Costco

Costco Wholesale Corporation, doing business as Costco, is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box warehouse club retail stores. As of 2021, Costco is 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:  923(2025)
• 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)
• Members:  145.2 million(2025)
• Number of employees:  341,000(2025)
• Website:  costco.com
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo