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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001851179-21-000004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210312
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210524
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210524

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Patterson Carolyn
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001851179

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35444
		FILM NUMBER:		21956920

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O YELP
		STREET 2:		140 NEW MONTGOMERY STREET, 9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94105

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			YELP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001345016
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200]
		IRS NUMBER:				201854266
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		140 NEW MONTGOMERY STREET
		STREET 2:		9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(415) 908-3801

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		140 NEW MONTGOMERY STREET
		STREET 2:		9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94105

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	YELP! INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20051121
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    <periodOfReport>2021-03-12</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2021-03-12</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001345016</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>YELP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>YELP</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Patterson Carolyn</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O YELP INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>140 NEW MONTGOMERY ST., 9TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN FRANCISCO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94105</rptOwnerZipCode>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief People Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>72536</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>20.46</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2023-01-30</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>9306.0</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>55.15</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2025-01-02</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2950.0</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>27.6</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2026-01-04</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>8200.0</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>43.58</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2028-01-16</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>9850.0</value>
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            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>35.51</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2029-01-08</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>12800.0</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes an aggregate of 72,536 unvested restricted stock units, which vest as follows: a) 2,382 shares that vest in equal quarterly installments over four years following the grant date of January 16, 2018; b) 7,956 shares that vest in equal quarterly installments over four years following the grant date of January 8, 2019; c) 12,834 shares that vest in equal quarterly installments over four years following the grant date of January 15, 2020; d) 7,806 shares, 37.5% of which vest on May 20, 2021 and 6.25% of which vest each quarter thereafter until fully vested; and e) 28,788 shares that vest in equal quarterly installments over four years following the grant date of February 5, 2021.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The shares underlying the stock option vest in equal monthly installments over 48 months following the grant date of January 16, 2018.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The shares underlying the stock option vest in equal monthly installments over 48 months following the grant date of January 8, 2019.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The Form 3 originally filed on March 12, 2021 reflected the incorrect number of non-derivative securities beneficially owned by the reporting person. As reflected in this amendment, the correct number of non-derivative securities was 72,536 shares. This amendment is intended to replace, in its entirety, the Form 3 filed on March 12, 2021.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Elizabeth Prosser, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-05-24</signatureDate>
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Laurence Wilson, Elizabeth Prosser, Sarah Aber and Eric Steiner as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)    prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)    prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Yelp Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the SEC, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time;

(3)    seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(4)    perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)    this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)    any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)    neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)    this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

    The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

    This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 10th day of March, 2021.

                            /s/ Carolyn Patterson
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