Grubhub

Grubhub Inc.
FormerlyGrubHub Seamless Inc. (2013–2014)
Company typeSubsidiary
NYSE: GRUB (2014–2021)
IndustryOnline food ordering
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Founders
  • Matt Maloney
  • Mike Evans
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
,
U.S.
Area served
United States
Key people
ServicesFood delivery
RevenueIncrease US$1.82 billion (2020)
Decrease −US$149 million (2020)
Decrease −US$156 million (2020)
Total assetsIncrease US$2.39 billion (2020)
Total equityDecrease US$1.42 billion (2020)
Number of employees
Increase 2,841 (Feb 2021)
ParentJust Eat Takeaway
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.grubhub.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Grubhub Inc. (stylized in all caps) is an American online and mobile prepared food ordering and delivery platform based in Chicago, Illinois.

Founded in 2004, it has been a subsidiary of the Dutch company Just Eat Takeaway since 2021.[2] In 2024, Wonder Group Inc. bought Grubhub from Just Eat Takeaway for $650 million.[3] The transaction is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2025.

Grubhub has been criticized for antitrust price manipulation, listing restaurants without permission, and allegedly misclassifying workers.

Grubhub Seamless went public in April 2014 and was traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol GRUB.[4]

As of 2019, it had 19.9 million active users, with 115,000 associated restaurants in 3,200 cities in all 50 US states.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "US SEC: 2020 Form 10-K Grubhub Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 1, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  2. ^ Browne, Ryan (20 April 2022). "Just Eat Takeaway is exploring a sale of Grubhub barely a year after buying the company". CNBC.
  3. ^ "US Startup Buys Just Eat Takeaway's Grubhub for $650 Million". Bloomberg.com. 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  4. ^ Fiegerman, Seth (April 4, 2014). "GrubHub Delivers Successful IPO as Stock Jumps 50% on Market Debut". Mashable.com.
  5. ^ "Grubhub Reports First Quarter 2019 Results" (Press release). The Grubhub Newsroom. 2018-02-08. Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  6. ^ "Grubhub Company Statistics". Grubhub.com. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  7. ^ Locke, Taylor (7 December 2019). "Cauliflower pizza was the No. 1 Grubhub order in America in 2019–here's what won in every state". CNBC.