---
title: Get Business Category
framework: Apple Ads Platform API
role: symbol
role_heading: Web Service Endpoint
platforms: [apple ads platform api 1.0+]
path: apple-ads-platform-api/get-category-by-id
---

# Get Business Category

Retrieve a single business category by its identifier.

## URL

GET https://api.ads.apple.com/v1/business-categories/{id}

## Path Parameters

id:

## Header Parameters

X-Ap-Context:

## Response Codes

200 OK: 400 Bad Request: 401 Unauthorized: 403 Forbidden: 404 Not Found: 429 Too Many Requests: 500 Internal Server Error:

## Discussion

Discussion This endpoint returns the full BusinessCategory object for the specified category ID. Use this endpoint to look up the qualifiedId, display name, and eligibility status for a specific category. The id is the MUID, which you can obtain from the Query Business Categories endpoint. Payload Examples

## See Also

- [Query Brands](apple-ads-platform-api/query-brands.md)
- [Get Brand by ID](apple-ads-platform-api/get-brand-by-id.md)
- [Query Business Categories](apple-ads-platform-api/query-categories.md)
- [Query Rejection Reasons for Brands](apple-ads-platform-api/query-policy-assignments-(rejection-reasons)-for-external-consumers.md)