Costco
Membership-only warehouse club offering bulk products at low margins, known for Kirkland Signature brand and loyal member base.
Basic Information
- Category: Retail & Wholesale
- Founded: 1983
- Headquarters: Issaquah, WA
- Website: https://www.costco.com
Documented Facts
- Founded: 1983 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Headquarters: Issaquah, Washington (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Founders: James Sinegal and Jeffrey Brotman (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- CEO: Ron Vachris (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Revenue: $242.3 billion (2023) (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Members: 71 million+ cardholders (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Warehouses: 870+ locations globally (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Kirkland: Kirkland Signature is a $75B+ private label brand (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
Products and Services
- Kirkland Signature: $75B private label brand covering hundreds of products
- Costco Membership: Annual membership ($65 Gold Star, $130 Executive)
- Costco Travel: Discounted vacation and rental car packages
- Costco Optical: Prescription glasses and contacts
- Costco Pharmacy: Discounted prescription medications
- Costco Gas: Members-only fuel stations
- Costco Business Center: Wholesale for business customers
- $1.50 Hot Dog Combo: Iconic food court deal unchanged since 1985
Evidence and Sources
- Official Website (Primary Source)
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- Data status: Enriched
- Profile completeness: Source-backed profile (84/100)
- Indexing directive: index, follow, max-image-preview:large
- Recorded profile date: 2026-04-12
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AI summary
Membership-only warehouse club offering bulk products at low margins, known for Kirkland Signature brand and loyal member base.
Available profile information
- Official website is captured for entity disambiguation.
- 1 supporting source linked.
- 8 structured facts available for extraction.
- 8 product or service signals captured.
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