Costco Wholesale

Grocery, consumer goods and e-commerce

About Costco Wholesale

Costco Wholesale is listed as a retailer / shipper in Retail / E-commerce. Its product profile includes Grocery, consumer goods and e-commerce. Large warehouse-club and distribution network. Operating geography: USA, Canada and multiple international markets.

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Company profile

Company type
Retailer / Shipper
Industry
Retail / E-commerce
Products
Grocery, consumer goods and e-commerce
Headquarters
Issaquah, WA, USA
Company scale
Global Enterprise
Operating footprint
Large warehouse-club and distribution network
Operating geography
USA, Canada and multiple international markets
Ownership
Public (NASDAQ: COST)
Private fleet information
Not publicly verified

Freight characteristics

Retail · Grocery · Palletized Freight · E-commerce · Temperature-Controlled / Sensitive · International / Global

These characteristics describe the company's products and operations, not services offered or confirmed shipping lanes.

Official sources

Research reviewed 2026-10-28. Directory inclusion does not establish paid membership or endorsement.

Retail and eCommerce operations

Retail category
Warehouse club
Merchandise
Grocery; General merchandise; Pharmacy; Fuel
Headquarters
Issaquah, WA, United States
Ownership
Public — NASDAQ: COST
Sales channels
Omnichannel stores + e-commerce
Online shopping
Yes — company-operated e-commerce / digital commerce
Marketplace model
Not a primary public marketplace model
Stores and customer-facing operations
939 warehouses globally as of Sep. 24, 2026
Distribution and fulfillment
Company-wide facility counts were not captured in the supplied public evidence.
Operating geography
United States plus international markets
Published scale
939 warehouses globally as of Sep. 24, 2026 · Specific date / fiscal period stated in scale indicator
Private fleet evidence
Not publicly verified as a material owned private fleet; may use dedicated / contracted carriers
Omnichannel operations
Physical-store and digital-commerce channels documented; specific pickup, ship-from-store and return capabilities vary by banner / location and should not be inferred beyond public evidence
Supply-chain initiatives
Public sustainability / supply-chain efficiency initiatives disclosed; use company sustainability or annual reporting for current detail

Retail sectors: General merchandise · Grocery & food

Documented commerce characteristics: Online ordering · Omnichannel retail · Perishable merchandise

Official company sources

Information reviewed 2026-10-28. These companies buy logistics; directory inclusion does not establish paid membership or services offered.

Company-operated private fleet

Headquarters
Issaquah, WA, USA
Industry
Warehouse Club Retail
Ownership
Public (NASDAQ: COST)
2026 Transport Topics tractors
985
2026 Transport Topics rank
#5 in Retail / wholesale / relevant 2026 TT ranking
Fleet size
Upper Mid-Market — 500–999 tractors
Fleet geography
United States; Canada; international; other international company operations do not establish fleet coverage.
Operating model
Warehouse-club replenishment plus e-commerce / business delivery
Equipment and cargo
Tractors and trailers supporting distribution network
Representative fleet entity
TT/ProsperFleet identifies Costco as a private carrier; company-wide owned-vs-contracted split not separately disclosed
Maintenance
Mixed in-house / contracted operations
Fleet technology
Supply-chain / routing technology
Alternative-fuel initiatives
Fleet-efficiency initiatives; specific EV fleet not publicly verified at parent level
Safety
Transport Topics 2026 #5 Wholesale/Retail Private Carrier
Sustainability
Distribution efficiency initiatives

Fleet characteristics

  • Temperature-controlled

Sources

Transport Topics 2026 is the tractor-count benchmark, not a representative FMCSA entity's power-unit count. Company reach does not establish fleet coverage. Reviewed 2026-10-28.