Yelp: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Yelp (NYSE: YELP) is a publicly listed company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States that owns 1 consumer brand.[1][2]
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.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Yelp Inc.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
- Founded
- 2004
- Tickers
- NYSE: YELP
- Revenue
- $1.46 billion (2025)[2]
- SEC CIK
- 0001345016
- Website
- www.yelp-press.com
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
What Yelp's annual report says about its business
Read from Yelp's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
Acquisitions and disposals named in the filing
- Acquired: Hatchify Inc..
We aim to build or acquire technology to manage the full customer lifecycle from lead generation to lead management and beyond beginning with our acquisition of Hatchify Inc. ("Hatch"), a leading AI-powered lead management platform focused on Services businesses.
- Acquired: Hatch (February 2026).
For example, in February 2026, we acquired Hatch to advance our AI transformation and expand our subscription offerings to help Services businesses operationally.
Yelp in numbers
- Yelp owns 1 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is internet & digital with 1 brands.[1]
Yelp financial history
Headline figures from Yelp's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2020–2025. Revenue moved from $872.9m to $1.46bn, an average of 10.9% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.46bn | $184.5m | 12.6% | $145.6m | $958.5m | — | 10-K | |
| $1.41bn | $151m | 10.7% | $132.8m | $983.6m | — | 10-K | |
| $1.34bn | $79m | 5.9% | $99.2m | $1.01bn | — | 10-K | |
| $1.19bn | $58.4m | 4.9% | $36.3m | $1.02bn | — | 10-K | |
| $1.03bn | $31.5m | 3.1% | $39.7m | $1.05bn | — | 10-K | |
| $872.9m | $-38,795,000 | -4.4% | $-19,424,000 | $1.15bn | — | 10-K |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Everything Yelp owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Yelp in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 5299007OU2DOSXPQBO35
- Registered name
- Yelp Inc. (US)
- Registration status
- Lapsed · record updated 14 July 2021
- Parent
- None named: it reports that it has no parent that consolidates its accounts.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Yelp SEC filings
The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
Annual reports
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
Proxy statements
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
Recent current and quarterly reports
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Results of a shareholder vote | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Other events | |
| 8-K | Entry into a material agreement; Creation of a direct financial obligation | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition |
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Yelp own?
Yelp owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including Yelp.
Is Yelp an American company?
Yes. Yelp is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States and was founded in 2004.
Who owns Yelp?
Yelp is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as YELP on the NYSE.
Sources (2) & 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.
- [2] Yelp Inc.: Form 10-K for the year ended 2025-12-31 (revenue) — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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