Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21

Tools

The Google product category ID for Tools is 1167. It sits under Hardware and has 79 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 79 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.

This branch80

Hardware632

Tools1167

Abrasive Blasters6938 Anvils1169 Axes1171 Carpentry Jointers7271 Carving Chisels & Gouges1174 Caulking Tools1215 Chimney Brushes2792 Compactors4325 Compressors2015 Concrete Brooms4672 Cutters1180 Deburrers1391 Dollies & Hand Trucks126 Drills1217 Electrician Fish Tape6461 Flashlights & Headlamps338 Grease Guns7556 Grinders1219 Grips1185 Hammers1186 Handheld Power Mixers499887 Hardware Torches5927 Heat Guns1220 Impact Wrenches & Drivers1221 Industrial Vibrators2456 Inspection Mirrors7416 Ladders & Scaffolding130 Lathes1663 Light Bulb Changers1603 Lighters & Matches503774 Log Splitters7030 Magnetic Sweepers5873 Marking Tools1832 Masonry Tools1193 Mattocks & Pickaxes3932 Measuring Tools & Sensors1305 Milling Machines5077 Multifunction Power Tools5587 Nail Pullers1194 Nailers & Staplers1206 Oil Filter Drains5828 Paint Tools2077 Pickup Tools1196 Pipe & Bar Benders1667 Pipe & Tube Cleaners2053 Pipe Brushes1862 Planers6868 Planes1187 Pliers1958 Plungers1563 Polishers & Buffers1225 Post Hole Diggers3501 Pry Bars1179 Punches & Awls505315 Putty Knives & Scrapers1202 Reamers1819 Riveting Tools7064 Routing Tools1841 Sanders1188 Sanding Blocks4419 Saw Horses1201 Saws1235 Screwdrivers1203 Shapers1923 Sharpeners1644 Socket Drivers1195 Soldering Irons1236 Tap Reseaters1787 Taps & Dies1184 Threading Machines1584 Tool Clamps & Vises2835 Tool Files3745 Tool Keys1439 Tool Knives2198 Tool Sets4919 Welding Guns & Plasma Cutters1238 Wire & Cable Hand Tools1469 Work Lights5592 Wrenches1632

Category ID: 1167
Direct subcategories: 79
Categories below it in total: 175
Depth, on a branch that runs 5: 2 / 5
Others at this level: 14
Parent category: Hardware
Taxonomy version: 2021-09-21
Sent in your feed as: google_product_category

Where this sits in the taxonomy

Measured by how much sits beneath them, Tools is the largest of the 15 categories under Hardware, with 175 categories below it. Size is not correctness — a small category is the right answer when it is the right answer — but it does tell you how much of the taxonomy you are still choosing between once you pick this branch.

ToolsMeasuring Tools & Sensors Levels Bubble Levels

The longest route down from here runs 3 more levels, ending at Bubble Levels (4081) on level 5: Tools › Measuring Tools & Sensors › Levels › Bubble Levels. Most branches stop sooner than that — the figure to compare it against is the seven levels Google's taxonomy allows, not the depth of the branch next door.

Every category at the same level as Tools, compared by id, direct subcategories, total categories below and how many levels each one runs.
Category	ID	Direct	Below	Levels
Building Materials	115	22	39	2
Power & Electrical Supplies	127	27	31	2
Fencing & Barriers	128	8	8	1
Plumbing	133	10	80	3
Tools — this page	1167	79	175	3
Storage Tanks	1910	0	0	0
Locks & Keys	1974	4	4	1
Hardware Accessories	2878	25	57	2
Tool Accessories	3650	29	65	2
Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning	499873	4	7	2
Small Engines	499982	0	0	0
Hardware Pumps	500096	6	6	1
Fuel Containers & Tanks	502975	0	0	0
Building Consumables	503739	11	29	2
Fuel	543575	3	5	2

Using this value

Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (1167) or the full path ("Hardware > Tools"). Both are predefined values for the same category. The ID is the sturdier of the two, because renaming any segment above this one changes the path text and leaves the number alone. Before sending it, check whether one of the 79 subcategories below fits — a narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things.

Bear in mind that google_product_category is an optional attribute. Google assigns a category automatically, and your value is treated as a signal rather than an override. When an override actually applies.

In your feed, it looks like this

Either row below is accepted. The first is the one to send.

products.csv3 of your columns

id	title	google_product_category
SKU-1001	Your product title	1167
SKU-1001	Your product title	Hardware > Tools

This path has no comma, so an unquoted cell holds it as it stands — which is not true of every category in the taxonomy. The numeric ID, 1167, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.

What sits under Tools

79 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.

They are not the same size. Measuring Tools & Sensors (1305) is the largest with 41 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Tools sits under that one name. 11 of the 79 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 68 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.

Categories beneath each one11 with anything below

Measuring Tools & Sensors41 Saws11 Masonry Tools9 Paint Tools9 Cutters8 Ladders & Scaffolding5 Drills5 Flashlights & Headlamps2 Hammers2 Tool Sets2 Riveting Tools2

Questions about Tools

What is the Google product category ID for Tools?

1167. The full path, "Hardware > Tools", is the same category written the other way. The ID is shorter, and renaming a segment above this one changes the path text while leaving the number alone.

Should I use Tools or one of its subcategories?

Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Tools has 79 directly below it, starting with Abrasive Blasters (6938), Anvils (1169), Axes (1171), and 175 in total further down. 1167 is itself a predefined value, so an interior category is not an error — it just groups the product more broadly than a subcategory would.

Where does Tools sit in the taxonomy?

At level 2, under Hardware (632). The chain from the top is Hardware → Tools. If your product does not belong under Hardware, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.

What should I use if Tools is not quite right?

Look across the rest of Hardware first — there are 14 other categories at this level: Building Consumables (503739), Building Materials (115), Fencing & Barriers (128), Fuel (543575), Fuel Containers & Tanks (502975), Hardware Accessories (2878), and 8 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Hardware (632) and pick a different branch from there rather than settling for the closest thing on this one.

How much more specific can I get than Tools?

3 levels more. The longest route down from Tools is Tools > Measuring Tools & Sensors > Levels > Bubble Levels, ending at Bubble Levels (4081) on level 5. Not every branch below Tools runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.

How big is Tools compared with the categories next to it?

It is the largest of the 15 at its level, carrying 175 categories below it. Inside it, Measuring Tools & Sensors (1305) is the biggest branch with 41 beneath it. A bigger category is not a better one — it just means more of the taxonomy is still open below you after you pick it.

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