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Costco Wholesale Corporation
Share price$1,050.02Price as of: Nov 9, 2026
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) is a company listed on NASDAQ, classified under Discount Stores.
Costco Wholesale Corporation, alongside its group entities, operates membership-based retail warehouses across a broad international scope, spanning the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico,…
Revenue · FY 2026
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Sales generated during the period, before costs and expenses.
Net margin · FY 2026
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Net income as a proportion of revenue.
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P1 · What does it do and how does it make money?
Of every $100 it takes in,39 come from Food and Sundries.
Food and Sundries is its largest source of revenue (38.5%), followed by Non-Foods (25.5%). Here you will see what it sells, where, and how that mix is changing.
$303bnrevenue in FY 2026
5business lines with data
73%of sales, in UNITED STATES
Full fiscal year ended Aug 30, 2026
01How it makes money
The data does not separate products from services.
Not all revenue behaves the same way. A one-off sale depends on someone buying again; a service is billed again and again while the customer stays.
Its business lines · FY 2026
02Where revenue comes from
One line weighs far more than the rest.
Each rectangle is a business line and its size is the share of revenue it brings in. Select one to see the detail.
No room for a label in the mosaic
Area = share of total revenue for the year. It does not show profit: the company does not report what each line earns.
What is a segment's weight?
The part of everything the company takes in that comes from that line. If a line weighs 49%, then of every 100 in sales, 49 come from it.
How to read it
The more a line weighs, the more revenue depends on it. A high weight is neither good nor bad by itself: it shows where to look first.
03Where sales come from
It depends on one main market.
UNITED STATES is its largest market, with 72.5% of sales. Each square is a region and its area is what it sells there.
Regions from largest to smallest · FY 2026
04How the mix is changing
Other is gaining weight.
Weight of each part in 2025 and in 2026. A line gains weight when it grows faster than the total.
FY 2025FY 2026
pp = percentage points: the difference between two percentages (from 25% to 27% is 2 pp).
05Read with care
What we can deduce from the data. And what we cannot.
We can deduceWe cannot conclude
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Costco relies on the US, representing 72.5% of revenue despite stronger international growth; the US contribution greatly exceeds any other region's.
That faster international growth has truly changed the business balance: the US remains clearly dominant for now.
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Dependence on Food and Sundries decreases slightly, somewhat easing the concentration by line in FY 2026.
That diversification is significant: main concentration remains in two big lines, and the decrease in Food and Sundries' share was modest.
Our take
Costco remains anchored in the US and two major lines, but 'Other' is starting to change the shape of its growth.
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One growth engine, but structural concentration
While 'Other' drove the year's growth relative to its starting size, the business remains anchored in two major lines, with Food and Sundries only slightly reduced in total share. International operations grow faster, but the overwhelming weight of the US changes little given its scale.
What is not proven
It remains to be seen whether 'Other' can sustain this pace or if its margin is as relevant as its growth; if so, it could shift the profit center.
See the calculations behind it
- Other brought $10.2B of the $27.9B by which revenue grew in FY 2026 (36.5%), although it weighed 18.6%. Without that line, the rest grew 7.9%.
- Dependence on Food and Sundries falls: from 39.8% of revenue in FY 2025 to 38.5% in FY 2026.
- United States brings 72.5% of sales (72.7% in FY 2025). The fastest-growing region is Other International Operations: +11.8% against +10.1% overall.
- Other accounts for 36.5% of the change in revenue in FY 2026 and weighed 18.6%.
With data to Nov 4, 2026. Analysis written by a language model from our calculations, which supply every figure. It is not investment advice.
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