Introduction:
Costco Wholesale Corporation (doing business as Costco Wholesale and also known simply as Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box retail stores (warehouse club).
As of March 2022, Costco has 828 warehouses worldwide 572 in the United States, 105 in Canada, 40 in Mexico, 30 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 16 in South Korea, 14 in Taiwan, 13 in Australia, four in Spain, two each in France and China, and one in Iceland.
As of 2020, Costco was the fifth largest retailer in the world, and the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef, organic foods, rotisserie chicken, and wine as of 2016.
Costco Wholesale is a multibillion dollar global retailer with warehouse club operations in 10 countries. We are the recognized leader in our field, dedicated to quality in every area of our business and respected for our outstanding business ethics. Despite our large size and rapid international expansion, we continue to provide an atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. If you are an ambitious, energetic person who enjoys a fast-paced team environment filled with challenges and opportunities, you've come to the right place. Our successful employees are service-oriented with integrity and commitment toward a common goal of excellence. Costco offers great jobs, great pay, great benefits and a great place to work. Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Costco Follow us on Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/Costco
Key Facts:
- Parent Company Launch date: September 15, 1983; 38 years ago (1983-09-15) (as Costco)Seattle, Washington, U.S.
- Product Launch: 1983
- Founder: Jim SinegalJeffrey Brotman
- Estimated Monthly Visitors: over-1b
- Telephone number: (503) 825-4003
- Domain name: costco.com
- Owner: Costco Wholesale Corporation
- Company Type: Public
- Country of operation: AustraliaCanadaChinaFranceIcelandJapanMexicoNew Zealand South KoreaSpainSweden (opening in 2022)TaiwanUnited KingdomUnited States
- Number of Location: 828 (2022)