diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/analytics/report/categories/table.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/analytics/report/categories/table.js
index dc9e277401d..3aaf7f5f771 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/analytics/report/categories/table.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/analytics/report/categories/table.js
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ import ReportTable from 'analytics/components/report-table';
 import { numberFormat } from 'lib/number';
 
 export default class CategoriesReportTable extends Component {
+	constructor( props ) {
+		super( props );
+
+		this.getRowsContent = this.getRowsContent.bind( this );
+	}
+
 	getHeadersContent() {
 		return [
 			{
@@ -60,23 +66,27 @@ export default class CategoriesReportTable extends Component {
 
 	getRowsContent( categories ) {
 		return map( categories, category => {
-			const { category_id, items_sold, gross_revenue, products_count, orders_count } = category;
-
-			// @TODO it should link to the Products report filtered by category
-			const productsLink = (
-				<Link
-					href={ '/analytics/orders?filter=advanced&code_includes=' + category_id }
-					type="wc-admin"
-				>
-					{ numberFormat( products_count ) }
-				</Link>
-			);
+			const {
+				category_id,
+				items_sold,
+				gross_revenue,
+				products_count,
+				orders_count,
+				extended_info,
+			} = category;
+			const { name } = extended_info;
 
 			return [
-				// @TODO it should be the category name, not the category ID
 				{
-					display: category_id,
-					value: category_id,
+					display: (
+						<Link
+							href={ 'term.php?taxonomy=product_cat&post_type=product&tag_ID=' + category_id }
+							type="wp-admin"
+						>
+							{ name }
+						</Link>
+					),
+					value: name,
 				},
 				{
 					display: numberFormat( items_sold ),
@@ -87,7 +97,7 @@ export default class CategoriesReportTable extends Component {
 					value: getCurrencyFormatDecimal( gross_revenue ),
 				},
 				{
-					display: productsLink,
+					display: numberFormat( products_count ),
 					value: products_count,
 				},
 				{
@@ -135,6 +145,11 @@ export default class CategoriesReportTable extends Component {
 				getSummary={ this.getSummary }
 				itemIdField="category_id"
 				query={ query }
+				tableQuery={ {
+					orderby: query.orderby || 'items_sold',
+					order: query.order || 'desc',
+					extended_info: true,
+				} }
 				title={ __( 'Categories', 'wc-admin' ) }
 				columnPrefsKey="categories_report_columns"
 			/>
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/store/reports/items/resolvers.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/store/reports/items/resolvers.js
index 3c6887dc95f..13dca9b6979 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/store/reports/items/resolvers.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/store/reports/items/resolvers.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export default {
 	async getReportItems( ...args ) {
 		const [ endpoint, query ] = args.slice( -2 );
 
-		const swaggerEndpoints = [ 'categories', 'coupons' ];
+		const swaggerEndpoints = [ 'coupons' ];
 		if ( swaggerEndpoints.indexOf( endpoint ) >= 0 ) {
 			try {
 				const response = await fetch(
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/reports/items/operations.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/reports/items/operations.js
index 9d9a90457c9..405fbb5d272 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/reports/items/operations.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/client/wc-api/reports/items/operations.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { NAMESPACE } from '../../constants';
 import { SWAGGERNAMESPACE } from 'store/constants';
 
 // TODO: Remove once swagger endpoints are phased out.
-const swaggerEndpoints = [ 'categories', 'coupons', 'customers' ];
+const swaggerEndpoints = [ 'coupons', 'customers' ];
 
 const typeEndpointMap = {
 	'report-items-query-orders': 'orders',
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/api/class-wc-admin-rest-reports-categories-controller.php b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/api/class-wc-admin-rest-reports-categories-controller.php
index 31ee59c004a..98a6809ce74 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/api/class-wc-admin-rest-reports-categories-controller.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/api/class-wc-admin-rest-reports-categories-controller.php
@@ -38,15 +38,16 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Reports_Categories_Controller extends WC_REST_Reports_Contro
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	protected function prepare_reports_query( $request ) {
-		$args               = array();
-		$args['before']     = $request['before'];
-		$args['after']      = $request['after'];
-		$args['interval']   = $request['interval'];
-		$args['page']       = $request['page'];
-		$args['per_page']   = $request['per_page'];
-		$args['orderby']    = $request['orderby'];
-		$args['order']      = $request['order'];
-		$args['categories'] = (array) $request['categories'];
+		$args                  = array();
+		$args['before']        = $request['before'];
+		$args['after']         = $request['after'];
+		$args['interval']      = $request['interval'];
+		$args['page']          = $request['page'];
+		$args['per_page']      = $request['per_page'];
+		$args['orderby']       = $request['orderby'];
+		$args['order']         = $request['order'];
+		$args['extended_info'] = $request['extended_info'];
+		$args['categories']    = (array) $request['categories'];
 		$args['status_is']     = (array) $request['status_is'];
 		$args['status_is_not'] = (array) $request['status_is_not'];
 
@@ -190,6 +191,14 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Reports_Categories_Controller extends WC_REST_Reports_Contro
 					'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
 					'readonly'    => true,
 				),
+				'extended_info' => array(
+					'name'       => array(
+						'type'        => 'string',
+						'readonly'    => true,
+						'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+						'description' => __( 'Category name.', 'wc-admin' ),
+					),
+				),
 			),
 		);
 
@@ -202,9 +211,9 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Reports_Categories_Controller extends WC_REST_Reports_Contro
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	public function get_collection_params() {
-		$params               = array();
-		$params['context']    = $this->get_context_param( array( 'default' => 'view' ) );
-		$params['page']       = array(
+		$params                  = array();
+		$params['context']       = $this->get_context_param( array( 'default' => 'view' ) );
+		$params['page']          = array(
 			'description'       => __( 'Current page of the collection.', 'wc-admin' ),
 			'type'              => 'integer',
 			'default'           => 1,
@@ -212,7 +221,7 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Reports_Categories_Controller extends WC_REST_Reports_Contro
 			'validate_callback' => 'rest_validate_request_arg',
 			'minimum'           => 1,
 		);
-		$params['per_page']   = array(
+		$params['per_page']      = array(
 			'description'       => __( 'Maximum number of items to be returned in result set.', 'wc-admin' ),
 			'type'              => 'integer',
 			'default'           => 10,
@@ -221,26 +230,26 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Reports_Categories_Controller extends WC_REST_Reports_Contro
 			'sanitize_callback' => 'absint',
 			'validate_callback' => 'rest_validate_request_arg',
 		);
-		$params['after']      = array(
+		$params['after']         = array(
 			'description'       => __( 'Limit response to resources published after a given ISO8601 compliant date.', 'wc-admin' ),
 			'type'              => 'string',
 			'format'            => 'date-time',
 			'validate_callback' => 'rest_validate_request_arg',
 		);
-		$params['before']     = array(
+		$params['before']        = array(
 			'description'       => __( 'Limit response to resources published before a given ISO8601 compliant date.', 'wc-admin' ),
 			'type'              => 'string',
 			'format'            => 'date-time',
 			'validate_callback' => 'rest_validate_request_arg',
 		);
-		$params['order']      = array(
+		$params['order']         = array(
 			'description'       => __( 'Order sort attribute ascending or descending.', 'wc-admin' ),
 			'type'              => 'string',
 			'default'           => 'desc',
 			'enum'              => array( 'asc', 'desc' ),
 			'validate_callback' => 'rest_validate_request_arg',
 		);
-		$params['orderby']    = array(
+		$params['orderby']       = array(
 			'description'       => __( 'Sort collection by object attribute.', 'wc-admin' ),
 			'type'              => 'string',
 			'default'           => 'date',
@@ -250,10 +259,11 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Reports_Categories_Controller extends WC_REST_Reports_Contro
 				'gross_revenue',
 				'orders_count',
 				'products_count',
+				'category',
 			),
 			'validate_callback' => 'rest_validate_request_arg',
 		);
-		$params['interval']   = array(
+		$params['interval']      = array(
 			'description'       => __( 'Time interval to use for buckets in the returned data.', 'wc-admin' ),
 			'type'              => 'string',
 			'default'           => 'week',
@@ -267,7 +277,7 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Reports_Categories_Controller extends WC_REST_Reports_Contro
 			),
 			'validate_callback' => 'rest_validate_request_arg',
 		);
-		$params['status_is']        = array(
+		$params['status_is']     = array(
 			'description'       => __( 'Limit result set to items that have the specified order status.', 'wc-admin' ),
 			'type'              => 'array',
 			'sanitize_callback' => 'wp_parse_slug_list',
@@ -277,7 +287,7 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Reports_Categories_Controller extends WC_REST_Reports_Contro
 				'type' => 'string',
 			),
 		);
-		$params['status_is_not']    = array(
+		$params['status_is_not'] = array(
 			'description'       => __( 'Limit result set to items that don\'t have the specified order status.', 'wc-admin' ),
 			'type'              => 'array',
 			'sanitize_callback' => 'wp_parse_slug_list',
@@ -287,7 +297,7 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Reports_Categories_Controller extends WC_REST_Reports_Contro
 				'type' => 'string',
 			),
 		);
-		$params['categories'] = array(
+		$params['categories']    = array(
 			'description'       => __( 'Limit result set to all items that have the specified term assigned in the categories taxonomy.', 'wc-admin' ),
 			'type'              => 'array',
 			'sanitize_callback' => 'wp_parse_id_list',
@@ -296,6 +306,13 @@ class WC_Admin_REST_Reports_Categories_Controller extends WC_REST_Reports_Contro
 				'type' => 'integer',
 			),
 		);
+		$params['extended_info'] = array(
+			'description'       => __( 'Add additional piece of info about each category to the report.', 'wc-admin' ),
+			'type'              => 'boolean',
+			'default'           => false,
+			'sanitize_callback' => 'wc_string_to_bool',
+			'validate_callback' => 'rest_validate_request_arg',
+		);
 
 		return $params;
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/data-stores/class-wc-admin-reports-categories-data-store.php b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/data-stores/class-wc-admin-reports-categories-data-store.php
index 9bdd6e4c2bb..75fb2bf542d 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/data-stores/class-wc-admin-reports-categories-data-store.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/includes/data-stores/class-wc-admin-reports-categories-data-store.php
@@ -148,6 +148,22 @@ class WC_Admin_Reports_Categories_Data_Store extends WC_Admin_Reports_Data_Store
 		return array_slice( $data, $offset, $items_per_page );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Enriches the category data.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $categories_data Categories data.
+	 * @param array $query_args  Query parameters.
+	 */
+	protected function include_extended_info( &$categories_data, $query_args ) {
+		foreach ( $categories_data as $key => $category_data ) {
+			$extended_info = new ArrayObject();
+			if ( $query_args['extended_info'] ) {
+				$extended_info['name'] = get_the_category_by_ID( $category_data['category_id'] );
+			}
+			$categories_data[ $key ]['extended_info'] = $extended_info;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the report data based on parameters supplied by the user.
 	 *
@@ -163,16 +179,17 @@ class WC_Admin_Reports_Categories_Data_Store extends WC_Admin_Reports_Data_Store
 
 		// These defaults are only partially applied when used via REST API, as that has its own defaults.
 		$defaults = array(
-			'per_page'     => get_option( 'posts_per_page' ),
-			'page'         => 1,
-			'order'        => 'DESC',
-			'orderby'      => 'date',
-			'before'       => date( WC_Admin_Reports_Interval::$iso_datetime_format, $now ),
-			'after'        => date( WC_Admin_Reports_Interval::$iso_datetime_format, $week_back ),
-			'fields'       => '*',
-			'categories'   => array(),
+			'per_page'      => get_option( 'posts_per_page' ),
+			'page'          => 1,
+			'order'         => 'DESC',
+			'orderby'       => 'date',
+			'before'        => date( WC_Admin_Reports_Interval::$iso_datetime_format, $now ),
+			'after'         => date( WC_Admin_Reports_Interval::$iso_datetime_format, $week_back ),
+			'fields'        => '*',
+			'categories'    => array(),
+			'extended_info' => false,
 			// This is not a parameter for products reports per se, but maybe we should restricts order statuses here, too?
-			'order_status' => parent::get_report_order_statuses(),
+			'order_status'  => parent::get_report_order_statuses(),
 
 		);
 		$query_args = wp_parse_args( $query_args, $defaults );
@@ -246,6 +263,8 @@ class WC_Admin_Reports_Categories_Data_Store extends WC_Admin_Reports_Data_Store
 			$this->sort_records( $categories_data, $query_args['orderby'], $query_args['order'] );
 			$categories_data = $this->page_records( $categories_data, $query_args['page'], $query_args['per_page'] );
 
+			$this->include_extended_info( $categories_data, $query_args );
+
 			$categories_data = array_map( array( $this, 'cast_numbers' ), $categories_data );
 			$data            = (object) array(
 				'data'    => $categories_data,
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/tests/api/reports-categories.php b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/tests/api/reports-categories.php
index 7701a161dc8..50cb2525341 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/tests/api/reports-categories.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/tests/api/reports-categories.php
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
  * @package WooCommerce\Tests\API
  * @since 3.5.0
  */
+
+/**
+ * Reports Categories REST API Test Class
+ *
+ * @package WooCommerce\Tests\API
+ * @since 3.5.0
+ */
 class WC_Tests_API_Reports_Categories extends WC_REST_Unit_Test_Case {
 
 	/**
@@ -102,11 +109,12 @@ class WC_Tests_API_Reports_Categories extends WC_REST_Unit_Test_Case {
 		$data       = $response->get_data();
 		$properties = $data['schema']['properties'];
 
-		$this->assertEquals( 5, count( $properties ) );
+		$this->assertEquals( 6, count( $properties ) );
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'category_id', $properties );
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'items_sold', $properties );
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'gross_revenue', $properties );
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'orders_count', $properties );
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'products_count', $properties );
+		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'extended_info', $properties );
 	}
 }