Costco

Costco Wholesale Corporation is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world. It is the fourth biggest general retailer overall, after Walmart, The Home Depot, and Kroger. 
As of 2016, Costco was the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef, organic foods, rotisserie chicken, and wine. Costco is ranked #15 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. The company is also planning to open a warehouse in China in 2019.
Costco's worldwide headquarters are in Issaquah, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle; the company opened its first warehouse in Seattle 36 years ago in 1983. Through mergers, Costco's corporate history dates back to 1976, when its former competitor Price Club was founded in San Diego, California. As of March 7, 2019, Costco had a total of 770 warehouses: 531 in the United States and 4 in Puerto Rico, 100 in Canada, 39 in Mexico, 28 in the United Kingdom, 26 in Japan, 15 in South Korea, 13 in Taiwan, 10 in Australia, 2 in Spain, and 1 in Iceland and France.
==Locations==
==See also==
*Sam's Club - competitor
*BJ's Wholesale Club - competitor
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