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Costco

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Key facts

Company.name: Costco Wholesale Corporation
Company.logo: Costco Wholesale logo 2010-10-26.svg
Company.logo_size: 260px
Company.logo_caption: Logo since 1997
Company.image: Costcoheadquarters.jpg
Company.image_size: 250px
Company.image_caption: Building 1 at Costco's headquarters campus in Issaquah, Washington
Company.type: Public company
Company.foundation: in Seattle
Company.location_city: Issaquah, Washington
Company.location_country: United States
Company.num_locations: 924
Company.num_locations_year: 2026
Company.area_served: North America: Rest of the world:
Company.industry: Retail
Company.brands: Kirkland Signature
Company.revenue: billion
Company.revenue_year: 2025

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Article

50 sections

Contents

History
Price Club
Costco opens
The "PriceCostco" merger
Other company milestones
Costco today
Locations
Warehouses in mixed-use development
Largest and smallest warehouses
Costco Business Centers
Locations
Costco Home Showroom
Finances
Sales volume
Ownership
Business model
Sales model
Management model
Online shopping
Products
Alcohol
Books
Gold and platinum bullion products
Kirkland Signature
Publications
''Costco Connection''
Services
Concierge service
Costco Auto and Home Insurance
Costco Optical
Costco Travel
Food service
Costco credit card
Costco Audiobook App
Labor relations
Employee rights
Contractors
Discontinued concepts
Costco Home
Costco Fresh
Controversies
Animal welfare
Environmental standards
Labor standards
Pharmacies
Product quality
See also
Notes
References
External links

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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 world, and as of August 2024, the world's largest retailer of beef, poultry, organic produce, and wine, with just under a third of American consumers regularly shopping at Costco warehouses. , Costco is ranked 12th on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.