Google product taxonomy 2021-09-21

Medical Google product category ID 2496

Medical sits under Business & Industrial in Google's product taxonomy. It has 11 subcategories and 41 categories in total, down to level 5.

Category ID and path

ID: 2496
Full path: Business & Industrial > Medical

All categories below Medical

All 41 categories below Medical, indented by level, with their IDs.
ID	Category	Below it
6275	Hospital Curtains	None
1898	Hospital Gowns	None
6303	Medical Bedding	None
3477	Medical Equipment	9
3230	Automated External Defibrillators	None
503006	Gait Belts	None
6972	Medical Reflex Hammers & Tuning Forks	None
499858	Medical Stretchers & Gurneys	None
4245	Otoscopes & Ophthalmoscopes	None
7522	Patient Lifts	None
4364	Stethoscopes	None
6714	Vital Signs Monitor Accessories	None
6280	Vital Signs Monitors	None
5167	Medical Furniture	8
5168	Chiropractic Tables	None
5169	Examination Chairs & Tables	None
4435	Homecare & Hospital Beds	None
5170	Medical Cabinets	None
5171	Medical Carts	2
5173	Crash Carts	None
5174	IV Poles & Carts	None
5172	Surgical Tables	None
230913	Medical Instruments	4
6281	Medical Forceps	None
232166	Scalpel Blades	None
8026	Scalpels	None
499935	Surgical Needles & Sutures	None
2907	Medical Supplies	8
511	Disposable Gloves	None
7063	Finger Cots	None
499696	Medical Needles & Syringes	3
543672	Medical Needle & Syringe Sets	None
543670	Medical Needles	None
543671	Medical Syringes	None
505828	Ostomy Supplies	None
7324	Tongue Depressors	None
6490	Medical Teaching Equipment	1
6491	Medical & Emergency Response Training Mannequins	None
5602	Scrub Caps	None
2928	Scrubs	None
1645	Surgical Gowns	None

No extra attributes for this branch

Google's product data specification lists no category-specific attributes for Medical. 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 Medical

From Shopify's published crosswalk (2026-08 to Google 2021-09-21): 112 Shopify categories map into this branch. The 15 closest matches are listed.

Shopify category	Google category
bi-19 Business & Industrial > Medical	2496 Medical
bi-19-1 Business & Industrial > Medical > Hospital Curtains	6275 Hospital Curtains
bi-19-2 Business & Industrial > Medical > Hospital Gowns	1898 Hospital Gowns
bi-19-3 Business & Industrial > Medical > Medical Bedding	6303 Medical Bedding
bi-19-4 Business & Industrial > Medical > Medical Equipment	3477 Medical Equipment
bi-19-5 Business & Industrial > Medical > Medical Furniture	5167 Medical Furniture
bi-19-6 Business & Industrial > Medical > Medical Instruments	230913 Medical Instruments
bi-19-7 Business & Industrial > Medical > Medical Supplies	2907 Medical Supplies
bi-19-8 Business & Industrial > Medical > Medical Teaching Equipment	6490 Medical Teaching Equipment
bi-19-9 Business & Industrial > Medical > Scrub Caps	5602 Scrub Caps
bi-19-11 Business & Industrial > Medical > Surgical Gowns	1645 Surgical Gowns
aa-1-24-9 Apparel & Accessories > Clothing > Uniforms & Workwear > Scrubs	2928 Scrubs
bi-19-2-1 Business & Industrial > Medical > Hospital Gowns > Isolation Gowns	1898 Hospital Gowns
bi-19-2-2 Business & Industrial > Medical > Hospital Gowns > Patient Gowns	1898 Hospital Gowns
bi-19-4-1 Business & Industrial > Medical > Medical Equipment > Automated External Defibrillators	3230 Automated External Defibrillators

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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>2496</g:google_product_category>
</item>

Text feed (TSV or CSV)

id	google_product_category
SKU-123	2496

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Questions about Medical

What is the Google product category ID for Medical?

The ID is 2496 and the full path is Business & Industrial > Medical. 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 Medical have?

Medical has 11 direct subcategories and 41 categories in total, down to level 5 of the taxonomy (version 2021-09-21).

Which attributes does Google require for Medical?

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.

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