For most acupuncture clinic profiles the best primary category is Acupuncturist — use it when: licensed acupuncturist. Choose Acupuncture clinic instead if clinic brand with several practitioners. Health categories describe who is licensed to treat patients at this location, so match them to the clinicians on site rather than to every treatment on your website.
Open the free tool for an acupuncture clinic → tick what you really offer and get a copy-ready setup sheet
Primary category
- Acupuncturist — Licensed acupuncturist who else uses it
- Acupuncture clinic — Clinic brand with several practitioners
Secondary (additional) categories
Add one only if the condition is genuinely true at this location. Fewer, accurate categories beat a full list of nine.
- Chinese medicine clinic verify — only if: traditional Chinese medicine / herbal consultations
- Massage therapist — only if: massage therapy offered who else uses it
1 category is marked verify: it may not appear in every account or country. If you can't find it in Google's dropdown, skip it rather than picking something close but wrong.
Categories to avoid
These are often added to acupuncture clinic profiles but usually describe a different or broader business:
- Doctor
- Medical clinic
Address or service area?
Usually a storefront: show the full address exactly as it appears on your signage, and keep it identical on Google, Apple Business Connect, Bing Places and your website. Service-area vs storefront rules.
Starter services to add
Categories say what you are; services say what you do. Good first entries:
- Initial acupuncture consultation
- Cupping therapy
- Acupuncture for back pain
Check before you change anything
Search “acupuncture” on Google Maps in your own area, open the top few profiles and note their primary category (shown under the business name). Use what's common as a sanity check, not a template — your categories must describe your business. Ready to switch? How to change your category safely.
Profile problems?
Suspended, stuck in verification, or not showing on Maps? See the free fix guides: suspended profile · verification failed · not on Maps · name rules.