Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21

Bathroom Accessories

The Google product category ID for Bathroom Accessories is 574. It sits under Home & Garden and has 21 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 21 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.

Category ID: 574
Direct subcategories: 21
Categories below it in total: 21
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, Bathroom Accessories is 10th largest of the 21 categories under Home & Garden, with 21 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.

Bathroom AccessoriesBath Caddies

The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Bath Caddies (575) on level 3: Bathroom Accessories › Bath Caddies. 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 Bathroom Accessories, compared by id, direct subcategories, total categories below and how many levels each one runs.
Category	ID	Direct	Below	Levels
Business & Home Security	359	9	9	1
Bathroom Accessories — this page	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	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 (574) or the full path ("Home & Garden > Bathroom 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 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	574
SKU-1001	Your product title	Home & Garden > Bathroom 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, 574, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.

What sits under Bathroom Accessories

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

All 21 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Bathroom Accessories continues any further, so one of those 21 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.

Questions about Bathroom Accessories

What is the Google product category ID for Bathroom Accessories?

574. The full path, "Home & Garden > Bathroom 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 Bathroom Accessories or one of its subcategories?

Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Bathroom Accessories has 21 directly below it, starting with Bath Caddies (575), Bath Mats & Rugs (577), Bath Pillows (4366), and 21 in total further down. 574 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 Bathroom Accessories sit in the taxonomy?

At level 2, under Home & Garden (536). The chain from the top is Home & Garden → Bathroom 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 Bathroom Accessories is not quite right?

Look across the rest of Home & Garden first — there are 20 other categories at this level: Business & Home Security (359), Decor (696), Emergency Preparedness (5835), Fireplace & Wood Stove Accessories (2862), Fireplaces (6792), Flood, Fire & Gas Safety (1679), 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 Bathroom Accessories?

1 level more. The longest route down from Bathroom Accessories is Bathroom Accessories > Bath Caddies, ending at Bath Caddies (575) on level 3. Not every branch below Bathroom Accessories runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.

How big is Bathroom Accessories compared with the categories next to it?

It is 10th largest of the 21 at its level, carrying 21 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.

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