Yelp Search Businesses

Search term (e.g. food, restaurants, bars, etc.). If not provided, will search for all businesses.

Number of businesses to return. Maximum is 50.

Price filter: 1 = $, 2 = $$, 3 = $$$, 4 = $$$$. Comma-separated for multiple. Must use numeric strings only (e.g., '1,2') — currency symbols or words silently fail. Note: the price field may be absent from some results; guard against missing values to avoid dropping valid busine…

Locale for the search results. Defaults to en_US.

Offset for pagination. Used to get more results beyond the limit. Hard cap around offset 1000; stop paginating when a page returns fewer items than requested.

Search radius in meters. Maximum is 40000 meters (25 miles). The distance field in results is also in meters and must be converted for display.

Filter for businesses open at a specific Unix timestamp.

Sort businesses by: best_match, rating, review_count, or distance.

Latitude coordinate for search location. Must be provided with longitude. Use coordinates instead of location names for regions where name-based search returns LOCATION_NOT_FOUND (e.g., South Africa, most of Africa). Note: unsupported regions may have no business data even with…

Location to search for businesses. Can be an address, city, state, or zip code. Yelp operates in 32 countries including US, Canada, UK, Australia, Japan, and most of Europe. Countries NOT supported include India, China, South Africa, most of Africa, and parts of Asia - searches…

Filter for businesses that are open now.

Longitude coordinate for search location. Must be provided with latitude. Use coordinates instead of location names for regions where name-based search returns LOCATION_NOT_FOUND (e.g., South Africa, most of Africa). Note: unsupported regions may have no business data even with…