In 2024, Costco generated ***** billion U.S. dollars in revenue from their operations in the United States. In Canada and through its international ventures the company generated **** billion and **** billion U.S. dollars, respectively. Costco Wholesale CorporationCostco opened its first warehouse in Seattle, Washington in 1983 and has since expanded to become one of the most respected and valuable retailers in the United States and worldwide. Over the last several years, Costco has seen a yearly increase in its global net sales, rising from ***** billion U.S. dollars in 2014 to ***** billion U.S. dollars by 2024. The company operates warehouse clubs in a number of countries around the world. However, the vast majority of the retailer’s warehouses are still located in their home market of the United States. Costco Customers Costco stands out among numerous mass merchants by requiring customers to pay a yearly membership fee in order to shop at its locations. In 2023, the majority of Costco’s American customer base fell within the age range of 18 to 49 years. The company takes pride in achieving the highest customer satisfaction rating among all department and discount stores in the same period.

According to estimates, the U.S. based big-box retailer and wholesaler Costco is expected to grow at the rate of **** percent between 2020 and 2021. The company's sales growth is expected slow down following the post-pandemic normalization period.

This statistic shows the sales share of Costco in Australia in 2017, by household income. High income households contributed to approximately **** percent of Costco sales in Australia for 2017.

In December 2023, United States warehouse clubs and superstores sales were estimated to reach **** billion U.S. dollars, up from **** billion attained the same month a year before. Costco and Sam's Club are two of the biggest warehouse club retailers in the United States.

In 2024, retail e-commerce in Canada was forecast to generate over **** billion U.S. dollars in revenues. According to estimates, this figure is projected to increase to *** billion U.S. dollars by 2029. Successful e-commerce segments in Canada Canada's booming e-commerce sector owes more than half of its retail sales to two particularly lucrative segments: fashion and electronics, which captured ** and ** percent of all e-commerce retail sales in Canada in 2022, respectively. With nearly ** billion U.S. dollars in e-commerce net sales, Amazon was the leading online store in Canada in 2021, outperforming competitors like Walmart and Costco by an impressive margin. Ranking second, walmart.ca generated around **** billion U.S. dollars in e-commerce net sales that year. Fashion leads the way Fashion proved to be a successful e-commerce segment in many countries around the world, and Canada was no exception, as the most popular online stores in the fashion segment raked in millions of dollars in e-commerce net sales, led by gapcanada.ca with *** million U.S. dollars in 2021. Like many other countries in the world, Canada's fashion e-commerce sector was also disrupted by a Chinese newcomer that catapulted itself to the centerstage of the fast fashion world: Shein was the most downloaded fashion and beauty shopping app in Canada in June 2022, with its ******* monthly downloads overshadowing those of competitors. In comparison, long-established fast fashion titan Zara only amassed ****** downloads that same month.