Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Office Supplies
The Google product category ID for Office Supplies is 922, 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.
This branch15
Office Supplies922
Book Accessories6174Desk Pads & Blotters8078Filing & Organization923General Office Supplies932Impulse Sealers5829Lap Desks8499Name Plates2435Office & Chair Mats6519Office Carts6373Office Equipment950Office Instruments2986Paper Handling2014Presentation Supplies964Shipping Supplies2636- Category ID
- 922
- Direct subcategories
- 14
- Categories below it in total
- 165
- Depth, on a branch that runs 7
- 1 / 7
- 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, Office Supplies is 12th largest of the 21 categories at the top of the taxonomy, with 165 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.
Office SuppliesOffice InstrumentsWriting & Drawing InstrumentsPens & PencilsPencilsWriting PencilsMechanical Pencils
The longest route down from here runs 6 more levels, ending at Mechanical Pencils (543660) on level 7: Office Supplies › Office Instruments › Writing & Drawing Instruments › Pens & Pencils › Pencils › Writing Pencils › Mechanical Pencils. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 — this page | 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 (922) or the full path ("Office Supplies"). 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 14 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 | 922 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Office Supplies |
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, 922, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Office Supplies
14 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. General Office Supplies (932) is the largest with 37 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Office Supplies sits under that one name. 10 of the 14 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.
- 6174Book Accessories+4 subcategories below it
- 8078Desk Pads & Blotters
- 923Filing & Organization+18 subcategories below it
- 932General Office Supplies+12 subcategories below it
- 5829Impulse Sealers
- 8499Lap Desks
- 2435Name Plates
- 6519Office & Chair Mats+3 subcategories below it
- 6373Office Carts+5 subcategories below it
- 950Office Equipment+10 subcategories below it
- 2986Office Instruments+11 subcategories below it
- 2014Paper Handling+6 subcategories below it
- 964Presentation Supplies+10 subcategories below it
- 2636Shipping Supplies+3 subcategories below it
Questions about Office Supplies
What is the Google product category ID for Office Supplies?
922. The full path, "Office Supplies", 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 Office Supplies or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Office Supplies has 14 directly below it, starting with Book Accessories (6174), Desk Pads & Blotters (8078), Filing & Organization (923), and 165 in total further down. 922 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 Office Supplies?
6 levels more. The longest route down from Office Supplies is Office Supplies > Office Instruments > Writing & Drawing Instruments > Pens & Pencils > Pencils > Writing Pencils > Mechanical Pencils, ending at Mechanical Pencils (543660) on level 7. Not every branch below Office Supplies runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Office Supplies compared with the categories next to it?
It is 12th largest of the 21 at its level, carrying 165 categories below it. Inside it, General Office Supplies (932) is the biggest branch with 37 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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