Takeout Restaurant verify is a Google Business Profile category used by 18 of the 187 local business types in our free guides. Below is when it fits, when it should only be an extra category, and when to leave it off.
This category is marked verify: it may not appear in every account or country. If you can't find it in Google's own dropdown, skip it rather than picking something close but wrong.
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As an additional category
Add it on top of your primary category only when the condition is genuinely true at this location.
- Italian restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Pizzeria: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Mexican restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Chinese restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Indian restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Thai restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Japanese restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Korean restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Vietnamese restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Mediterranean restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Burger restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Barbecue restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Steakhouse: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Seafood restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Fish and chip shop: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Vegan restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Breakfast and brunch restaurant: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
- Sandwich shop: only if takeout / collection is a big part of orders
How to add or change it
In your Business Profile, edit your business category, start typing “Takeout Restaurant” and choose it from Google's list (you can't type a custom category). You get one primary and up to nine additional categories; fewer, accurate ones are better than a full list. Category changes can take a few days to show and Google may review them before they go live. Step-by-step: change your category safely · category not in the list?
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