Place Types

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This page lists the supported values for the types property.

  • Table 1 lists the types that are supported for place searches, and can be returned with Place details results, and as part of autocomplete place predictions.
  • Table 2 lists additional types that can be returned with Place details results, and as part of autocomplete place predictions.
  • Table 3 lists types you can use in place autocomplete requests.

Table 1: Place types

The Place type values in Table 1 are used in the following ways:

  • As part of a Place details response. The request must specify the appropriate "types" data field.
  • As part of an Autocomplete place prediction. For more information on the rules for using these values, see Places Autocomplete.
  • In the type parameter for place searches (Places API only), to restrict the results to places matching the specified type.
  • accounting
  • airport
  • amusement_park
  • aquarium
  • art_gallery
  • atm
  • bakery
  • bank
  • bar
  • beauty_salon
  • bicycle_store
  • book_store
  • bowling_alley
  • bus_station
  • cafe
  • campground
  • car_dealer
  • car_rental
  • car_repair
  • car_wash
  • casino
  • cemetery
  • church
  • city_hall
  • clothing_store
  • convenience_store
  • courthouse
  • dentist
  • department_store
  • doctor
  • drugstore
  • electrician
  • electronics_store
  • embassy
  • fire_station
  • florist
  • funeral_home
  • furniture_store
  • gas_station
  • gym
  • hair_care
  • hardware_store
  • hindu_temple
  • home_goods_store
  • hospital
  • insurance_agency
  • jewelry_store
  • laundry
  • lawyer
  • library
  • light_rail_station
  • liquor_store
  • local_government_office
  • locksmith
  • lodging
  • meal_delivery
  • meal_takeaway
  • mosque
  • movie_rental
  • movie_theater
  • moving_company
  • museum
  • night_club
  • painter
  • park
  • parking
  • pet_store
  • pharmacy
  • physiotherapist
  • plumber
  • police
  • post_office
  • primary_school
  • real_estate_agency
  • restaurant
  • roofing_contractor
  • rv_park
  • school
  • secondary_school
  • shoe_store
  • shopping_mall
  • spa
  • stadium
  • storage
  • store
  • subway_station
  • supermarket
  • synagogue
  • taxi_stand
  • tourist_attraction
  • train_station
  • transit_station
  • travel_agency
  • university
  • veterinary_care
  • zoo

Table 2: Additional types returned by the Places service

The Place type values in Table 2 are used in the following ways:

  • As part of the result of a Place details request (for example, a call to fetchPlace()), or anywhere a Place result is returned. The request must specify the appropriate "types" data field.
  • As part of an Autocomplete place prediction. For more information on the rules for using these values, see Places Autocomplete.
  • To denote address components.

For more details on these types, refer to Address Types.

  • administrative_area_level_1
  • administrative_area_level_2
  • administrative_area_level_3
  • administrative_area_level_4
  • administrative_area_level_5
  • administrative_area_level_6
  • administrative_area_level_7
  • archipelago
  • colloquial_area
  • continent
  • country
  • establishment
  • finance
  • floor
  • food
  • general_contractor
  • geocode
  • health
  • intersection
  • landmark
  • locality
  • natural_feature
  • neighborhood
  • place_of_worship
  • plus_code
  • point_of_interest
  • political
  • post_box
  • postal_code
  • postal_code_prefix
  • postal_code_suffix
  • postal_town
  • premise
  • room
  • route
  • street_address
  • street_number
  • sublocality
  • sublocality_level_1
  • sublocality_level_2
  • sublocality_level_3
  • sublocality_level_4
  • sublocality_level_5
  • subpremise
  • town_square

Table 3: Type collections supported in Place Autocomplete requests

Use the Place type values in Table 3, or the values in Table 1 and Table 2, as part of a Place Autocomplete request to restrict the results to a specific type.

Only a single type from Table 3 is allowed in the request. If you do specify a value from Table 3, you cannot specify a value from Table 1 or Table 2.

For more information on the rules for using these values, see Places Autocomplete.

The supported types are:

  • geocode instructs the Place Autocomplete service to return only geocoding results, rather than business results. Generally, you use this request to disambiguate results where the location specified may be indeterminate.
  • address instructs the Place Autocomplete service to return only geocoding results with a precise address. Generally, you use this request when you know the user will be looking for a fully specified address.
  • establishment instructs the Place Autocomplete service to return only business results.
  • The (regions) type collection instructs the Places service to return any result matching the following types:
    • locality
    • sublocality
    • postal_code
    • country
    • administrative_area_level_1
    • administrative_area_level_2
  • The (cities) type collection instructs the Places service to return results that match locality or administrative_area_level_3.