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Browsing Business Categories

See every business category at a glance, with counts, and jump straight into a category search — optionally near a ZIP or city.

Discovering Businesses/directory/categories

The categories page

The Business categories page lays out the whole directory by type. Each of the 22 main categories has its own card with a colour, an icon, a short description, and how many businesses are in it.

Web: Open it from the main menu under Directory → Categories.

Drilling into subcategories

Each card shows its first few subcategories as chips, each with its own count, followed by a "more in…" link when there are others. Click the main category or any subcategory chip to open the Directory already filtered to it.

Searching a category near you

The search box at the top ("Category, plus a ZIP or detail…") understands a category plus a place or detail — try "barber 30303" or "vegan soul food in Atlanta, GA".

  1. Type a category, optionally followed by a ZIP, city, or extra detail.
  2. When WABA recognizes the category, a button offers to search it with your extra words and place — click it to open the matching Directory results.
  3. If nothing matches, you'll see "No category matches…" with a link to search all businesses instead.

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