Data: North America
- Location: Issaquah, Wash.
- Top Executive: Jim Sinegal, president and CEO
- Corporate Stores: 527
- Sales in $ Billions: 71.4
- Date FY Ended: 8/30/09
- Website: www.costco.com
- Footnotes: Revenues at Costco include sales of $69.9 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 approximately $45 billion. Of the company’s total sales, 79% come from 407 warehouses in the U.S. and Puerto Rico; 14% from 77 warehouses in Canada; and 7% from 43 warehouses in the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia. (Volume from 32 Costco locations in Mexico are not included in the company’s reported sales.)