diff --git a/bigframes/core/blocks.py b/bigframes/core/blocks.py
index 1426459912..95dadfc987 100644
--- a/bigframes/core/blocks.py
+++ b/bigframes/core/blocks.py
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ def _generate_resample_label(
         return block.set_index([resample_label_id])
 
     def _create_stack_column(self, col_label: typing.Tuple, stack_labels: pd.Index):
-        dtype = None
+        input_dtypes = []
         input_columns: list[Optional[str]] = []
         for uvalue in utils.index_as_tuples(stack_labels):
             label_to_match = (*col_label, *uvalue)
@@ -2009,15 +2009,18 @@ def _create_stack_column(self, col_label: typing.Tuple, stack_labels: pd.Index):
             matching_ids = self.label_to_col_id.get(label_to_match, [])
             input_id = matching_ids[0] if len(matching_ids) > 0 else None
             if input_id:
-                if dtype and dtype != self._column_type(input_id):
-                    raise NotImplementedError(
-                        "Cannot stack columns with non-matching dtypes."
-                    )
-                else:
-                    dtype = self._column_type(input_id)
+                input_dtypes.append(self._column_type(input_id))
             input_columns.append(input_id)
             # Input column i is the first one that
-        return tuple(input_columns), dtype or pd.Float64Dtype()
+        if len(input_dtypes) > 0:
+            output_dtype = bigframes.dtypes.lcd_type(*input_dtypes)
+            if output_dtype is None:
+                raise NotImplementedError(
+                    "Cannot stack columns with non-matching dtypes."
+                )
+        else:
+            output_dtype = pd.Float64Dtype()
+        return tuple(input_columns), output_dtype
 
     def _column_type(self, col_id: str) -> bigframes.dtypes.Dtype:
         col_offset = self.value_columns.index(col_id)
diff --git a/bigframes/dataframe.py b/bigframes/dataframe.py
index 495e242f43..1ca5b8b035 100644
--- a/bigframes/dataframe.py
+++ b/bigframes/dataframe.py
@@ -3004,14 +3004,44 @@ def agg(
         if utils.is_dict_like(func):
             # Must check dict-like first because dictionaries are list-like
             # according to Pandas.
-            agg_cols = []
-            for col_label, agg_func in func.items():
-                agg_cols.append(self[col_label].agg(agg_func))
-
-            from bigframes.core.reshape import api as reshape
-
-            return reshape.concat(agg_cols, axis=1)
 
+            aggs = []
+            labels = []
+            funcnames = []
+            for col_label, agg_func in func.items():
+                agg_func_list = agg_func if utils.is_list_like(agg_func) else [agg_func]
+                col_id = self._block.resolve_label_exact(col_label)
+                if col_id is None:
+                    raise KeyError(f"Column {col_label} does not exist")
+                for agg_func in agg_func_list:
+                    agg_op = agg_ops.lookup_agg_func(typing.cast(str, agg_func))
+                    agg_expr = (
+                        ex.UnaryAggregation(agg_op, ex.deref(col_id))
+                        if isinstance(agg_op, agg_ops.UnaryAggregateOp)
+                        else ex.NullaryAggregation(agg_op)
+                    )
+                    aggs.append(agg_expr)
+                    labels.append(col_label)
+                    funcnames.append(agg_func)
+
+            # if any list in dict values, format output differently
+            if any(utils.is_list_like(v) for v in func.values()):
+                new_index, _ = self.columns.reindex(labels)
+                new_index = utils.combine_indices(new_index, pandas.Index(funcnames))
+                agg_block, _ = self._block.aggregate(
+                    aggregations=aggs, column_labels=new_index
+                )
+                return DataFrame(agg_block).stack().droplevel(0, axis="index")
+            else:
+                new_index, _ = self.columns.reindex(labels)
+                agg_block, _ = self._block.aggregate(
+                    aggregations=aggs, column_labels=new_index
+                )
+                return bigframes.series.Series(
+                    agg_block.transpose(
+                        single_row_mode=True, original_row_index=pandas.Index([None])
+                    )
+                )
         elif utils.is_list_like(func):
             aggregations = [agg_ops.lookup_agg_func(f) for f in func]
 
@@ -3027,7 +3057,7 @@ def agg(
                 )
             )
 
-        else:
+        else:  # function name string
             return bigframes.series.Series(
                 self._block.aggregate_all_and_stack(
                     agg_ops.lookup_agg_func(typing.cast(str, func))
diff --git a/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py b/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py
index d5446efcd0..e8d156538f 100644
--- a/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py
@@ -5538,7 +5538,7 @@ def test_astype_invalid_type_fail(scalars_dfs):
         bf_df.astype(123)
 
 
-def test_agg_with_dict(scalars_dfs):
+def test_agg_with_dict_lists(scalars_dfs):
     bf_df, pd_df = scalars_dfs
     agg_funcs = {
         "int64_too": ["min", "max"],
@@ -5553,6 +5553,38 @@ def test_agg_with_dict(scalars_dfs):
     )
 
 
+def test_agg_with_dict_list_and_str(scalars_dfs):
+    bf_df, pd_df = scalars_dfs
+    agg_funcs = {
+        "int64_too": ["min", "max"],
+        "int64_col": "sum",
+    }
+
+    bf_result = bf_df.agg(agg_funcs).to_pandas()
+    pd_result = pd_df.agg(agg_funcs)
+
+    pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(
+        bf_result, pd_result, check_dtype=False, check_index_type=False
+    )
+
+
+def test_agg_with_dict_strs(scalars_dfs):
+    bf_df, pd_df = scalars_dfs
+    agg_funcs = {
+        "int64_too": "min",
+        "int64_col": "sum",
+        "float64_col": "max",
+    }
+
+    bf_result = bf_df.agg(agg_funcs).to_pandas()
+    pd_result = pd_df.agg(agg_funcs)
+    pd_result.index = pd_result.index.astype("string[pyarrow]")
+
+    pd.testing.assert_series_equal(
+        bf_result, pd_result, check_dtype=False, check_index_type=False
+    )
+
+
 def test_agg_with_dict_containing_non_existing_col_raise_key_error(scalars_dfs):
     bf_df, _ = scalars_dfs
     agg_funcs = {