Yelp (YELP) Research & Development (2011 - 2026)

Yelp has disclosed Research & Development across 15 years of filings, most recently posting $77.2 million for Q1 2026.

• Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $77.2 million, down 8.04% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $306.9 million (down 3.68% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $313.7 million, down 3.77% from the prior year.
• Research & Development came in at $77.2 million for Q1 2026 at Yelp, up from $73.3 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $91.2 million in Q1 2024 to a low of $72.2 million in Q4 2022.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $78.3 million (2023), against an average of $79.7 million.
• Across the five-year window, Research & Development increased 18.67% in 2022 and fell 8.04% in 2026, its largest moves.
• Yelp's Research & Development stood at $72.2 million in 2022, then grew by 8.44% to $78.3 million in 2023, then declined by 4.32% to $74.9 million in 2024, then declined by 2.21% to $73.3 million in 2025, then grew by 5.28% to $77.2 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $77.2 million (Q1 2026), $73.3 million (Q4 2025), and $78.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.