US Business Openings on Yelp Reached Record Last Year

  • More than 637,500 openings in 2022, up 12% from 2019
  • New York, California remain below pre-Covid growth levels

An "Open" sign for a coffee shop in Ocean City, New Jersey.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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Business openings reached an all-time high in the US last year, with the vast majority of states exceeding pre-pandemic levels, according to Yelp Inc. data.

About 637,590 businesses opened on Yelp’s online platform in 2022, compared with 566,836 in 2019.