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Yelp
CompanyQ2299611· pop 24· linked from 580 articles

Also known as Yelp.com, Yelp!, Yelp, Inc., Yelp Inc., Yelp Inc, Yelp Incorporated

Yelp Inc. is an American company that develops the Yelp.com website and the Yelp mobile app, which publishes crowd-sourced reviews about businesses. It also operates Yelp Guest Manager, a table reservation service. It is headquartered in San Francisco.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Yelp is referenced by 580 other articles, and connects out to San Francisco, crowdsourcing and United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Vinony files it under 2012 initial public offerings, American companies established in 2004 and American review websites.

Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Website.traded_as
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Website.ISIN
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Website.name
Yelp.com
Website.logo
Yelp Logo.svg
Website.screenshot
File:Yelp Mobile Home.png
Website.caption
The homepage of Yelp's iPhone app.
Website.collapsible
yes
Website.collapsetext
Screenshot
Website.company_type
Public
Website.owner
Yelp, Inc.
Website.location
350 Mission Street
Website.location_country
U.S.
Website.industry
Local search, business ratings and reviews, online food delivery, local homeowner services
Website.products
Online advertising
Website.revenue
US$1.46 billion (2025)
Website.operating_income
US$185 million (2025)
Website.net_income
US$146 million (2025)
Website.assets
US$958 million (2025)

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Company

YELP
Industry
Services-Personal Services
Exchange
NYSE
State of incorporation
DE
Entity type
operating

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Type
Company
Founded
2004
Location
San Francisco, United States
Status
Active

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Wikidata facts

Employees
4350
Revenue
500000000
Official website
www.yelp.co.uk
Image
Congresswoman Pelosi attends Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at Yelp’s New Headquarters (10841919184).jpg
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external data available at URL
www.yelp.com/dataset
inception
2004-00-00
social media followers
10600
official blog URL
www.yelpblog.com
Commons category
Yelp
Alexa rank
212
phone number
+1-415-908-3801
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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • Company history
  • Origins (2004–2009)
  • Private company (2009–2012)
  • Public entity (2012–present)
  • Features
  • Features for businesses
  • Relationship with businesses
  • Controversy and litigation
  • Astroturfing
  • Alleged unfair business practices
  • Political expression and politically motivated ratings
  • Litigation over review content
  • Investigations
  • Community
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Yelp Inc. is an American company that develops the Yelp.com website and the Yelp mobile app, which publishes crowd-sourced reviews about businesses. It also operates Yelp Guest Manager, a table reservation service. It is headquartered in San Francisco.

Yelp was founded in 2004 by former PayPal employees Russel Simmons and Jeremy Stoppelman. It has since become one of the leading sources of user-generated reviews and ratings for businesses. Yelp grew in usage and raised several rounds of funding in the following years. By 2010, it had $30 million in revenue, and the website had published about 4.5 million crowd-sourced reviews. From 2009 to 2012, Yelp expanded throughout Europe and Asia. In 2009, it entered unsuccessful negotiations to be acquired by Google. Yelp became a public company via an initial public offering in March 2012 and became profitable for the first time two years later.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yelp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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