Data: North America
- Location: Issaquah, Wash.
- Top Executive: Jim Sinegal, president and CEO
- Corporate Stores: 544
- Sales in $ Billions: 72.5
- Date FY Ended: 8/31/08
- Website: www.costco.com
Footnotes
Revenues at Costco include sales of $71 billion and membership fees of $1.5 billion. Groceries, encompassing food, sundries and fresh products, plus pharmacy and gasoline, account for 63% of the sales total, or $44.7 billion. Of the company’s total sales, 78% comes from 398 warehouses in the U.S. and Puerto Rico; 15% from 75 warehouses in Canada; and 7% from 39 warehouses in the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. (Volume from 31 Costco warehouses in Mexico is not included in the company’s reported sales.)