Costco: Number of Employees 2012-2026 | COST
Interactive chart of Costco (COST) annual worldwide employee count from 2012 to 2026.
- Costco total number of employees in 2025 was 341,000, a 2.4% increase from 2024.
- Costco total number of employees in 2024 was 333,000, a 5.38% increase from 2023.
- Costco total number of employees in 2023 was 316,000, a 3.95% increase from 2022.
- Costco total number of employees in 2022 was 304,000, a 5.56% increase from 2021.
| Costco Annual Employee Count | |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 341,000 |
| 2024 | 333,000 |
| 2023 | 316,000 |
| 2022 | 304,000 |
| 2021 | 288,000 |
| 2020 | 273,000 |
| 2019 | 254,000 |
| 2018 | 245,000 |
| 2017 | 231,000 |
| 2016 | 218,000 |
| 2015 | 205,000 |
| 2014 | 195,000 |
| 2013 | 184,000 |
| 2012 | 174,000 |
| Sector | Industry | Market Cap | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail/Wholesale | Retail - Discount & Variety | $397.051B | $275.235B |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation sells high volumes of foods and general merchandise at discounted prices through membership warehouses. The company also operates e-commerce websites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia. The company's warehouses offer an array of low-priced nationally branded and select private labeled products in a wide range of merchandise categories. Costco offers three types of memberships to its customers: Business, Gold Star, and Executive. Costco generates revenue from two sources: 1) Store sales and 2) Membership fees. Costco offers myriad varieties of food products as well as a vast range of household and lifestyle products, stationeries and appliances. The company also sells gasoline to customers at cheap prices and offers merchandise in the following categories: Food and Sundries, Hardlines, Fresh Foods, Softlines, Ancillary. | |||
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