganizationalModel):
     """
     A VLAN group is an arbitrary collection of VLANs within which VLAN IDs and names must be unique.
@@ -50,8 +57,7 @@ class VLANGroup(OrganizationalModel):
     vlan_id_ranges = ArrayField(
         IntegerRangeField(),
         verbose_name=_('VLAN ID ranges'),
-        blank=True,
-        null=True
+        default=default_vland_id_ranges
     )
     _total_vlan_ids = models.PositiveBigIntegerField(
         default=VLAN_VID_MAX - VLAN_VID_MIN + 1
@@ -93,21 +99,18 @@ def clean(self):
         if self.vlan_id_ranges and check_ranges_overlap(self.vlan_id_ranges):
             raise ValidationError({'vlan_id_ranges': _("Ranges cannot overlap.")})
 
-        for ranges in self.vlan_id_ranges:
-            if ranges.lower >= ranges.upper:
+        for vid_range in self.vlan_id_ranges:
+            if vid_range.lower >= vid_range.upper:
                 raise ValidationError({
                     'vlan_id_ranges': _(
-                        "Maximum child VID must be greater than or equal to minimum child VID Invalid range ({value})"
-                    ).format(value=ranges)
+                        "Maximum child VID must be greater than or equal to minimum child VID ({value})"
+                    ).format(value=vid_range)
                 })
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        if self.vlan_id_ranges:
-            self._total_vlan_ids = 0
-            for vlan_range in self.vlan_id_ranges:
-                self._total_vlan_ids += vlan_range.upper - vlan_range.lower + 1
-        else:
-            self._total_vlan_ids = VLAN_VID_MAX - VLAN_VID_MIN + 1
+        self._total_vlan_ids = 0
+        for vid_range in self.vlan_id_ranges:
+            self._total_vlan_ids += vid_range.upper - vid_range.lower + 1
 
         super().save(*args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -249,8 +252,8 @@ def clean(self):
         # Validate group min/max VIDs
         if self.group and self.group.vlan_id_ranges:
             in_bounds = False
-            for ranges in self.group.vlan_id_ranges:
-                if ranges.lower <= self.vid <= ranges.upper:
+            for vid_range in self.group.vlan_id_ranges:
+                if vid_range.lower <= self.vid <= vid_range.upper:
                     in_bounds = True
 
             if not in_bounds:
diff --git a/netbox/ipam/tests/test_views.py b/netbox/ipam/tests/test_views.py
index 0997757357..75396e4984 100644
--- a/netbox/ipam/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/netbox/ipam/tests/test_views.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from ipam.choices import *
 from ipam.models import *
 from tenancy.models import Tenant
-from utilities.data import string_to_range_array
 from utilities.testing import ViewTestCases, create_tags
 
 
@@ -766,6 +765,7 @@ def setUpTestData(cls):
             'name': 'VLAN Group X',
             'slug': 'vlan-group-x',
             'description': 'A new VLAN group',
+            'vlan_id_ranges': '100-199,300-399',
             'tags': [t.pk for t in tags],
         }