Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Work Safety Protective Gear
The Google product category ID for Work Safety Protective Gear is 2047. It sits under Business & Industrial and has 12 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 12 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch13
Work Safety Protective Gear2047
Bullet Proof Vests2389Gas Mask & Respirator Accessories8269Hardhats2723Hazardous Material Suits2808Protective Aprons6764Protective Eyewear2227Protective Masks503724Safety Gloves5591Safety Knee Pads499961Welding Helmets499927Work Safety Harnesses499708Work Safety Tethers7085- Category ID
- 2047
- Direct subcategories
- 12
- Categories below it in total
- 16
- Depth, on a branch that runs 4
- 2 / 4
- Others at this level
- 24
- Parent category
- Business & Industrial
- 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, Work Safety Protective Gear is fifth largest of the 25 categories under Business & Industrial, with 16 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.
Work Safety Protective GearProtective MasksDust Masks
The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Dust Masks (7407) on level 4: Work Safety Protective Gear › Protective Masks › Dust Masks. 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.
| Category | ID | Direct | Below | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 112 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Construction | 114 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Food Service | 135 | 17 | 22 | 2 |
| Retail | 138 | 8 | 20 | 3 |
| Signage | 976 | 13 | 15 | 2 |
| Manufacturing | 1470 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hotel & Hospitality | 1475 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Law Enforcement | 1556 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Science & Laboratory | 1624 | 6 | 33 | 3 |
| Heavy Machinery | 1795 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Finance & Insurance | 1813 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Forestry & Logging | 1827 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Work Safety Protective Gear — this page | 2047 | 12 | 16 | 2 |
| Film & Television | 2155 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mining & Quarrying | 2187 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Medical | 2496 | 11 | 41 | 3 |
| Piercing & Tattooing | 4285 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Industrial Storage | 5830 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Advertising & Marketing | 5863 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Material Handling | 6987 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Hairdressing & Cosmetology | 7240 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Automation Control Components | 7261 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Dentistry | 7497 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Industrial Storage Accessories | 8025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Janitorial Carts & Caddies | 500086 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (2047) or the full path ("Business & Industrial > Work Safety Protective Gear"). 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 12 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.
| id | title | google_product_category |
|---|---|---|
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | 2047 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Business & Industrial > Work Safety Protective Gear |
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, 2047, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Work Safety Protective Gear
12 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. Protective Masks (503724) is the largest with 4 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Work Safety Protective Gear sits under that one name. 1 of the 12 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 11 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
Questions about Work Safety Protective Gear
What is the Google product category ID for Work Safety Protective Gear?
2047. The full path, "Business & Industrial > Work Safety Protective Gear", 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 Work Safety Protective Gear or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Work Safety Protective Gear has 12 directly below it, starting with Bullet Proof Vests (2389), Gas Mask & Respirator Accessories (8269), Hardhats (2723), and 16 in total further down. 2047 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 Work Safety Protective Gear sit in the taxonomy?
At level 2, under Business & Industrial (111). The chain from the top is Business & Industrial → Work Safety Protective Gear. If your product does not belong under Business & Industrial, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Work Safety Protective Gear is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Business & Industrial first — there are 24 other categories at this level: Advertising & Marketing (5863), Agriculture (112), Automation Control Components (7261), Construction (114), Dentistry (7497), Film & Television (2155), and 18 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Business & Industrial (111) 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 Work Safety Protective Gear?
2 levels more. The longest route down from Work Safety Protective Gear is Work Safety Protective Gear > Protective Masks > Dust Masks, ending at Dust Masks (7407) on level 4. Not every branch below Work Safety Protective Gear runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Work Safety Protective Gear compared with the categories next to it?
It is fifth largest of the 25 at its level, carrying 16 categories below it. Inside it, Protective Masks (503724) is the biggest branch with 4 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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