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Costco Wholesale Corporation (doing business as Costco Wholesale and also known simply as Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box retail stores (warehouse club).[3] As of 2020[update], Costco was the third largest retailer in the world,[4] and the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef, organic foods, rotisserie chicken, and wine as of 2016[update].[5] In 2021, Costco was ranked #10 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.[6]
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Company type | Public |
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Nasdaq: COST NASDAQ-100 Component S&P 100 Component S&P 500 Component | |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | September 15, 1983; 40 years ago (1983-09-15) (as Costco) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Founders | James Sinegal Jeffrey Brotman |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 839[1] (2022) |
Area served |
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Key people | Hamilton E. James (Chairman) W. Craig Jelinek (President and CEO) |
Brands | Kirkland Signature |
Services | Merchandise Cash & Carry Warehouse club Gas stations |
Revenue | US$226.95 billion[2] (2022) |
$7.7 billion[2] (2022) | |
$5.84 billion[2] (2022) | |
Total assets | $64.17 billion[2] (2022) |
Total equity | $20.64 billion[2] (2022) |
Members | 118.9 million[1] (2022) |
Number of employees | 304,000[1] (2022) |
Costco's worldwide headquarters are in Issaquah, Washington, an eastern suburb of Seattle, although its Kirkland Signature house label bears the name of its former location in Kirkland. The company opened its first warehouse (the chain's term for its retail outlets) in Seattle in 1983.[7][8] Through mergers, however, Costco's corporate history dates back to 1976, when its former competitor Price Club was founded in San Diego, California.[9][10][11] As of September 2022[update], Costco has 839 warehouses worldwide:[2] 578 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 107 in Canada, 40 in Mexico, 31 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 17 in Korea, 14 in Taiwan, 13 in Australia, four in Spain, two each in France and China, one in Iceland,[2] one in New Zealand,[1] and one in Sweden.[12]