Place Types

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.
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.
To denote address components.

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

Note: The types below are not supported in the type filter of a place search.

administrative_area_level_1
administrative_area_level_2
administrative_area_level_3
administrative_area_level_4
administrative_area_level_5
archipelago
colloquial_area
continent
country
establishment
finance
floor
food
general_contractor
geocode
health
intersection
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: Types supported in place autocomplete requests

You may restrict results from a Place Autocomplete request to be of a certain type by passing a types parameter. The parameter specifies a type or a type collection, as listed in the supported types below. If nothing is specified, all types are returned. In general only a single type is allowed. The exception is that you can safely mix the geocode and establishment types, but note that this will have the same effect as specifying no types. 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.