Yelp

Connecting people with local businesses based on reviews.

Launch date

2004

Employees

5001-10000 people

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

€1.8b (Public information from Sep 2024)

San Francisco California (HQ)

http://www.yelp.com/

https://twitter.com/yelp https://www.facebook.com/yelp https://www.linkedin.com/company/yelp-com/https://apps.apple.com/app/id1152164130 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yelp.android

Revenues, earnings & profits over time

USD	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenues	873m	1.0b	1.2b	1.3b	1.4b	1.5b	1.6b
% growth	(14 %)	18 %	16 %	12 %	6 %	6 %	5 %
EBITDA	19.5m	87.3m	103m	149m	330m	353m	376m
% EBITDA margin	2 %	8 %	9 %	11 %	23 %	23 %	24 %
Profit	(19.4m)	39.7m	36.3m	99.2m	116m	141m	160m
% profit margin	(2 %)	4 %	3 %	7 %	8 %	9 %	10 %
EV / revenue	2.1x	2.1x	1.3x	2.1x	1.4x	1.3x	1.2x
EV / EBITDA	93.3x	24.8x	14.6x	18.8x	6.2x	5.5x	4.8x
R&D budget	233m	276m	306m	333m	-	-	-
R&D % of revenue	27 %	27 %	26 %	25 %	-	-	-

Source: Dealroom estimates

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
-	MicroVentures	N/A	-
Mar 2004	HVF Labs	N/A	Seed
Jul 2004	N/A	$1.0m	Series A
Oct 2005	Bessemer Venture Partners	$5.0m	Series B
Oct 2006	Benchmark	$10.0m	Series C
Feb 2008	DAG Ventures	$15.0m	Series D
Jan 2010	Elevation Partners	$25.0m	Series E
May 2011	Khosla Ventures	N/A	Late VC
Mar 2012	N/A	$107m	IPO
Total Funding		€50.9m

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