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Google Maps place types (Places API)

Google Maps place types (Places API), as Google publishes it (2026-11-09): 514 place types, 2 tables at the top, up to 3 levels deep. Search it, browse it as a tree, and see which names it shares with the other lists on this site.

Google says place types “are categories that identify the characteristics of a place.”

Download the full list: Excel (25 KB) · CSV (53 KB) · 514 rows, each with the other lists that use the same or a similar name. CC BY 4.0, Google.

place types
514
tables
2
Levels
3
Version
2026-11-09
Same name in another list
337and 3 with only a similar name

Find a category in Google place types

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Loading all 536 rows of Google Maps place types (Places API)…

  • Table A
    • Automotive
    • Business
    • Culture
    • Education
    • Entertainment and Recreation
    • Facilities
    • Finance
    • Food and Drink
    • Geographical Areas
    • Government
    • Health and Wellness
    • Housing
    • Lodging
    • Natural Features
    • Places of Worship
    • Services
    • Shopping
    • Sports
    • Transportation
  • Table B
    • Additional Place type values

How are names matched with the other lists?

  • Same name: the two names are equal after lowercasing, trimming spaces at both ends and reading _ as a space.
  • Similar name: the two names are equal after lowercasing, trimming spaces at both ends, reading _ as a space, writing & as and, and dropping from either name a final s that does not follow another s, or a final es after s, x, z, ch or sh.
  • A list is named under “Similar name in” only when it has no category with the same name. Names are compared by these two rules only: no translation, no fuzzy matching and no AI matching.

Where does this list come from?

This copy has 514 place types (478 in Table A under 19 group headings, 36 in Table B): 2 tables at the top, up to 3 levels deep.

Two tables, Table A and Table B, define the range of available place types, with Table A containing primary types usable for filtering and Table B containing additional types primarily for responses.

Types with an asterisk (*) were added as part of the February 12, 2026 release.

These are the Places API place types. They are not the Google Business Profile category list.

License: Google (where it says so): “Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.” Shared here under CC BY 4.0, credited Google. Read on November 11, 2026.

  • Publisher: Google
  • Version: 2026-11-09 (The page's own "Last updated 2026-11-09 UTC" line (Place Types (New), Places API web service).)
  • Source page: Place Types (New)
  • File: place_types.html (254,765 bytes, last modified November 9, 2026)
  • Fetched: November 11, 2026
  • SHA-256: 3b162331af80ee13bba79924c9ba0e3c0dddd78e5475e9484dd64df498847c22

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