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Costco's competitors and similar companies include The Home Depot, Kroger, Target, Walmart, Amazon, Sam's Club, Lowe's, Aldi UK and BJ's Wholesale Club.

	Costco Costco Wholesale Corporation is a company operating membership warehouses.	The Home Depot The Home Depot is a home improvement specialty retailer.	Kroger Kroger is a company that produces and processes food products for sale in supermarkets.	Target Target is a general merchandise retailer.	Walmart Walmart is a retail company that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores.	Amazon Amazon (also known as Amazon.com) is a company operating a marketplace for consumers, sellers, and content creators.	Sam's Club Sams Club is a wholesale club that provides consumer goods.	Lowe's Lowe's Companies is a retailer of products for home construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating.	Aldi UK Aldi UK owns and operates supermarkets in the United Kingdom.	BJ's Wholesale Club BJ's Wholesale Club is a warehouse club operator focused on perishable products, general merchandise, gasoline, and other ancillary services.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1983	Founding Date 1977	Founding Date 1883	Founding Date 1902	Founding Date 1962	Founding Date 1994	Founding Date 1983	Founding Date 1921	Founding Date 1990	Founding Date 1984
Type	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Public
Tags	Tags Retail appliances clothing consumer products & services ecommerce electronics groceries	Tags Retail building materials ecommerce flooring home & garden home improvement hvac interior design	Tags Food & Beverage Retail consumer products & services department stores groceries supermarkets	Tags Retail clothing consumer products & services department stores ecommerce furniture health & beauty	Tags Retail consumer products & services department stores distribution ecommerce electronics groceries health & beauty supermarkets	Tags Retail Technology cloud consumer electronics consumer goods ecommerce marketplace platform	Tags Retail consumer products & services ecommerce	Tags Retail building materials consumer products & services distribution flooring home & garden home improvement	Tags Food & Beverage Retail consumer goods supermarkets	Tags Retail consumer goods distribution ecommerce
Locations	Locations Issaquah, US HQ Lidcombe, AU Silverwater, AU Burnaby, CA Ottawa, CA Villebon Sur Yvette, FR Gardabaer, IS see more	Locations Atlanta, US HQ Toronto, CA San Pedro Garza García, MX Austin, US	Locations Cincinnati, US HQ Alpharetta, US Cincinnati, US Coppell, US Glen Allen, US Indianapolis, US Louisville, US see more	Locations Minneapolis, US HQ Bengaluru, IN Brooklyn Park, US New York, US Salt Lake City, US San Francisco, US Sunnyvale, US see more	Locations Bentonville, US HQ Mississauga, CA Shenzhen, CN San José, CR San Salvador, SV Ciudad De Guatemala, GT Tegucigalpa, HN see more	Locations Seattle, US HQ Brisbane, AU Melbourne, AU Sydney, AU Brussels, BE São Paulo, BR São Paulo, BR see more	Locations Bentonville, US HQ Bentonville, US	Locations Mooresville, US HQ Bengaluru, IN Adairsville, US Albuquerque, US Cheyenne, US Findlay, US Garysburg, US see more	Locations Atherstone, GB HQ Dublin 2, IE	Locations Westborough, US HQ Burlington, US Hialeah, US Jacksonville, US Uxbridge, US
Employees	Employees 304,0006% increase	Employees 475,0003% decrease	Employees 430,0002% increase	Employees 440,000	Employees 2,100,000	Employees 1,461,000	Employees 44,4381% increase	Employees 182,0009% decrease	Employees 11,5342% increase	Employees 27,2313% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 252.3 b	Valuation ($) 303.5 b	Valuation ($) 32.5 b	Valuation ($) 50.7 b	Valuation ($) 435.3 b	Valuation ($) 1.3 t	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 119.4 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 9.7 b
Twitter followers	Twitter followers 66.6 k	Twitter followers 439 k	Twitter followers 164.8 k	Twitter followers 2.1 m	Twitter followers 1.4 m	Twitter followers 5.7 m	Twitter followers 145.7 k	Twitter followers 296.8 k	Twitter followers 683.4 k	Twitter followers 22.7 k
Number of tweets (last 30 days)	Number of tweets (last 30 days) N/A	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 19	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 829	Number of tweets (last 30 days) N/A	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 896	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 739	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 233	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 661	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 883	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 114
Average likes per tweet (last 30 days)	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) N/A	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 133.2	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 0.1	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) N/A	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 1.6	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 4.3	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 0.2	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 0.9	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 16.3	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 0.2
Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days)	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) N/A	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 89.47%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 12.55%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) N/A	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 37.39%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 42.08%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 11.59%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 15.73%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 30.24%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 14.91%
Employee Rating	Employee Rating 4	Employee Rating 3.8	Employee Rating 3.1	Employee Rating 3.6	Employee Rating 3.3	Employee Rating 3.8	Employee Rating 3.3	Employee Rating 3.4	Employee Rating 1.5	Employee Rating 3.1
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $227b (FY, 2022)	Revenue (est.) $157.4b (FY, 2022)	Revenue (est.) $148.3b (FY, 2022)	Revenue (est.) $109.1b (FY, 2022)	Revenue (est.) $611.3b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $514b (FY, 2022)	Revenue (est.) $73.6b (FY, 2021)	Revenue (est.) $97.1b (FY, 2022)	Revenue (est.) £11.3b (FY, 2018)	Revenue (est.) $19.3b (FY, 2022)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $199.4b (FY, 2022)	Cost of goods $104.6b (FY, 2022)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $82.2b (FY, 2022)	Cost of goods $463.7b (FY, 2023)	Cost of goods $288.8b (FY, 2022)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $64.8b (FY, 2022)	Cost of goods £11b (FY, 2018)	Cost of goods $15.9b (FY, 2022)
Gross profit	Gross profit $27.6b (FY, 2022)	Gross profit $52.8b (FY, 2022)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $26.9b (FY, 2022)	Gross profit $147.6b (FY, 2023)	Gross profit $225.2b (FY, 2022)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $32.3b (FY, 2022)	Gross profit £370.2m (FY, 2018)	Gross profit $3.4b (FY, 2022)
Net income	Net income $5.9b (FY, 2022)	Net income $17.1b (FY, 2022)	Net income $2.2b (FY, 2022)	Net income $2.8b (FY, 2022)	Net income $11.3b (FY, 2023)	Net income ($2.7b) (FY, 2022)	Net income N/A	Net income $6.4b (FY, 2022)	Net income £137.8m (FY, 2018)	Net income $513.2m (FY, 2022)
Operating ⚠
Average Ticket	Average Ticket N/A	Average Ticket $90.1 (Q2, 2023)	Average Ticket N/A	Average Ticket N/A	Average Ticket N/A	Average Ticket N/A	Average Ticket N/A	Average Ticket $104.5 (Q1, 2022)	Average Ticket N/A	Average Ticket N/A
Customer Transactions	Customer Transactions N/A	Customer Transactions 459.1 m (Q2, 2023)	Customer Transactions N/A	Customer Transactions N/A	Customer Transactions N/A	Customer Transactions N/A	Customer Transactions N/A	Customer Transactions 226 m (Q1, 2022)	Customer Transactions N/A	Customer Transactions N/A
Paying Members	Paying Members 68.1 m (Q2, 2023)	Paying Members N/A	Paying Members N/A	Paying Members N/A	Paying Members N/A	Paying Members N/A	Paying Members N/A	Paying Members N/A	Paying Members N/A	Paying Members 5.5 m (FY, 2019)
Retail Space, sq. ft.	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A	Retail Space, sq. ft. 243.3 m (FY, 2022)	Retail Space, sq. ft. 1.1 b (FY, 2023)	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A
SKUs Offered	SKUs Offered 4 k (FY, 2022)	SKUs Offered N/A	SKUs Offered N/A	SKUs Offered N/A	SKUs Offered N/A	SKUs Offered N/A	SKUs Offered N/A	SKUs Offered N/A	SKUs Offered N/A	SKUs Offered 7.2 k (FY, 2019)
Store Space, sq. ft.	Store Space, sq. ft. N/A	Store Space, sq. ft. 240.9 m (FY, 2022)	Store Space, sq. ft. 179 m (FY, 2021)	Store Space, sq. ft. N/A	Store Space, sq. ft. N/A	Store Space, sq. ft. N/A	Store Space, sq. ft. N/A	Store Space, sq. ft. N/A	Store Space, sq. ft. N/A	Store Space, sq. ft. N/A
Stores	Stores 848 (Q2, 2023)	Stores 2.3 k (Q2, 2023)	Stores 2.7 k (FY, 2021)	Stores 1.9 k (FY, 2022)	Stores 10.5 k (FY, 2023)	Stores N/A	Stores N/A	Stores 2 k (Q1, 2022)	Stores N/A	Stores N/A
Stores (US)	Stores (US) N/A	Stores (US) 2 k (Q2, 2023)	Stores (US) N/A	Stores (US) N/A	Stores (US) N/A	Stores (US) N/A	Stores (US) N/A	Stores (US) 1.7 k (FY, 2021)	Stores (US) N/A	Stores (US) N/A
Funding
Total funding raised	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 549m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 108m	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised N/A	Total funding raised $ 681.7m