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]
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
- SEC CIK
- 0001345016
- Website
- www.yelp-press.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Yelp in numbers
- Yelp owns 1 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is internet & digital with 1 brands.[1]
Everything Yelp owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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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 (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 6 September 2026.
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