1. A facility search apparatus comprising: a facility-information storing unit for storing facility information about a plurality of facilities to be searched for, in association with categories representing the facilities; a search-point identification unit identifying the location of a search point; an in-category-facility search unit performing a search to determine whether or not a category contains any facility located within a predetermined area including the search point; and a category display unit displaying, based on search results from the in-category-facility search unit, categories serving as search conditions in a manner such that whether or not there is a facility within the predetermined area for each category is identifiable.