Google product taxonomy 2021-09-21

Lighting Google product category ID 594

Lighting sits under Home & Garden in Google's product taxonomy. It has 13 subcategories and 24 categories in total, down to level 4.

Category ID and path

ID: 594
Full path: Home & Garden > Lighting

All categories below Lighting

All 24 categories below Lighting, indented by level, with their IDs.
ID	Category	Below it
1436	Emergency Lighting	None
500003	Floating & Submersible Lights	None
1546	Flood & Spot Lights	None
7401	In-Ground Lights	None
4636	Lamps	None
7400	Landscape Pathway Lighting	None
2425	Light Bulbs	4
2947	Compact Fluorescent Lamps	None
2690	Fluorescent Tubes	None
2944	Incandescent Light Bulbs	None
3329	LED Light Bulbs	None
2608	Light Ropes & Strings	None
3006	Lighting Fixtures	4
2809	Cabinet Light Fixtures	None
2524	Ceiling Light Fixtures	None
2249	Chandeliers	None
6073	Wall Light Fixtures	None
505826	Night Lights & Ambient Lighting	None
2370	Picture Lights	None
7399	Tiki Torches & Oil Lamps	None
6274	Track Lighting	3
6272	Track Lighting Accessories	None
4932	Track Lighting Fixtures	None
6273	Track Lighting Rails	None

Attributes Google requires for Lighting

Only what Google's Merchant Center help documents for this branch, with links to the source pages.

Applies to Lighting

Subscriptions to physical goods

Google accepts physical goods subscriptions only in eight categories: Personal Care (2915), Health Care (491), Home & Garden (536), Pet Supplies (2), Toys (1253), Prepared Foods (5814), Apparel & Accessories (166) and Coffee (1868).

Attributes: google_product_category

Categories:

536 Home & Garden

Source: Product data specification

Shopify categories that map to Lighting

From Shopify's published crosswalk (2026-08 to Google 2021-09-21): 57 Shopify categories map into this branch. The 15 closest matches are listed.

Shopify category	Google category
hg-13 Home & Garden > Lighting	594 Lighting
hg-12-1-19-4 Home & Garden > Lawn & Garden > Gardening > Hydroponics > Grow Lighting	594 Lighting
hg-12-1-19-4-3 Home & Garden > Lawn & Garden > Gardening > Hydroponics > Grow Lighting > HID Grow Lights	594 Lighting
hg-12-1-19-4-4 Home & Garden > Lawn & Garden > Gardening > Hydroponics > Grow Lighting > Grow Light Accessories	594 Lighting
hg-12-1-19-4-5 Home & Garden > Lawn & Garden > Gardening > Hydroponics > Grow Lighting > Grow Light Ballasts	594 Lighting
hg-12-1-19-4-6 Home & Garden > Lawn & Garden > Gardening > Hydroponics > Grow Lighting > Grow Light Bulbs	594 Lighting
hg-12-1-19-4-7 Home & Garden > Lawn & Garden > Gardening > Hydroponics > Grow Lighting > Grow Light Reflectors & Hoods	594 Lighting
hg-13-1 Home & Garden > Lighting > Emergency Lighting	1436 Emergency Lighting
hg-13-2 Home & Garden > Lighting > Floating & Submersible Lights	500003 Floating & Submersible Lights
hg-13-3 Home & Garden > Lighting > Flood & Spot Lights	1546 Flood & Spot Lights
hg-13-4 Home & Garden > Lighting > In-Ground Lights	7401 In-Ground Lights
hg-13-5 Home & Garden > Lighting > Lamps	4636 Lamps
hg-13-6 Home & Garden > Lighting > Landscape Pathway Lighting	7400 Landscape Pathway Lighting
hg-13-7 Home & Garden > Lighting > Light Bulbs	2425 Light Bulbs
hg-13-8 Home & Garden > Lighting > Light Ropes & Strings	2608 Light Ropes & Strings

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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>594</g:google_product_category>
</item>

Text feed (TSV or CSV)

id	google_product_category
SKU-123	594

Google's help page on google_product_category

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Questions about Lighting

What is the Google product category ID for Lighting?

The ID is 594 and the full path is Home & Garden > Lighting. 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 Lighting have?

Lighting has 13 direct subcategories and 24 categories in total, down to level 4 of the taxonomy (version 2021-09-21).

Which attributes does Google require for Lighting?

Google accepts physical goods subscriptions only in eight categories: Personal Care (2915), Health Care (491), Home & Garden (536), Pet Supplies (2), Toys (1253), Prepared Foods (5814), Apparel & Accessories (166) and Coffee (1868). The attributes Google requires for every product also apply: id, title, description, link, image_link, availability, price.

Other categories in Home & Garden

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