How to cull a category for your Business Contour

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Categories describe your concern and connect you to customers who search for the products or services you offer.

For example, if your primary category is "Pizza eatery," Google may show your business in someone's local search results when they search for "Restaurants," "Italian restaurants," or "Pizza." Your category is just one of many factors that tin can impact your local ranking on Google. Larn more most local ranking.

Depending on the type of business concern you operate, your category may too be used to assign a place label to your business.

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Choose your category

Cull a primary category that describes your business every bit a whole, and be specific. When you get-go to enter your category, choose a category from a dropdown that shows upwards.

  • For case, choose "Boom salon" instead of "Salon."

If the category you have in mind isn't available, choose a more general category that still accurately describes your business. You tin can't create your own category.

Department categories

Choose boosted categories to let customers know more than near your special departments or services. However, don't add a category for every production or service. Use as few categories equally possible to depict your overall core business from the provided list.

  • For example, if you lot manage a grocery store that includes a pharmacy and deli, choose "Grocery store" as your principal category, then add "Pharmacy" and "Deli" as additional categories. Learn more well-nigh how to choose categories.

If your business includes public-facing departments that operate as singled-out entities, they should accept their own profiles. Do not add together their category to the chief profile.

  • For example, if your business organization is a wellness guild that has an independently-operated cafe, practice non add the category "Cafe." Instead, the operator of the cafe can create their own business profile with "Cafe" as their main category. Learn more about departments.

Category-specific features

Important: If you add or edit one of your existing categories, you may be asked to verify your business once again. This helps Google confirm that your business data is accurate.

Add together or edit categories on Search

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, sign in to the Google Account you use to manage your Business organisation Profile.
  2. To observe your Business concern Contour, search on Google for your verbal business name. You can as well search for "my business."
  3. To open your Business Profile, virtually the top, tapEdit contour and thenBusiness concern information.
  4. Nether "About," tapBusiness category.
    • To add or edit your primary category: In the "Main category" box, enter and select the category from the options that testify up.
    • To add an additional category: TapAdd together another category. Then, in the "Additional category" box, enter and select the category you desire to add together.
  5. Later on you make your changes, tapUtilize.

Add or edit categories on Maps

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, sign in to the Google Account you apply to manage your Business Profile.
  2. Open the Google Maps app .
  3. To open up your Business Profile, in the pinnacle right, tap your contour picture or initialAccount Circle and thenYour Business concern Contour.
    • If you manage multiple profiles, open the location you want to update.
  4. Tap Edit profile and thenBusiness organization information.
  5. Near the top, select the "About" tab.
  6. Under "Almost your business," tap Business category.
    • To add or edit your primary category: In the "Main category" box, enter and select the category from the options that show up.
    • To add an additional category: Tap Add another category. And so, in the "Boosted category" box, enter and select the category you want to add.
  7. Subsequently you make your changes, tap Salve.

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