Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
General Office Supplies
The Google product category ID for General Office Supplies is 932. It sits under Office Supplies 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.
- Category ID
- 932
- Direct subcategories
- 12
- Categories below it in total
- 37
- Depth, on a branch that runs 4
- 2 / 4
- Others at this level
- 13
- Parent category
- Office Supplies
- 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, General Office Supplies is the largest of the 14 categories under Office Supplies, with 37 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.
General Office SuppliesCorrection Fluids, Pens & TapesCorrection Fluids
The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Correction Fluids (543618) on level 4: General Office Supplies › Correction Fluids, Pens & Tapes › Correction Fluids. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filing & Organization | 923 | 18 | 29 | 3 |
| General Office Supplies — this page | 932 | 12 | 37 | 2 |
| Office Equipment | 950 | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| Presentation Supplies | 964 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| Paper Handling | 2014 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Name Plates | 2435 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shipping Supplies | 2636 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Office Instruments | 2986 | 11 | 32 | 5 |
| Impulse Sealers | 5829 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Book Accessories | 6174 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Office Carts | 6373 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Office & Chair Mats | 6519 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Desk Pads & Blotters | 8078 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lap Desks | 8499 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (932) or the full path ("Office Supplies > General 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 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 | 932 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Office Supplies > General 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, 932, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under General Office Supplies
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. Paper Products (956) is the largest with 14 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under General Office Supplies sits under that one name. 4 of the 12 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 8 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
- 6319Brass Fasteners
- 2591Correction Fluids, Pens & Tapes+3 subcategories below it
- 938Erasers
- 960Labels & Tags+6 subcategories below it
- 8015Laminating Film, Pouches & Sheets
- 505805Mounting Putty
- 934Office Tape
- 936Paper Clips & Clamps+2 subcategories below it
- 956Paper Products+14 subcategories below it
- 944Rubber Bands
- 948Staples
- 949Tacks & Pushpins
Questions about General Office Supplies
What is the Google product category ID for General Office Supplies?
932. The full path, "Office Supplies > General 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 General Office Supplies or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: General Office Supplies has 12 directly below it, starting with Brass Fasteners (6319), Correction Fluids, Pens & Tapes (2591), Erasers (938), and 37 in total further down. 932 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 General Office Supplies sit in the taxonomy?
At level 2, under Office Supplies (922). The chain from the top is Office Supplies → General Office Supplies. If your product does not belong under Office Supplies, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if General Office Supplies is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Office Supplies first — there are 13 other categories at this level: Book Accessories (6174), Desk Pads & Blotters (8078), Filing & Organization (923), Impulse Sealers (5829), Lap Desks (8499), Name Plates (2435), and 7 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Office Supplies (922) 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 General Office Supplies?
2 levels more. The longest route down from General Office Supplies is General Office Supplies > Correction Fluids, Pens & Tapes > Correction Fluids, ending at Correction Fluids (543618) on level 4. Not every branch below General Office Supplies runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is General Office Supplies compared with the categories next to it?
It is the largest of the 14 at its level, carrying 37 categories below it. Inside it, Paper Products (956) is the biggest branch with 14 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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