Google product taxonomy 2021-09-21

Retail Google product category ID 138

Retail sits under Business & Industrial in Google's product taxonomy. It has 8 subcategories and 20 categories in total, down to level 5.

Category ID and path

ID: 138
Full path: Business & Industrial > Retail

All categories below Retail

All 20 categories below Retail, indented by level, with their IDs.
ID	Category	Below it
4244	Clothing Display Racks	None
3803	Display Mannequins	None
7128	Mannequin Parts	None
4181	Money Handling	12
4290	Banknote Verifiers	None
505825	Cash Register & POS Terminal Accessories	3
4283	Cash Drawers & Trays	None
505808	Credit Card Terminals	None
5310	Signature Capture Pads	None
505824	Cash Registers & POS Terminals	2
543647	Cash Registers	None
543648	POS Terminals	None
4151	Coin & Bill Counters	None
3273	Money Changers	None
4329	Money Deposit Bags	None
4055	Paper Coin Wrappers & Bill Straps	None
1837	Paper & Plastic Shopping Bags	None
4127	Pricing Guns	None
4160	Retail Display Cases	None
499897	Retail Display Props & Models	None

No extra attributes for this branch

Google's product data specification lists no category-specific attributes for Retail. The attributes it requires for every product still apply: id, title, description, link, image_link, availability, price. Product data specification

Shopify categories that map to Retail

From Shopify's published crosswalk (2026-08 to Google 2021-09-21): 39 Shopify categories map into this branch. The 15 closest matches are listed.

Shopify category	Google category
bi-22 Business & Industrial > Retail	138 Retail
bi-22-1 Business & Industrial > Retail > Clothing Display Racks	4244 Clothing Display Racks
bi-22-2 Business & Industrial > Retail > Display Mannequins	3803 Display Mannequins
bi-22-3 Business & Industrial > Retail > Mannequin Parts	7128 Mannequin Parts
bi-22-4 Business & Industrial > Retail > Money Handling	4181 Money Handling
bi-22-5 Business & Industrial > Retail > Paper & Plastic Shopping Bags	1837 Paper & Plastic Shopping Bags
bi-22-6 Business & Industrial > Retail > Pricing Guns	4127 Pricing Guns
bi-22-7 Business & Industrial > Retail > Retail Display Cases	4160 Retail Display Cases
bi-22-8 Business & Industrial > Retail > Retail Display Props & Models	499897 Retail Display Props & Models
bi-22-1-1 Business & Industrial > Retail > Clothing Display Racks > Four-Way Clothing Display Racks	4244 Clothing Display Racks
bi-22-1-2 Business & Industrial > Retail > Clothing Display Racks > Round Clothing Display Racks	4244 Clothing Display Racks
bi-22-1-3 Business & Industrial > Retail > Clothing Display Racks > Straight Clothing Display Racks	4244 Clothing Display Racks
bi-22-1-4 Business & Industrial > Retail > Clothing Display Racks > Two-Way Clothing Display Racks	4244 Clothing Display Racks
bi-22-2-1 Business & Industrial > Retail > Display Mannequins > Full Body Display Mannequins	3803 Display Mannequins
bi-22-2-2 Business & Industrial > Retail > Display Mannequins > Head Display Mannequins	3803 Display Mannequins

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How to set google_product_category in your feed

Put the numeric ID in the google_product_category attribute. Google accepts the ID or the full path, not both; the ID stays the same in every language. The attribute is optional: without it, Google assigns a category itself.

XML feed (RSS 2.0)

<item>
  <g:id>SKU-123</g:id>
  <g:google_product_category>138</g:google_product_category>
</item>

Text feed (TSV or CSV)

id	google_product_category
SKU-123	138

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Questions about Retail

What is the Google product category ID for Retail?

The ID is 138 and the full path is Business & Industrial > Retail. In google_product_category you send either the ID or the full path, not both. The ID is the same in every language.

How many subcategories does Retail have?

Retail has 8 direct subcategories and 20 categories in total, down to level 5 of the taxonomy (version 2021-09-21).

Which attributes does Google require for Retail?

Google's product data specification lists no extra attributes for this category. The attributes Google requires for every product still apply: id, title, description, link, image_link, availability, price.

Other categories in Business & Industrial

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