The number of total Costco warehouses worldwide grew to 838 in 2022 from 815 in 2021. In 2022, the company had 578 stores operational in the US & Puerto Rico, 107 in Canada and 153 in other international markets. The US based retailer enjoyed 16% growth in its net revenue in 2022 compared to the prior year.
Number of Costco warehouses worldwide 2012-22
The chart below shows the number of Costco warehouses located globally.
| Year | No of Costco warehouses globally |
| 2022 | 838 |
| 2021 | 815 |
| 2020 | 795 |
| 2019 | 782 |
| 2018 | 762 |
| 2017 | 741 |
| 2016 | 715 |
| 2015 | 686 |
| 2014 | 663 |
| 2013 | 633 |
| 2012 | 607 |
The number of Costco warehouses operational worldwide grew to 815 in 2021 compared to 795 in the previous year. 564 of these warehouses were operational in the US and Puerto Rico and 105 in Canada. Remaining 146 warehouses were operational in the other international markets. Outside the US and Canada, the number of costco warehouses by country in 2021 was as follows: 39 in Mexico, 30 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom (U.K.), 16 in Korea, 14 in Taiwan,12 in Australia, three in Spain, and one each in Iceland, France and China.
Costco sells through its ecommerce channels in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia.
About Costco:
Costco is a leading membership only retailer based in the United States. The company was founded in 1976 and has acquired strong popularity across the US and in other international markets. The company employed 288,000 people in 2021 including 192,000 in the United States. Its net revenues in 2021 reached $195.929 billion including membership fees worth $3.9 billion and net sales worth $192.05 billion. Costco operated 815 warehouses in 2021 and had 111.6 million members.
How many Costco warehouses were open as of December 2017?
By December 2017, Costco had 746 Warehouses running worldwide. 741 of them had been open by September 2017. Previous year, the number of total Costco warehouses open was at 715, bringing the total number of warehouses the retail brand opened in 2017 to 31.
The following table shows the number of Costco warehouses and their locations as of December 31 2017.
Costco is one of the leading names in retail business in US. As of December 31, 2017, the brand had 746 warehouses operating globally. Of all the markets that Costco serves globally, the brand had the highest number of warehouses operating in US market. In US, it had 518 warehouses running of which the highest number was there in California 125, followed by Washington 31 and Texas 28. After US, Canada and Mexico had the highest number of warehouses, 98 and 37 respectively. As of December 31, 2017, Costco had 28 and 26 warehouses operational in United Kingdom and Japan each respectively. Previous year, the number of total warehouses stood at 715 .
As of September 31, 2017, the number of Costco warehouses open worldwide was 741. In 2016 and 2017, it had opened 29 and 26 new warehouses respectively.
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