R&D expense · 2011–2025

Yelp R&D expense

$298M−4.1% · FY2025

Yelp (YELP) reported $298M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −4.1% year on year.

$11.6M2011$20.5M2012$38.2M2013$65.2M2014$105M2015$133M2016$171M2017$206M2018$226M2019$230M2020$265M2021$295M2022$321M2023$311M2024$298M2025
Yelp — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$298M−4.1%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$311M−3.2%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$321M+8.9%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$295M+11.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$265M+15.3%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$230M+2.0%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$226M+9.6%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$206M+20.2%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$171M+28.6%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$133M+27.1%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$105M+60.6%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$65.2M+70.4%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$38.2M+86.8%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$20.5M+76.7%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$11.6M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +26.1%

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Wikipedia

{{cite web |title=Yelp R&D expense |url=https://companiesranked.com/en/company/yelp/research-and-development-expense |website=CompaniesRanked |date=2026-09-25 |language=en}}

APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-yelp-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Yelp R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/yelp/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001345016-26-000019 · February 27, 2026

{{cite web |title=Yelp R&D expense — 10-K (0001345016-26-000019) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1345016/000134501626000019/yelp-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-27}}

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