Costco
Costco Wholesale Corporation is an American multinational corporation that operates a chain of membership-only big-box warehouse club retail stores. As of 2021, Costco is the third-largest retailer in the... Wikipedia
- Type: Public company
- Traded as: NASDAQ: COST, Nasdaq-100 component, S&P 100 component, S&P 500 component
- Industry: Retail
- Founded: September 15, 1983 in Seattle
- Founders: James Sinegal, Jeffrey Brotman
- Number of locations: 924(2026)
- Area served: North America:United States, Canada, Mexico Rest of the world:Australia, China, France, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan
- Key people: Hamilton E. James, (chairman), Ron Vachris, (president and CEO)
- Brands: Kirkland Signature
- Services: Merchandise, Cash & carry, Warehouse club, Gas stations
- Revenue: US$275.2 billion(2025)
- Operating income: US$10.4 billion(2025)
- Total assets: US$77.1 billion(2025)
- Total equity: US$29.2 billion(2025)
- Number of employees: 341,000(2025)
- Website: costco.com
- Data source: DuckDuckGo