For most dog boarding kennel profiles the best primary category is Pet boarding service — use it when: overnight boarding. Choose Dog day care center instead if day care. Choose Kennel instead if kennel facility. Choose Cattery verify instead if cats (UK). Pet businesses mix services and venues. Mobile groomers, walkers and trainers are usually service-area profiles; kennels, vets and shops show their address.
Open the free tool for a dog boarding kennel → tick what you really offer and get a copy-ready setup sheet
Primary category
- Pet boarding service — Overnight boarding who else uses it
- Dog day care center — Day care who else uses it
- Kennel — Kennel facility
- Cattery verify — Cats (UK)
Secondary (additional) categories
Add one only if the condition is genuinely true at this location. Fewer, accurate categories beat a full list of nine.
- Pet groomer — only if: grooming who else uses it
- Dog trainer — only if: training 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 dog boarding kennel profiles but usually describe a different or broader business:
- Pet store
- Veterinarian
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:
- Overnight boarding
- Doggy daycare
- Cat boarding
Check before you change anything
Search “dog boarding” 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.