Who owns Yelp?
Yelp is owned by Yelp Inc. (the United States, NYSE: YELP).[1]
Evidence: Yelp Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Yelp Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, San Francisco, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, San Francisco, California
- Founded
- 2004
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Digital publishing
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: YELP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Yelp
Yelp publishes user reviews of restaurants, shops and services, and its recommendation software hides reviews it judges unreliable, which is the source of most complaints from business owners. It has also been a persistent complainant against Google in antitrust proceedings.
Ownership timeline of Yelp
Where Yelp sits in Yelp
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in digital publishing, and who owns them
The 36 brands in digital publishing on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Astro, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Astro Ulagam | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Research Exchange | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Engadget | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Allrecipes | IAC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bossip | Urban One | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Audible | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BOOK☆WALKER | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| NAVER Blog | NAVER | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Yelp
Yelp is a publicly listed company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, founded in 2004. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: YELP.
Yelp was founded in 2004 by two former PayPal employees and became the default source of restaurant and local business reviews in America. Its relationship with the businesses it reviews is famously strained, and it has faced repeated accusations, never proven in court, that reviews shift with advertising spend.
🇺🇸 Yelp and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Yelp is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Yelp?
The parent company of Yelp is Yelp Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Yelp American?
Yes. Yelp originated in the United States in 2004 and its owner, Yelp Inc., is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Yelp still owned by Yelp Inc.?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Yelp is still owned by Yelp Inc. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Yelp Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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