diff --git a/.changeset/silent-spiders-battle.md b/.changeset/silent-spiders-battle.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8925255c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silent-spiders-battle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/medusa": patch
+---
+
+feat(nested-categories) adds a list endpoint to admin nested categories
diff --git a/integration-tests/api/__tests__/admin/product-category.ts b/integration-tests/api/__tests__/admin/product-category.ts
index 46d94f66c7..a42a1a95e4 100644
--- a/integration-tests/api/__tests__/admin/product-category.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/api/__tests__/admin/product-category.ts
@@ -111,4 +111,126 @@ describe("/admin/product-categories", () => {
       expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
     })
   })
+
+  describe("GET /admin/product-categories", () => {
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      await adminSeeder(dbConnection)
+
+      productCategoryParent = await simpleProductCategoryFactory(dbConnection, {
+        name: "Mens",
+        handle: "mens",
+      })
+
+      productCategory = await simpleProductCategoryFactory(dbConnection, {
+        name: "sweater",
+        handle: "sweater",
+        parent_category: productCategoryParent,
+        is_internal: true,
+      })
+
+      productCategoryChild = await simpleProductCategoryFactory(dbConnection, {
+        name: "cashmere",
+        handle: "cashmere",
+        parent_category: productCategory,
+      })
+    })
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      const db = useDb()
+      return await db.teardown()
+    })
+
+    it("gets list of product category with immediate children and parents", async () => {
+      const api = useApi()
+
+      const response = await api.get(
+        `/admin/product-categories`,
+        adminHeaders
+      )
+
+      expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
+      expect(response.data.count).toEqual(3)
+      expect(response.data.offset).toEqual(0)
+      expect(response.data.limit).toEqual(100)
+      expect(response.data.product_categories).toEqual(
+        expect.arrayContaining([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            id: productCategoryParent.id,
+            parent_category: null,
+            category_children: [
+              expect.objectContaining({
+                id: productCategory.id,
+              })
+            ],
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            id: productCategory.id,
+            parent_category: expect.objectContaining({
+              id: productCategoryParent.id,
+            }),
+            category_children: [
+              expect.objectContaining({
+                id: productCategoryChild.id,
+              })
+            ],
+          }),
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            id: productCategoryChild.id,
+            parent_category: expect.objectContaining({
+              id: productCategory.id,
+            }),
+            category_children: [],
+          }),
+        ])
+      )
+    })
+
+    it("filters based on whitelisted attributes of the data model", async () => {
+      const api = useApi()
+
+      const response = await api.get(
+        `/admin/product-categories?is_internal=true`,
+        adminHeaders,
+      )
+
+      expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
+      expect(response.data.count).toEqual(1)
+      expect(response.data.product_categories[0].id).toEqual(productCategory.id)
+    })
+
+    it("filters based on free text on name and handle columns", async () => {
+      const api = useApi()
+
+      const response = await api.get(
+        `/admin/product-categories?q=men`,
+        adminHeaders,
+      )
+
+      expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
+      expect(response.data.count).toEqual(1)
+      expect(response.data.product_categories[0].id).toEqual(productCategoryParent.id)
+    })
+
+    it("filters based on parent category", async () => {
+      const api = useApi()
+
+      const response = await api.get(
+        `/admin/product-categories?parent_category_id=${productCategoryParent.id}`,
+        adminHeaders,
+      ).catch(e => e)
+
+      expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
+      expect(response.data.count).toEqual(1)
+      expect(response.data.product_categories[0].id).toEqual(productCategory.id)
+
+      const nullCategoryResponse = await api.get(
+        `/admin/product-categories?parent_category_id=null`,
+        adminHeaders,
+      ).catch(e => e)
+
+      expect(nullCategoryResponse.status).toEqual(200)
+      expect(nullCategoryResponse.data.count).toEqual(1)
+      expect(nullCategoryResponse.data.product_categories[0].id).toEqual(productCategoryParent.id)
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/integration-tests/repositories/__tests__/product-categories/queries.ts b/integration-tests/repositories/__tests__/product-categories/queries.ts
index 03c2bff651..a50ded3301 100644
--- a/integration-tests/repositories/__tests__/product-categories/queries.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/repositories/__tests__/product-categories/queries.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import path from "path"
 import { ProductCategory } from "@medusajs/medusa"
 import { initDb, useDb } from "../../../helpers/use-db"
 import { simpleProductCategoryFactory } from '../../factories'
+import { ProductCategoryRepository } from "@medusajs/medusa/dist/repositories/product-category"
 
 describe("Product Categories", () => {
   let dbConnection
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ describe("Product Categories", () => {
       a11 = await simpleProductCategoryFactory(dbConnection, { name: 'a11', handle: 'a11', parent_category: a1 })
       a111 = await simpleProductCategoryFactory(dbConnection, { name: 'a111', handle: 'a111', parent_category: a11 })
       a12 = await simpleProductCategoryFactory(dbConnection, { name: 'a12', handle: 'a12', parent_category: a1 })
-      productCategoryRepository = dbConnection.getTreeRepository(ProductCategory)
+
+      productCategoryRepository = dbConnection.manager.getCustomRepository(ProductCategoryRepository)
     })
 
     it("can fetch all root categories", async () => {
@@ -56,7 +58,6 @@ describe("Product Categories", () => {
       ])
     })
 
-
     it("can fetch all root descendants of a category", async () => {
       const a1Children = await productCategoryRepository.findDescendants(a1)
 
@@ -76,4 +77,131 @@ describe("Product Categories", () => {
       ])
     })
   })
+
+  describe("getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount", () => {
+    let a1, a11, a111, a12
+    let productCategoryRepository
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      a1 = await simpleProductCategoryFactory(
+        dbConnection, {
+          name: 'skinny jeans',
+          handle: 'skinny-jeans',
+          is_active: true
+        }
+      )
+
+      a11 = await simpleProductCategoryFactory(
+        dbConnection, {
+          name: 'winter shirts',
+          handle: 'winter-shirts',
+          parent_category: a1,
+          is_active: true
+        }
+      )
+
+      a111 = await simpleProductCategoryFactory(
+        dbConnection, {
+          name: 'running shoes',
+          handle: 'running-shoes',
+          parent_category: a11
+        }
+      )
+
+      a12 = await simpleProductCategoryFactory(
+        dbConnection, {
+          name: 'casual shoes',
+          handle: 'casual-shoes',
+          parent_category: a1,
+          is_internal: true
+        }
+      )
+
+      productCategoryRepository = dbConnection.manager.getCustomRepository(ProductCategoryRepository)
+    })
+
+    it("fetches all active categories", async () => {
+      const [ categories, count ] = await productCategoryRepository.getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount(
+        { where: { is_active: true } },
+      )
+
+      expect(count).toEqual(2)
+      expect(categories).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: a1.name,
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: a11.name,
+        }),
+      ])
+    })
+
+    it("fetches all internal categories", async () => {
+      const [ categories, count ] = await productCategoryRepository.getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount(
+        { where: { is_internal: true } },
+      )
+
+      expect(count).toEqual(1)
+      expect(categories).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: a12.name,
+        }),
+      ])
+    })
+
+    it("fetches all categories with query shoes", async () => {
+      const [ categories, count ] = await productCategoryRepository.getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount(
+        { where: {} },
+        'shoes'
+      )
+
+      expect(count).toEqual(2)
+      expect(categories).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: a111.name,
+        }),
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: a12.name,
+        }),
+      ])
+    })
+
+    it("fetches all categories with query casual-", async () => {
+      const [ categories, count ] = await productCategoryRepository.getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount(
+        { where: {} },
+        'casual-'
+      )
+
+      expect(count).toEqual(1)
+      expect(categories).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          name: a12.name,
+        }),
+      ])
+    })
+
+    it("builds relations for categories", async () => {
+      const [ categories, count ] = await productCategoryRepository.getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount(
+        {
+          where: { id: a11.id },
+          relations: ['parent_category', 'category_children']
+        },
+      )
+
+      expect(count).toEqual(1)
+      expect(categories[0]).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          id: a11.id,
+          parent_category: expect.objectContaining({
+            id: a1.id,
+          }),
+          category_children: [
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              id: a111.id,
+            })
+          ]
+        })
+      )
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/get-product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/get-product-category.ts
index 1e907e5cae..07d54c908f 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/get-product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/get-product-category.ts
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ export default async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
   res.status(200).json({ product_category: productCategory })
 }
 
-export class GetProductCategoryParams extends FindParams {}
+export class AdminGetProductCategoryParams extends FindParams {}
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/index.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/index.ts
index 9e3f51746f..19b0c463dd 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/index.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 import { Router } from "express"
 import middlewares, { transformQuery } from "../../../middlewares"
-import getProductCategory, {
-  GetProductCategoryParams,
-} from "./get-product-category"
 import { isFeatureFlagEnabled } from "../../../middlewares/feature-flag-enabled"
 
+import getProductCategory, {
+  AdminGetProductCategoryParams,
+} from "./get-product-category"
+
+import listProductCategories, {
+  AdminGetProductCategoriesParams,
+} from "./list-product-categories"
+
 const route = Router()
 
 export default (app) => {
@@ -14,9 +19,19 @@ export default (app) => {
     route
   )
 
+  route.get(
+    "/",
+    transformQuery(AdminGetProductCategoriesParams, {
+      defaultFields: defaultProductCategoryFields,
+      defaultRelations: defaultAdminProductCategoryRelations,
+      isList: true,
+    }),
+    middlewares.wrap(listProductCategories)
+  )
+
   route.get(
     "/:id",
-    transformQuery(GetProductCategoryParams, {
+    transformQuery(AdminGetProductCategoryParams, {
       defaultFields: defaultProductCategoryFields,
       isList: false,
     }),
@@ -27,6 +42,7 @@ export default (app) => {
 }
 
 export * from "./get-product-category"
+export * from "./list-product-categories"
 
 export const defaultAdminProductCategoryRelations = [
   "parent_category",
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/list-product-categories.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/list-product-categories.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bee1511fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/list-product-categories.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import { IsNumber, IsOptional, IsString } from "class-validator"
+import { Request, Response } from "express"
+import { Type, Transform } from "class-transformer"
+
+import { ProductCategoryService } from "../../../../services"
+import { extendedFindParamsMixin } from "../../../../types/common"
+
+/**
+ * @oas [get] /product-categories
+ * operationId: "GetProductCategories"
+ * summary: "List Product Categories"
+ * description: "Retrieve a list of product categories."
+ * x-authenticated: true
+ * parameters:
+ *   - (query) q {string} Query used for searching product category names orhandles.
+ *   - (query) is_internal {boolean} Search for only internal categories.
+ *   - (query) is_active {boolean} Search for only active categories
+ *   - (query) parent_category_id {string} Returns categories scoped by parent
+ *   - (query) offset=0 {integer} How many product categories to skip in the result.
+ *   - (query) limit=100 {integer} Limit the number of product categories returned.
+ * x-codeSamples:
+ *   - lang: JavaScript
+ *     label: JS Client
+ *     source: |
+ *       import Medusa from "@medusajs/medusa-js"
+ *       const medusa = new Medusa({ baseUrl: MEDUSA_BACKEND_URL, maxRetries: 3 })
+ *       // must be previously logged in or use api token
+ *       medusa.admin.productCategories.list()
+ *       .then(({ product_category, limit, offset, count }) => {
+ *         console.log(product_category.length);
+ *       });
+ *   - lang: Shell
+ *     label: cURL
+ *     source: |
+ *       curl --location --request GET 'https://medusa-url.com/admin/product-categories' \
+ *       --header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_token}'
+ * security:
+ *   - api_token: []
+ *   - cookie_auth: []
+ * tags:
+ *   - Product Categories
+ * responses:
+ *   200:
+ *     description: OK
+ *     content:
+ *       application/json:
+ *         schema:
+ *           type: object
+ *           properties:
+ *             product_category:
+ *               type: array
+ *               items:
+ *                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/ProductCategory"
+ *             count:
+ *               type: integer
+ *               description: The total number of items available
+ *             offset:
+ *               type: integer
+ *               description: The number of items skipped before these items
+ *             limit:
+ *               type: integer
+ *               description: The number of items per page
+ *   "400":
+ *     $ref: "#/components/responses/400_error"
+ *   "401":
+ *     $ref: "#/components/responses/unauthorized"
+ *   "404":
+ *     $ref: "#/components/responses/not_found_error"
+ *   "409":
+ *     $ref: "#/components/responses/invalid_state_error"
+ *   "422":
+ *     $ref: "#/components/responses/invalid_request_error"
+ *   "500":
+ *     $ref: "#/components/responses/500_error"
+ */
+export default async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  const productCategoryService: ProductCategoryService = req.scope.resolve(
+    "productCategoryService"
+  )
+
+  const [data, count] = await productCategoryService.listAndCount(
+    req.filterableFields,
+    req.listConfig
+  )
+
+  const { limit, offset } = req.validatedQuery
+
+  res.json({
+    count,
+    product_categories: data,
+    offset,
+    limit,
+  })
+}
+
+export class AdminGetProductCategoriesParams extends extendedFindParamsMixin({
+  limit: 100,
+  offset: 0,
+}) {
+  @IsString()
+  @IsOptional()
+  q?: string
+
+  @IsString()
+  @IsOptional()
+  is_internal?: boolean
+
+  @IsString()
+  @IsOptional()
+  is_active?: boolean
+
+  @IsString()
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Transform(({ value }) => {
+    return value === "null" ? null : value
+  })
+  parent_category_id?: string | null
+}
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts
index dea1054e60..b69cd25293 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ export class ProductCategory extends SoftDeletableEntity {
   parent_category: ProductCategory | null
 
   // Typeorm also keeps track of the category's parent at all times.
-  // TODO: Uncomment this if there is a usecase for accessing this.
-  // @Column()
-  // parent_category_id: ProductCategory
+  @Column()
+  parent_category_id: ProductCategory
 
   @TreeChildren({ cascade: true })
   category_children: ProductCategory[]
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ export class ProductCategory extends SoftDeletableEntity {
  *     description: "A unique string that identifies the Category - example: slug structures."
  *     type: string
  *     example: regular-fit
- *   path:
+ *   mpath:
  *     type: string
  *     description: A string for Materialized Paths - used for finding ancestors and descendents
  *     example: pcat_id1.pcat_id2.pcat_id3
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/repositories/product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/repositories/product-category.ts
index 61310ae9dd..7cd12438ed 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/repositories/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/repositories/product-category.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,48 @@
-import { EntityRepository, TreeRepository } from "typeorm"
+import { EntityRepository, TreeRepository, Brackets, ILike } from "typeorm"
 import { ProductCategory } from "../models/product-category"
+import { ExtendedFindConfig, Selector } from "../types/common"
 
 @EntityRepository(ProductCategory)
-export class ProductCategoryRepository extends TreeRepository<ProductCategory> {}
+export class ProductCategoryRepository extends TreeRepository<ProductCategory> {
+  public async getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount(
+    options: ExtendedFindConfig<ProductCategory, Selector<ProductCategory>> = {
+      where: {},
+    },
+    q: string | undefined
+  ): Promise<[ProductCategory[], number]> {
+    const options_ = { ...options }
+    const entityName = "product_category"
+
+    const queryBuilder = this.createQueryBuilder(entityName)
+      .select()
+      .skip(options_.skip)
+      .take(options_.take)
+
+    if (q) {
+      delete options_.where?.name
+      delete options_.where?.handle
+
+      queryBuilder.where(
+        new Brackets((bracket) => {
+          bracket
+            .where({ name: ILike(`%${q}%`) })
+            .orWhere({ handle: ILike(`%${q}%`) })
+        })
+      )
+    }
+
+    queryBuilder.andWhere(options_.where)
+
+    if (options_.withDeleted) {
+      queryBuilder.withDeleted()
+    }
+
+    if (options_.relations?.length) {
+      options_.relations.forEach((rel) => {
+        queryBuilder.leftJoinAndSelect(`${entityName}.${rel}`, rel)
+      })
+    }
+
+    return await queryBuilder.getManyAndCount()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts
index 775558a442..5ecbd8f441 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ import { IdMap, MockRepository, MockManager } from "medusa-test-utils"
 import ProductCategoryService from "../product-category"
 
 describe("ProductCategoryService", () => {
+  const validProdCategoryId = "skinny-jeans"
+  const invalidProdCategoryId = "not-found"
+
   describe("retrieve", () => {
     const productCategoryRepository = MockRepository({
       findOne: query => {
-        if (query.where.id === "not-found") {
+        if (query.where.id === invalidProdCategoryId) {
           return Promise.resolve(undefined)
         }
 
-        return Promise.resolve({ id: IdMap.getId("skinny-jeans") })
+        return Promise.resolve({ id: IdMap.getId(validProdCategoryId) })
       },
       findDescendantsTree: productCategory => {
         return Promise.resolve(productCategory)
@@ -25,20 +28,20 @@ describe("ProductCategoryService", () => {
 
     it("successfully retrieves a product category", async () => {
       const result = await productCategoryService.retrieve(
-        IdMap.getId("skinny-jeans")
+        IdMap.getId(validProdCategoryId)
       )
 
-      expect(result.id).toEqual(IdMap.getId("skinny-jeans"))
+      expect(result.id).toEqual(IdMap.getId(validProdCategoryId))
       expect(productCategoryRepository.findOne).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
       expect(productCategoryRepository.findDescendantsTree).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
       expect(productCategoryRepository.findOne).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        where: { id: IdMap.getId("skinny-jeans") },
+        where: { id: IdMap.getId(validProdCategoryId) },
       })
     })
 
     it("fails on not-found product category id", async () => {
       const categoryResponse = await productCategoryService
-        .retrieve("not-found")
+        .retrieve(invalidProdCategoryId)
         .catch((e) => e)
 
       expect(categoryResponse.message).toBe(
@@ -46,4 +49,51 @@ describe("ProductCategoryService", () => {
       )
     })
   })
+
+  describe("listAndCount", () => {
+    const productCategoryRepository = {
+      ...MockRepository({}),
+      getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount: jest.fn().mockImplementation((query, q) => {
+        if (q == "not-found") {
+          return Promise.resolve([[], 0])
+        }
+
+        return Promise.resolve([[{ id: IdMap.getId(validProdCategoryId) }], 1])
+      })
+    }
+
+    const productCategoryService = new ProductCategoryService({
+      manager: MockManager,
+      productCategoryRepository,
+    })
+
+    beforeEach(async () => { jest.clearAllMocks() })
+
+    it("successfully retrieves an array of product category", async () => {
+      const [result, count] = await productCategoryService
+        .listAndCount({ q: validProdCategoryId })
+
+      expect(count).toEqual(1)
+      expect(result.length).toEqual(1)
+      expect(result[0].id).toEqual(IdMap.getId(validProdCategoryId))
+      expect(productCategoryRepository.getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(productCategoryRepository.getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        order: {
+          created_at: "DESC",
+        },
+        skip: 0,
+        take: 100,
+        where: {},
+      }, validProdCategoryId)
+    })
+
+    it("returns empty array if query doesn't match database results", async () => {
+      const [result, count] = await productCategoryService
+        .listAndCount({ q: "not-found" })
+
+      expect(productCategoryRepository.getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(result).toEqual([])
+      expect(count).toEqual(0)
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/services/index.ts b/packages/medusa/src/services/index.ts
index e127c495ad..2af4f1c3da 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/services/index.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/services/index.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export { default as PaymentService } from "./payment"
 export { default as PriceListService } from "./price-list"
 export { default as PricingService } from "./pricing"
 export { default as ProductService } from "./product"
+export { default as ProductCategoryService } from "./product-category"
 export { default as ProductCollectionService } from "./product-collection"
 export { default as ProductTypeService } from "./product-type"
 export { default as ProductVariantInventoryService } from "./product-variant-inventory"
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/services/product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/services/product-category.ts
index 8198dfb00b..a29d2b44dc 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/services/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/services/product-category.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { EntityManager } from "typeorm"
 import { TransactionBaseService } from "../interfaces"
 import { ProductCategory } from "../models"
 import { ProductCategoryRepository } from "../repositories/product-category"
-import { FindConfig, Selector } from "../types/common"
+import { FindConfig, Selector, QuerySelector } from "../types/common"
 import { buildQuery } from "../utils"
 
 type InjectedDependencies = {
@@ -27,6 +27,39 @@ class ProductCategoryService extends TransactionBaseService {
     this.productCategoryRepo_ = productCategoryRepository
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Lists product category based on the provided parameters and includes the count of
+   * product category that match the query.
+   * @return an array containing the product category as
+   *   the first element and the total count of product category that matches the query
+   *   as the second element.
+   */
+  async listAndCount(
+    selector: QuerySelector<ProductCategory>,
+    config: FindConfig<ProductCategory> = {
+      skip: 0,
+      take: 100,
+      order: { created_at: "DESC" },
+    }
+  ): Promise<[ProductCategory[], number]> {
+    const manager = this.transactionManager_ ?? this.manager_
+    const productCategoryRepo = manager.getCustomRepository(
+      this.productCategoryRepo_
+    )
+
+    const selector_ = { ...selector }
+    let q: string | undefined
+
+    if ("q" in selector_) {
+      q = selector_.q
+      delete selector_.q
+    }
+
+    const query = buildQuery(selector_, config)
+
+    return await productCategoryRepo.getFreeTextSearchResultsAndCount(query, q)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Retrieves a product category by id.
    * @param productCategoryId - the id of the product category to retrieve.