Meituan
Meituan (Chinese: 美团; pinyin: Měituán; formerly Meituan–Dianping) is a Chinese shopping platform for locally found consumer products and retail services including entertainment, dining, delivery, travel and other services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing.
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| Type of business | Public |
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| Available in | Chinese |
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| Founded | May 2010 |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| No. of locations | 1000+ |
| Area served | China |
| Founder(s) | Wang Xing |
| Key people | Wang Xing, Fu Lihui, Mu Rongjun, Liang Foxing, Chen Mei Wah |
| Industry | Internet company |
| Services | Voucher selling |
| Revenue | CN¥179.128 billion (US$27.77 billion, 2021) |
| Employees | 46,662 (until April 30, 2018) |
| Subsidiaries | DianPing Mobike Shanghai Han Tao Information Consultation Co. Ltd. Chongqing Sankuai Micro-credit Co., Ltd Inspire Elite Investments Limited Beijing Kuxun Interactive Technology Co., Ltd. Mobike (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd BeyondHost Technology Hucheng Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Beijing Kuxun Interation Technology Co. Ltd Beijing Sankuai Cloud Computing Technology Co., Ltd. Meituan Corp Tianjin Wanlong Technology Co., Ltd Qiandai (Beijing) Information Technology Co. Ltd. Inspired Elite Investment Limited Haizi Xuesha Tianjin Xiaoyi Technology Co., Ltd Sankuai Cloud Online (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd Shanghai Sankuai Zhisong Technology Co., Ltd Shenzhen Sankuai Online Technology Co., Ltd, Tianjin Sankuai Technology Co. Ltd. Xiamen Sankuai Online Technology Co., Ltd Shanghai Juzuo Technology Co., Ltd |
| URL | www |
| Advertising | Yes |
| Launched | March 29, 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
The company operates different apps and websites for different services. The Meituan site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment. By May 2014, the company had 5,000 employees. In 2015, Meituan merged with Dazhong Dianping and changed its name to "Meituan-Dianping". dianping.com (大众点评网 Dàzhòng diǎnpíng wǎng, literally "public reviews net") hosts consumer reviews of restaurants, similar to Yelp and TripAdvisor, and also offers group buying similar to Groupon. Meituan-Dianping is one of the world's largest online and on-demand delivery platforms. It has over 290 million monthly active users and 600 million registered users as of April 2018. In Q2 2021, GTV of Meituan food delivery business increased by 59.5% year over year. The daily average number of food delivery transactions increased by 58.9% year over year to 38.9 million.