Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21

Home & Garden

The Google product category ID for Home & Garden is 536, and it is one of the 21 at the top of Google's taxonomy. Everything below it sits inside this branch, so a product that does not belong here is unlikely to fit anything deeper in it either.

Category ID: 536
Direct subcategories: 21
Categories below it in total: 1034
Depth, on a branch that runs 6: 1 / 6
Others at this level: 20
Parent category: None, this is a root
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, Home & Garden is the largest of the 21 categories at the top of the taxonomy, with 1034 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.

Home & GardenHousehold Supplies Household Cleaning Supplies Household Cleaning Products Glass & Surface Cleaners Glass Cleaners

The longest route down from here runs 5 more levels, ending at Glass Cleaners (543649) on level 6: Home & Garden › Household Supplies › Household Cleaning Supplies › Household Cleaning Products › Glass & Surface Cleaners › Glass Cleaners. 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 Home & Garden, compared by id, direct subcategories, total categories below and how many levels each one runs.
Category	ID	Direct	Below	Levels
Animals & Pet Supplies	1	2	124	4
Arts & Entertainment	8	3	499	6
Business & Industrial	111	25	223	4
Cameras & Optics	141	4	103	4
Apparel & Accessories	166	8	239	4
Electronics	222	19	417	5
Food, Beverages & Tobacco	412	3	363	5
Furniture	436	25	120	3
Health & Beauty	469	3	345	6
Home & Garden — this page	536	21	1034	5
Baby & Toddler	537	11	86	3
Hardware	632	15	521	4
Mature	772	2	37	4
Media	783	7	29	2
Vehicles & Parts	888	2	229	5
Office Supplies	922	14	165	6
Sporting Goods	988	4	800	6
Toys & Games	1239	5	173	4
Software	2092	3	34	3
Luggage & Bags	5181	13	21	2
Religious & Ceremonial	5605	3	12	2

Using this value

Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (536) or the full path ("Home & Garden"). 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 21 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	536
SKU-1001	Your product title	Home & Garden

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, 536, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.

What sits under Home & Garden

21 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. Kitchen & Dining (638) is the largest with 389 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Home & Garden sits under that one name. 17 of the 21 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 4 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.

Categories beneath each one12 largest of 17

Kitchen & Dining389 Lawn & Garden146 Decor131 Household Supplies125 Household Appliances39 Household Appliance Accessories29 Pool & Spa26 Linens & Bedding25 Lighting24 Bathroom Accessories21 Plants11 Fireplace & Wood Stove Accessories11

Questions about Home & Garden

What is the Google product category ID for Home & Garden?

536. The full path, "Home & Garden", 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 Home & Garden or one of its subcategories?

Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Home & Garden has 21 directly below it, starting with Bathroom Accessories (574), Business & Home Security (359), Decor (696), and 1034 in total further down. 536 is itself a predefined value, so an interior category is not an error — it just groups the product more broadly than a subcategory would.

How much more specific can I get than Home & Garden?

5 levels more. The longest route down from Home & Garden is Home & Garden > Household Supplies > Household Cleaning Supplies > Household Cleaning Products > Glass & Surface Cleaners > Glass Cleaners, ending at Glass Cleaners (543649) on level 6. Not every branch below Home & Garden runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.

How big is Home & Garden compared with the categories next to it?

It is the largest of the 21 at its level, carrying 1034 categories below it. Inside it, Kitchen & Dining (638) is the biggest branch with 389 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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