Costco Wholesale Corporation operates membership warehouses and e-commerce sites offering a limited selection of nationally-branded and private-label products across a wide range of categories at low prices, generating high sales volumes and rapid inventory turnover. As of August 31, 2025, the company operated 914 warehouses worldwide and maintained e-commerce operations in the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia.
Costco operates in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, UK, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Sweden, Iceland, and New Zealand. The company sources most merchandise directly from suppliers, routing goods through cross-docking depots to warehouses averaging approximately 147,000 square feet, and relies on the membership format, direct supplier relationships, and self-service warehouse operations to sustain profitability at low gross margins.
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product & service · FY2025 (ended Aug 2025) · share of tagged segment revenue (10-K XBRL, as filed)
