140,000 Businesses Listed on Yelp Are Still Closed Because of Covid-19 Pandemic

The majority of businesses that closed during the Covid-19 pandemic remained shut this month as the crisis continued to upend commerce, according to data from review site Yelp Inc.

Yelp also found a surging interest in supporting black-owned businesses amid racial-equality activism following the killing of George Floyd.

Roughly 140,000 Yelp-listed…