---
title: "All Categories"
method: GET
path: "/v3/categories"
tags: ["Categories"]
---

# All Categories

`GET /v3/categories`

This endpoint returns all Yelp business categories across all locales by default.
Include the "locale" parameter to filter to only those categories available for a particular locale, and translate/localize the names of those categories.

## Query parameters

- `locale` string

## Response `200`

One or more categories were returned.

- object
  - `categories` Category[], required — List of categories — unresolved $ref

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request. Message varies depending on failure scenario
- `401` — The API key has either expired or doesn't have the required scopes to query this endpoint. | code | description | | ------------- | ------------- | | UNAUTHORIZED_API_KEY | The API key provided is not currently able to query this endpoint. | | TOKEN_INVALID | Invalid API key or authorization header. |
- `403` — The API key provided is not currently able to query this endpoint.
- `404` — Resource Not Found
- `413` — The length of the request exceeded the maximum allowed
- `429` — You have either exceeded your daily quota, or have exceeded the queries-per-second limit for this endpoint. Try reducing the rate at which you make queries.
- `500` — Internal Server Error
- `503` — Service Unavailable

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