Google Local Business Categories for Bulk Data Providers


Note: As of March 2008, Google deprecated their categorization standard requirement in favor of free-text assignment with auto-fill suggestions..

Bulk data providers can submit records to Google Local. In order to optimally handle these listings, Google requests that the listings are classified with up to 5 Google standard categories. Google has defined these categories and organized these in a two-tier hierarchy structure; 12 primary categories and 512 sub-categories. Here is the list of local business categories:

Business to Business (3)

Education (18)

Entertainment (53)

Government Offices (10)

Health & Medical (51)

Organizations (15)

Real Estate (7)

Restaurants (79)

Retail Stores (108)

Services (144)

Transportation (13)

Travel (11)

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