YELP INC
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.
Basic company information
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- Business sectors
- information technology [1]
- Company / filing name
- YELP INC [2]
- Headquarters location
- 140 New Montgomery; San Francisco [1]
- Founded
- 2004 [1]
- Legal form
- joint-stock company [1]
- Leadership in background record
- Jeremy Stoppelman [1]
- Founders
- Jeremy Stoppelman; Russel Simmons [1]
- Official website
- https://www.yelp.co.uk; https://www.yelp.com/ [1]
- Employees
- 4,350 · reported year 2017 [1]
- Annual revenue
- USD 500,000,000 · reported year 2014 [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- US9858171054 [1]
- CIK
- 1345016 [2]
- Country in background record
- United States [1]
- Symbols / exchanges
- YELP (NYSE) [2]
Company positioning and business
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. [3]
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. [3]
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. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Yelp. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Management and corporate governance
The Wikidata background record identifies Jeremy Stoppelman in the chief-executive role. This background entry is not an official confirmation of the current board or executive roster. [1]
Understanding company scale
Employees: 4,350 · reported year 2017. [1]
Annual revenue: USD 500,000,000 · reported year 2014. [1]
Financial year, securities and disclosures
Listed securities: YELP (NYSE). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [2]
History and key events
Founding / inception date recorded in Wikidata. [1]
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
No individual financial documents have been indexed yet. Open the source to consult company disclosures. [2]
Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was YELP INC founded?
Founded: 2004. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Where is the headquarters of YELP INC?
Headquarters location: 140 New Montgomery; San Francisco. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Which business sectors are recorded for YELP INC?
Business sectors: information technology. The linked source provides the background record. [1]
Sources and review dates
- Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
- Company identity and profile data ↗
- Wikipedia contributors — Yelp (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.