Get the industry sector of a company with Google P

Question

I am trying to get the type of industry sector a company belongs to by using the Google Places API.

For example, when I do the obligatory example search for "rhythmboat cruises pyrmont", in the information box on the right side, Google tells me that this company is a "Cruise Agency" - however I am having a hard time finding this information within the Google Places API - neither using one of the general searches nor by using the detail search.

Am I right with my assumption that Google does not provide this information via the Places API and if yes, does another Google API provide this data?

Answer 1

Places API exposes several types for this place:

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?placeid=ChIJyWEHuEmuEmsRm9hTkapTCrk&key=YOUR_API_KEY

types: [
    "travel_agency",
    "restaurant",
    "food",
    "point_of_interest",
    "establishment"
],

I think you can classify any place into an industry sector by these types.

At least it seems like it should work with the 4 major industry sectors, the broader Global Industry Classification Standard, or PwC's list. Only in the 4 major industry sectors would I expect that every company fits under just one sector though.