Google announced last month that it was adding 1,000 new categories in the new Places dashboard for businesses.
Google’s Jade Wang shared some news:
Additionally, we’ve just launched support for regional dialects in business categories on both Places for Business and Google Maps! As an example, an English speaking business owner in India can now choose the commonly used term Petrol Pump as their business category instead of the term Gas Station, which is uncommon in India. This new feature improves localization of business categories for more than a dozen countries.