Costco: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, United States that owns 1 consumer brand.[1]
Costco operates membership warehouses selling a deliberately narrow range in large formats, and makes most of its profit from membership fees rather than from margin on goods. That structure is why it caps its markup and why its own-brand can undercut national brands so heavily.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Costco Wholesale Corporation
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Issaquah, Washington, United States
- Founded
- 1983
- Tickers
- NASDAQ: COST
- SEC CIK
- 0000909832
- Wikidata
- Q715583
- Website
- www.costco.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Costco in numbers
- Costco owns 1 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 1 brands.[1]
Everything Costco owns
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Costco own?
Costco owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including Kirkland Signature.
Is Costco an American company?
Yes. Costco is headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, United States and was founded in 1983.
Who owns Costco?
Costco is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as COST on the NASDAQ.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Costco Wholesale Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-10-08 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 8 October 2025; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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