Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Lighting Accessories
The Google product category ID for Lighting Accessories is 2956. It sits under Home & Garden and has 5 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 5 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch6
- Category ID
- 2956
- Direct subcategories
- 5
- Categories below it in total
- 5
- Depth, on a branch that runs 3
- 2 / 3
- Others at this level
- 20
- Parent category
- Home & Garden
- 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, Lighting Accessories is 16th largest of the 21 categories under Home & Garden, with 5 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.
Lighting AccessoriesLamp Post Bases
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Lamp Post Bases (7338) on level 3: Lighting Accessories › Lamp Post Bases. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business & Home Security | 359 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Bathroom Accessories | 574 | 21 | 21 | 1 |
| Lighting | 594 | 13 | 24 | 2 |
| Smoking Accessories | 600 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Household Appliances | 604 | 12 | 39 | 3 |
| Household Supplies | 630 | 18 | 125 | 4 |
| Kitchen & Dining | 638 | 10 | 389 | 4 |
| Lawn & Garden | 689 | 6 | 146 | 4 |
| Decor | 696 | 75 | 131 | 2 |
| Pool & Spa | 729 | 5 | 26 | 2 |
| Plants | 985 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| Flood, Fire & Gas Safety | 1679 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Wood Stoves | 2639 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fireplace & Wood Stove Accessories | 2862 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Lighting Accessories — this page | 2956 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Household Appliance Accessories | 3348 | 12 | 29 | 2 |
| Linens & Bedding | 4171 | 4 | 25 | 3 |
| Parasols & Rain Umbrellas | 4358 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emergency Preparedness | 5835 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Umbrella Sleeves & Cases | 6173 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fireplaces | 6792 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (2956) or the full path ("Home & Garden > Lighting Accessories"). 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 5 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 | 2956 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Home & Garden > Lighting Accessories |
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, 2956, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Lighting Accessories
5 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 5 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Lighting Accessories continues any further, so one of those 5 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Easy to mix up with
These sit under the same parent and start with the same word, which is exactly when the wrong one gets picked.
Questions about Lighting Accessories
What is the Google product category ID for Lighting Accessories?
2956. The full path, "Home & Garden > Lighting Accessories", 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 Lighting Accessories or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Lighting Accessories has 5 directly below it, starting with Lamp Post Bases (7338), Lamp Post Mounts (7447), Lamp Shades (3185), and 5 in total further down. 2956 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 Lighting Accessories sit in the taxonomy?
At level 2, under Home & Garden (536). The chain from the top is Home & Garden → Lighting Accessories. If your product does not belong under Home & Garden, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Lighting Accessories is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Home & Garden first — there are 20 other categories at this level: Bathroom Accessories (574), Business & Home Security (359), Decor (696), Emergency Preparedness (5835), Fireplace & Wood Stove Accessories (2862), Fireplaces (6792), and 14 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Home & Garden (536) 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 Lighting Accessories?
1 level more. The longest route down from Lighting Accessories is Lighting Accessories > Lamp Post Bases, ending at Lamp Post Bases (7338) on level 3. Not every branch below Lighting Accessories runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Lighting Accessories compared with the categories next to it?
It is 16th largest of the 21 at its level, carrying 5 categories below 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.
What is the difference between Lighting Accessories and Lighting?
They sit side by side under Home & Garden and start with the same word, which is why they get swapped. Lighting Accessories is 2956; Lighting is 594. The paths are the reliable way to tell them apart — compare "Home & Garden > Lighting Accessories" with "Home & Garden > Lighting" before you submit.
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