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Costco Wholesale Corp SupplierIQ Procurement Profile
Costco Wholesale Corp. /NEW is a global operator of membership warehouses and e-commerce websites. It sells and markets national branded and private-label products in various categories, including foods and sundries, non-foods, and fresh foods. It also provides warehouse ancillary products and services, including gasoline, pharmacy, optical, food court, hearing aids, tire installation, and other businesses, such as e-commerce, business centers, and travel services. It offers Gold Star memberships to individuals and Business memberships to businesses and individuals with business or retail sales licenses. It operates warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Sweden, Iceland, and New Zealand, as well as e-commerce websites in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the UK, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia. The firm is a Washington corporation founded in 1983. Its headquarters are located in Issaquah, Washington.
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What’s included in this SupplierIQ Profile
IBISWorld's SupplierIQ profile covering Costco Wholesale Corp includes financial statements, products & service markets, competitive position and key financial health ratios.
Company Snapshot
What’s covered in this SupplierIQ Profile?
This SupplierIQ profile on Costco Wholesale Corp covers the company’s financial statements, products & service markets, competitive position and key financial health ratios. Costco Wholesale Corp, trading as Costco Wholesale, is a public company with 341.0k employees.
What industries does Costco Wholesale Corp operate in?
Costco Wholesale Corp primarily operates in Dollar & Variety Stores in the US, as well as in Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing in the US, Local Delivery & Messenger Services in the US, Coated & Laminated Paper Manufacturing in the US, Art & Office Supply Manufacturing in the US and Stationery Product Manufacturing in the US.
Product & Service Markets
What’s included in the Product & Service Markets chapter?
The Product & Service Markets chapter provides a breakdown of Costco Wholesale Corp’s key product and service segments, organized by standardized industry classifications like NAICS. It includes their market share in each of these markets with market share trends and insights.
Competitive Position
What’s included in the Competitive Position chapter?
The Competitive Position chapter covers Costco Wholesale Corp’s performance relative to competitors in each of the products and service markets the company operates in. This includes a detailed competitor matrix comparing the market share, return on assets, return on equity, pricing power and competitive outlook. There are qualitative insights and a detailed SWOT analysis included for each product and service market.
Income Statement
What’s included in the Income Statement chapter?
The Income Statement chapter includes datasets covering Costco Wholesale Corp’s historical financial performance. Line items include revenue, cost of sales, gross margins, general and administrative costs, research and development costs, depreciation, interest and taxes. This is available in current and historical datasets.
Balance Sheet
What’s included in the Balance Sheet chapter?
The Balance Sheet chapter includes datasets covering Costco Wholesale Corp’s historical financial health. Current asset and non-current asset accounts include line items like cash, receivables, inventories, property, plant and equipment, investments, goodwill. Current liabilities and non-current liabilities accounts include line items like accounts payable, debts, provisions and lease liabilities. The equity accounts include line items like paid-in capital, retained earnings, employee stock option plans and treasury stock. This is available in current and historical datasets.
Cash Flows
What’s included in the Cash Flows chapter?
The Cash Flows chapter includes detailed line item accounts covering Costco Wholesale Corp’s operating cash flow activities, financing cash flow activities and investing cash flow activities. This is available in current and historical datasets.
Ratios
What’s included in the Ratios chapter?
The Ratios chapter covers key financial metrics like the operating margin, gross margin, return on equity, return on assets, current ratio, quick ratio, EBIT margins, EBITDA margins, debt ratio, equity ratio and debt to equity ratios. This is available in current and historical datasets.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the 2025 revenue for Costco Wholesale Corp?
According to the 2026 IBISWorld ProcurementIQ report, Costco Wholesale Corp generated $275.2bn in revenue.
Who are Costco Wholesale Corp’s main competitors?
The 2026 ProcurementIQ report benchmarks Costco Wholesale Corp against its top competitors across execution score, operational capabilities, pricing power, and market share.
What is Costco Wholesale Corp’s EBITDA margin?
Costco Wholesale Corp’s EBITDA margin is reported across a 7-year period in the 2026 IBISWorld ProcurementIQ report. The report includes a full income statement breakdown.
What markets does Costco Wholesale Corp operate in?
The 2026 report identifies all NAICS-coded product and service markets Costco Wholesale Corp participates in, including market share, concentration, profitability trends, and average vendor risk ratings.
How many employees does Costco Wholesale Corp have?
The 2026 ProcurementIQ report lists Costco Wholesale Corp’s employee count and benchmarks workforce size against key competitors to assess relative operational capacity.
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