diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests.Common/Builders/UserGroupBuilder.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests.Common/Builders/UserGroupBuilder.cs
index 840cf80dd5..432e2921db 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests.Common/Builders/UserGroupBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests.Common/Builders/UserGroupBuilder.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Moq;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
+using Umbraco.Core.Strings;
 using Umbraco.Tests.Common.Builders.Interfaces;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Tests.Common.Builders
@@ -20,15 +21,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Common.Builders
             IWithAliasBuilder,
             IWithNameBuilder
     {
-        private int? _startContentId;
-        private int? _startMediaId;
+        private int? _id;
         private string _alias;
         private string _icon;
         private string _name;
         private IEnumerable<string> _permissions = Enumerable.Empty<string>();
         private IEnumerable<string> _sectionCollection = Enumerable.Empty<string>();
         private string _suffix;
-        private int? _id;
+        private int? _startContentId;
+        private int? _startMediaId;
+        private int? _userCount;
 
         public UserGroupBuilder(TParent parentBuilder) : base(parentBuilder)
         {
@@ -45,6 +47,36 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Common.Builders
             return this;
         }
 
+        public UserGroupBuilder<TParent> WithUserCount(int userCount)
+        {
+            _userCount = userCount;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public UserGroupBuilder<TParent> WithPermissions(string permissions)
+        {
+            _permissions = permissions.Split();
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public UserGroupBuilder<TParent> WithPermissions(IList<string> permissions)
+        {
+            _permissions = permissions;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public UserGroupBuilder<TParent> WithStartContentId(int startContentId)
+        {
+            _startContentId = startContentId;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public UserGroupBuilder<TParent> WithStartMediaId(int startMediaId)
+        {
+            _startMediaId = startMediaId;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public IReadOnlyUserGroup BuildReadOnly(IUserGroup userGroup)
         {
             return Mock.Of<IReadOnlyUserGroup>(x =>
@@ -60,14 +92,26 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Common.Builders
 
         public override IUserGroup Build()
         {
-            var userGroup = Mock.Of<IUserGroup>(x =>
-                x.StartContentId == _startContentId &&
-                x.StartMediaId == _startMediaId &&
-                x.Name == (_name ?? ("TestUserGroup" + _suffix)) &&
-                x.Alias == (_alias ?? ("testUserGroup" + _suffix)) &&
-                x.Icon == _icon &&
-                x.Permissions == _permissions &&
-                x.AllowedSections == _sectionCollection);
+            var id = _id ?? 1;
+            var name = _name ?? ("TestUserGroup" + _suffix);
+            var alias = _alias ?? ("testUserGroup" + _suffix);
+            var userCount = _userCount ?? 0;
+            var startContentId = _startContentId ?? -1;
+            var startMediaId = _startMediaId ?? -1;
+            var icon = _icon ?? string.Empty;
+
+            var shortStringHelper = new DefaultShortStringHelper(new DefaultShortStringHelperConfig());
+
+            var userGroup = new UserGroup(shortStringHelper, userCount, alias, name, _permissions, icon);
+            userGroup.Id = id;
+            userGroup.StartContentId = startContentId;
+            userGroup.StartMediaId = startMediaId;
+
+            foreach (var item in _sectionCollection)
+            {
+                userGroup.AddAllowedSection(item);
+            }
+
             return userGroup;
         }
 
@@ -77,7 +121,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Common.Builders
             set => _id = value;
         }
 
-
         string IWithIconBuilder.Icon
         {
             get => _icon;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Tests.Common/Builders/UserGroupBuilderTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Tests.Common/Builders/UserGroupBuilderTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cd2887878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Tests.Common/Builders/UserGroupBuilderTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using System;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Umbraco.Tests.Common.Builders;
+using Umbraco.Tests.Common.Builders.Extensions;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests.Umbraco.Tests.Common.Builders
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class UserGroupBuilderTests
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void Is_Built_Correctly()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            const int testId = 10;
+            const string testAlias = "test";
+            const string testName = "Test";
+            const int testUserCount = 11;
+            const string testIcon = "icon";
+            const string testPermissions = "abc";
+            const int testStartContentId = 3;
+            const int testStartMediaId = 8;
+
+            var builder = new UserGroupBuilder();
+
+            // Act
+            var userGroup = builder                
+                .WithId(testId)
+                .WithAlias(testAlias)
+                .WithName(testName)
+                .WithUserCount(testUserCount)
+                .WithIcon(testIcon)
+                .WithPermissions(testPermissions)
+                .WithStartContentId(testStartContentId)
+                .WithStartMediaId(testStartMediaId)
+                .Build();
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.AreEqual(testId, userGroup.Id);
+            Assert.AreEqual(testAlias, userGroup.Alias);
+            Assert.AreEqual(testName, userGroup.Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual(testUserCount, userGroup.UserCount);
+            Assert.AreEqual(testIcon, userGroup.Icon);
+            Assert.AreEqual(testPermissions, string.Join(string.Empty, userGroup.Permissions));
+            Assert.AreEqual(testStartContentId, userGroup.StartContentId);
+            Assert.AreEqual(testStartMediaId, userGroup.StartMediaId);
+        }
+    }
+}