Yelp, Inc. is an American Internet company that operates a recommendation portal for restaurants and shops.
Yelp currently averages around 178 million unique visitors per month – a decline of just over five percent compared to the previous year. This development is due to the growth in desktop traffic – On mobile, however, the trend is looking good, with 34 million unique visitors via the Yelp app and 75 million who visited Yelp via the mobile website. The review platform for local businesses and restaurants generated $241.1 million in revenue and $15 million in profit worldwide in the third quarter of 2018. The company has been present in Germany since 2010. In October 2012, the company acquired its German competitor Qype.