How to Add a Business to Yelp

Co-authored by Christopher Batchelor

Last Updated: March 4, 2021

After you've started to write reviews on Yelp, you might come to a business that isn't listed in the database yet. In this case, you'll need to add a business. This article will tell you just how to do this heroic task, so take the initiative and add one!

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Via the Website

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Visit the Yelp website in your web browser.
- Once the page displays, there are many areas of the page, as well as several text fields to find your item.
, if you haven't done so already. To add a business, they want all members to login to their accounts so they have a name to go back and rely on and tell them what they did wrong should the business not need to be added.
Towards the top of the page should be two text boxes. Fill in the business name in the top-left box and the location of the exact place. (i.e. If your business is located in Philadelphia, and the corporate location is in East Oshkosh, WI, type in Philadelphia, PA", or you may type in the exact zip code of this business. Try not to review corporate locations as locations in other cities. It's a one-to-one deal!
On the page that is displayed, you'll find your search suggestions for the business. If it's not found on this page of search results, you'll have to create a new business listing.
This button is mostly red with white lettering.
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Type the information for this specific business. If you need to, you may search for the business' web page from the web, or any missing information from the receipt. Yelp.com won't let you release the businesses without at least the name and address of the business.
- For these new items to be searched for on the Yelp.com webpage, Yelp moderators will add this business, and will only be available after 48 hours.
- You'll need to type the business' name into the Business Name box, their Address into Address (top box) and Address box (bottom, meant for suites), City/State/Zip into the box labeled "City, State, Zip", the business's telephone number into the phone number box, along with a website for the company.
  - Suites, apartments, departments as well as a more-specific address if contained inside another separate building, should be the only thing that goes in address box 2. Address box 2, should be, most of the time, not filled in.
  - Search on the web for a phone number, or look in the telephone book for an applicable phone number. Remember to type the area code of the listing. Although it's best to type with the parenthesis and hyphens, if you can't possibly do that, leave these symbols out and type the numbers only.
  - Find the official website of the company. They do not want other reviewing pages from Wikipedia, Facebook places, YP.com listing, etc., so leave these out of the websites. If none can be found, leave this line blank.
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Write a review for the business. Fill out the box containing the ratings scale you would have used for the business, along with the review itself.
- On this type of review, they don't give you the option to save your items as a draft, so you have to know exactly what you're going to put, when you create these places.
- If you don't want to write a review at the present time, click the checkbox to the left of the "Write a review for this business " button on the page.
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Method 2

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Via the Android App

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Search for the business through the business name and location. Towards the top of the using the two text boxes on top of the main screen. Fill in the business name in the top-left box and the location of the EXACT place. (i.e. If your business is located in Philadelphia, and the corporate location is in East Oshkosh, WI, type in Philadelphia, PA", or you may type in the exact zip code of this business. Try not to review corporate locations as locations in other cities. It's a one-to-one deal! Press the red magnifying glass button when you are finished typing.
- On the page that is displayed, you'll find your search suggestions for the business. If it's not found on this page of search results, you'll have to create a new business listing.
Tap the "Next" button at the top when this step is all complete
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Type in the address into the appropriate fields on the next screen. Use all pieces of address you have on file (as if you are looking at a business card). Type the Street Address into the top line and the city and state into the bottom (Do NOT include the zip code, and if this is a non-USA address, select the country first, by tapping the box with the American flag on it). Again, when this page is completely filled out, tap the "Next" button to advance onto the next screen.
- Suites, apartments, departments as well as a more-specific address if contained inside another separate building, should be the only thing that goes in Street address box 2 (second line). Address box 2, should be, most of the time, not filled in.
- If you are within a few yards of the business and you've enabled GPS location-sensing, you can touch the "Fill with Current Location" button to automatically fill the nearest location address (internally using the Google search engine) in most places.
Move the placemarker so the marker is placed directly over the top of the business, or, if it's already correct (99% of the time, this will be the case), you must continue to the next step. Tap the "Next" button to advance onto the next screen.
These entries can include the category of the business, the business's hours, the business's main phone number and the company website which is associated to the business you are going to list. (Again, these entries must be location-specific).
Tap the "Notes for the Yelp Team" and type in an edit summary of "added a business" or something of that like.
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Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

Via the iPhone App

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Make sure the business isn't in their database to begin with. Search for the business through the business' name and location. Towards the top of the using the two text boxes on top of the main screen. Fill in the business name in the top-left box and the location of the EXACT place. (i.e. If your business is located in Philadelphia, and the corporate location is in East Oshkosh, WI, type in Philadelphia, PA", or you may type in the exact zip code of this business. Try not to add business' local locations as the corporate addresses location. It's a one-to-one deal!
- On the page that is displayed, you'll find your search suggestions for the business. If it's not found on this page of search results, you'll have to create a new business listing.
It can be found at the bottom of the scrollable menu when you at first tap the ""More" button. It will be right above the Settings option.
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Add the business's name to the listing on the button labeled "Name", along with the business's address on the button labelled "Address". These are the only two mandatory fields that comprise a complete new business.
- Type into the field the most-often searched/displayed name from the building's storefront sign.
- Use all pieces of address you have on file (as if you are looking at a business card). Type the Street Address into the top line and the city and state into the bottom (Do NOT include the zip code, and if this is a non-USA address, select the country first, by tapping the box with the American flag on it).
- Suites, apartments, departments as well as a more-specific address if contained inside another separate building, should be the only thing that goes in Street address box 2 (second line). Address box 2, should be, most of the time, not filled in.
- If you are within a few yards of the business and you've enabled GPS location-sensing, you can touch the "Fill with Current Location" button to automatically fill the nearest addressed location (internally using the Google search engine) in most places.
This is also mandatory. Move the placemarker so the marker is placed directly over-top of the business, or, if its already correct (99% of the time, this will be the case), you must continue to the next step.
Fill in some of the other details, that will make it easier for people to search for the information they'll need when deciding. You can fill in its Category, Hours, Phone, and Website.
Give them a summary such as "adding business to database", so they know exactly what you're doing and that you aren't trying to maliciously vandalize the database details for the listing.
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How do I add my business to Yelp?

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You can sign up for a yelp account, and add your businesses. You can then forward future questions to the Yelp customer service department and they will be able to help you.

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If you've just added a business to their database, you won't be able to add Tips until after 48 hours (unless you bookmark the business from the PC page). If you bookmark the item from your PC page, you may add them before the item is fully posted to their searchable database. If you don't want to add a bookmark, you won't be able to add your Tip until after the 48 hour period has expired AND the business is fully searchable in their big database.

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If more than 100 percent sure that the business is not listed in the Yelp database yet, you may add one directly by visiting www.yelp.com/writeareview/newbiz. This is the same place Yelp will send you, when you add other businesses listings to the database after thoroughly searching their already existing database listings.

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Every action you try to take on Yelp (messaging, creating a review, etc.) has an "out" feature, in case you intentionally do NOT want to send the message (before actually sending/publishing the message. To cancel sending a review of this business that's just entered into the database, click the hyperlink (non-button) called "Cancel" near the "Send"/"Publish"/etc. button.

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Realize that each review is location-specific', and should not to be categorized for reviews based on the whole chain in general.

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Never create other listings of businesses that already exist. It's very annoying when people find reviews on one real item (owned by a business owner), and another one that is an exact duplicate of the other. ALWAYS try to search for the business first.

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On occasion, you'll come across a business that is no longer in business (and are marked as "CLOSED" by Yelp moderators right on the top-level location page.) On this page, you'll find no other reviews. A major rule as a Yelp member, is not to re-review these closed businesses.

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