diff --git a/.changeset/hungry-starfishes-count.md b/.changeset/hungry-starfishes-count.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3c281a24149cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hungry-starfishes-count.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/medusa": patch
+---
+
+feat(medusa): added admin create endpoint for product categories
diff --git a/integration-tests/api/__tests__/admin/product-category.ts b/integration-tests/api/__tests__/admin/product-category.ts
index 0dccf11f751e9..9e06a98cfe3ba 100644
--- a/integration-tests/api/__tests__/admin/product-category.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/api/__tests__/admin/product-category.ts
@@ -234,6 +234,71 @@ describe("/admin/product-categories", () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("POST /admin/product-categories", () => {
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      await adminSeeder(dbConnection)
+    })
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      const db = useDb()
+      return await db.teardown()
+    })
+
+    it("throws an error if required fields are missing", async () => {
+      const api = useApi()
+
+      const error = await api.post(
+        `/admin/product-categories`,
+        {},
+        adminHeaders
+      ).catch(e => e)
+
+      expect(error.response.status).toEqual(400)
+      expect(error.response.data.type).toEqual("invalid_data")
+      expect(error.response.data.message).toEqual(
+        "name should not be empty, name must be a string"
+      )
+    })
+
+    it("successfully creates a product category", async () => {
+      productCategoryParent = await simpleProductCategoryFactory(dbConnection, {
+        name: "category parent",
+        handle: "category-parent",
+      })
+
+      const api = useApi()
+
+      const response = await api.post(
+        `/admin/product-categories`,
+        {
+          name: "test",
+          handle: "test",
+          is_internal: true,
+          parent_category_id: productCategoryParent.id,
+        },
+        adminHeaders
+      )
+
+      expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
+      expect(response.data).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          product_category: expect.objectContaining({
+            name: "test",
+            handle: "test",
+            is_internal: true,
+            is_active: false,
+            created_at: expect.any(String),
+            updated_at: expect.any(String),
+            parent_category: expect.objectContaining({
+              id: productCategoryParent.id
+            }),
+            category_children: []
+          }),
+        })
+      )
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("DELETE /admin/product-categories/:id", () => {
     beforeEach(async () => {
       await adminSeeder(dbConnection)
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/create-product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/create-product-category.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..de9860f9944ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/create-product-category.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import { IsNotEmpty, IsOptional, IsString, IsBoolean } from "class-validator"
+import { Request, Response } from "express"
+import { EntityManager } from "typeorm"
+
+import { ProductCategoryService } from "../../../../services"
+import { AdminProductCategoriesReqBase } from "../../../../types/product-category"
+import { FindParams } from "../../../../types/common"
+
+/**
+ * @oas [post] /product-categories
+ * operationId: "PostProductCategories"
+ * summary: "Create a Product Category"
+ * description: "Creates a Product Category."
+ * x-authenticated: true
+ * parameters:
+ *   - (query) expand {string} (Comma separated) Which fields should be expanded in each product category.
+ *   - (query) fields {string} (Comma separated) Which fields should be retrieved in each product category.
+ * requestBody:
+ *   content:
+ *     application/json:
+ *       schema:
+ *         $ref: "#/components/schemas/AdminPostProductCategoriesReq"
+ * 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.create({
+ *         name: 'Jeans',
+ *       })
+ *       .then(({ productCategory }) => {
+ *         console.log(productCategory.id);
+ *       });
+ *   - lang: Shell
+ *     label: cURL
+ *     source: |
+ *       curl --location --request POST 'https://medusa-url.com/admin/product-categories' \
+ *       --header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_token}' \
+ *       --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+ *       --data-raw '{
+ *           "name": "Jeans",
+ *       }'
+ * security:
+ *   - api_token: []
+ *   - cookie_auth: []
+ * tags:
+ *   - Product Category
+ * responses:
+ *  "200":
+ *    description: OK
+ *    content:
+ *      application/json:
+ *        schema:
+ *          type: object
+ *          properties:
+ *            productCategory:
+ *              $ref: "#/components/schemas/ProductCategory"
+ *  "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 { validatedBody } = req as {
+    validatedBody: AdminPostProductCategoriesReq
+  }
+
+  const productCategoryService: ProductCategoryService = req.scope.resolve(
+    "productCategoryService"
+  )
+
+  const manager: EntityManager = req.scope.resolve("manager")
+  const created = await manager.transaction(async (transactionManager) => {
+    return await productCategoryService
+      .withTransaction(transactionManager)
+      .create(validatedBody)
+  })
+
+  const productCategory = await productCategoryService.retrieve(
+    created.id,
+    req.retrieveConfig,
+  )
+
+  res.status(200).json({ product_category: productCategory })
+}
+
+/**
+ * @schema AdminPostProductCategoriesReq
+ * type: object
+ * required:
+ *   - name
+ * properties:
+ *   name:
+ *     type: string
+ *     description: The name to identify the Product Category by.
+ *   handle:
+ *     type: string
+ *     description: An optional handle to be used in slugs, if none is provided we will kebab-case the title.
+ *   is_internal:
+ *     type: boolean
+ *     description: A flag to make product category an internal category for admins
+ *   is_active:
+ *     type: boolean
+ *     description: A flag to make product category visible/hidden in the store front
+ *   parent_category_id:
+ *     type: string
+ *     description: The ID of the parent product category
+ */
+// eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+export class AdminPostProductCategoriesReq extends AdminProductCategoriesReqBase {
+  @IsString()
+  @IsNotEmpty()
+  name: string
+}
+
+export class AdminPostProductCategoriesParams 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 fc8f1f4930db3..69e5960f40e75 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/index.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api/routes/admin/product-categories/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Router } from "express"
 
-import middlewares, { transformQuery } from "../../../middlewares"
+import middlewares, { transformQuery, transformBody } from "../../../middlewares"
 import { isFeatureFlagEnabled } from "../../../middlewares/feature-flag-enabled"
 import deleteProductCategory from "./delete-product-category"
 
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ import listProductCategories, {
   AdminGetProductCategoriesParams,
 } from "./list-product-categories"
 
+import createProductCategory, {
+  AdminPostProductCategoriesReq,
+  AdminPostProductCategoriesParams,
+} from "./create-product-category"
+
 const route = Router()
 
 export default (app) => {
@@ -21,6 +26,17 @@ export default (app) => {
     route
   )
 
+  route.post(
+    "/",
+    transformQuery(AdminPostProductCategoriesParams, {
+      defaultFields: defaultProductCategoryFields,
+      defaultRelations: defaultAdminProductCategoryRelations,
+      isList: false,
+    }),
+    transformBody(AdminPostProductCategoriesReq),
+    middlewares.wrap(createProductCategory)
+  )
+
   route.get(
     "/",
     transformQuery(AdminGetProductCategoriesParams, {
@@ -48,6 +64,7 @@ export default (app) => {
 export * from "./get-product-category"
 export * from "./delete-product-category"
 export * from "./list-product-categories"
+export * from "./create-product-category"
 
 export const defaultAdminProductCategoryRelations = [
   "parent_category",
@@ -60,4 +77,6 @@ export const defaultProductCategoryFields = [
   "handle",
   "is_active",
   "is_internal",
+  "created_at",
+  "updated_at",
 ]
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts
index b69cd252932e4..3155f2c768b72 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/models/product-category.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { generateEntityId } from "../utils/generate-entity-id"
 import { SoftDeletableEntity } from "../interfaces/models/soft-deletable-entity"
+import { kebabCase } from "lodash"
 import {
   BeforeInsert,
   Index,
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ export class ProductCategory extends SoftDeletableEntity {
 
   // Typeorm also keeps track of the category's parent at all times.
   @Column()
-  parent_category_id: ProductCategory
+  parent_category_id: string | null
 
   @TreeChildren({ cascade: true })
   category_children: ProductCategory[]
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ export class ProductCategory extends SoftDeletableEntity {
   @BeforeInsert()
   private beforeInsert(): void {
     this.id = generateEntityId(this.id, "pcat")
+
+    if (!this.handle) {
+      this.handle = kebabCase(this.name)
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +65,6 @@ export class ProductCategory extends SoftDeletableEntity {
  * type: object
  * required:
  *   - name
- *   - handle
  * properties:
  *   id:
  *     type: string
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts
index 6a97426557c80..03c768efccfdf 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/services/__tests__/product-category.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,30 @@ describe("ProductCategoryService", () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("create", () => {
+    const productCategoryRepository = MockRepository({
+      findOne: query => Promise.resolve({ id: IdMap.getId("jeans") }),
+    })
+
+    const productCategoryService = new ProductCategoryService({
+      manager: MockManager,
+      productCategoryRepository,
+    })
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      jest.clearAllMocks()
+    })
+
+    it("successfully creates a product category", async () => {
+      await productCategoryService.create({ name: "jeans" })
+
+      expect(productCategoryRepository.create).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(productCategoryRepository.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        name: "jeans",
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("delete", () => {
     const productCategoryRepository = MockRepository({
       findOne: query => {
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/services/product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/services/product-category.ts
index 92d564763c759..94fe2bf26717b 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/services/product-category.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/services/product-category.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { isDefined, MedusaError } from "medusa-core-utils"
-import { EntityManager } from "typeorm"
+import { EntityManager, DeepPartial } from "typeorm"
 import { TransactionBaseService } from "../interfaces"
 import { ProductCategory } from "../models"
 import { ProductCategoryRepository } from "../repositories/product-category"
 import { FindConfig, Selector, QuerySelector } from "../types/common"
 import { buildQuery } from "../utils"
+import { CreateProductCategoryInput } from "../types/product-category"
 
 type InjectedDependencies = {
   manager: EntityManager
@@ -99,6 +100,22 @@ class ProductCategoryService extends TransactionBaseService {
     return productCategoryTree
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a product category
+   * @param productCategory - params used to create
+   * @return created product category
+   */
+  async create(
+    productCategory: CreateProductCategoryInput
+  ): Promise<ProductCategory> {
+    return await this.atomicPhase_(async (manager) => {
+      const pcRepo = manager.getCustomRepository(this.productCategoryRepo_)
+      const productCategoryRecord = pcRepo.create(productCategory)
+
+      return await pcRepo.save(productCategoryRecord)
+    })
+  }
+
   /**
    * Deletes a product category
    *
@@ -115,7 +132,7 @@ class ProductCategoryService extends TransactionBaseService {
       }).catch((err) => void 0)
 
       if (!productCategory) {
-        return Promise.resolve()
+        return
       }
 
       if (productCategory.category_children.length > 0) {
@@ -126,8 +143,6 @@ class ProductCategoryService extends TransactionBaseService {
       }
 
       await productCategoryRepository.delete(productCategory.id)
-
-      return Promise.resolve()
     })
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/types/product-category.ts b/packages/medusa/src/types/product-category.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..624ed1fea9a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/types/product-category.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { Transform } from "class-transformer"
+import { IsNotEmpty, IsOptional, IsString, IsBoolean } from "class-validator"
+
+export type CreateProductCategoryInput = {
+  name: string
+  handle?: string
+  is_internal?: boolean
+  is_active?: boolean
+  parent_category_id?: string | null
+}
+
+export class AdminProductCategoriesReqBase {
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsString()
+  @IsNotEmpty()
+  handle?: string
+
+  @IsBoolean()
+  @IsOptional()
+  is_internal?: boolean
+
+  @IsBoolean()
+  @IsOptional()
+  is_active?: boolean
+
+  @IsString()
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Transform(({ value }) => {
+    return value === "null" ? null : value
+  })
+  parent_category_id?: string | null
+}