Costco Organizational Structure & Org Chart

Costco reports United States, Canada and Other International as three geographic segments. Membership warehouses are the core operating format in each, while merchandise categories and digital ordering cut across the geographic map.

Costco Wholesale Corporation organizational chart

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Costco Wholesale Corporation's reporting structure as of 2026-09. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom — or open it in QueryChart and edit it as your own.

Industry: Membership warehouse retail
Headquarters: Issaquah, Washington, United States
Founded: 1983
Employees: 341,000 (fiscal 2025 year-end)
CEO: Ron M. Vachris
Revenue: $275.2B total revenue (fiscal 2025)
Ownership: Public
Structure as of: 2026-09
Structure last reviewed: 2026-09-24

About the company

Costco operates membership warehouses through subsidiaries in the United States, Canada and other countries. Its fiscal 2025 Form 10-K organizes reportable performance by those three geographies, so the chart starts with geography rather than inventing separate corporate divisions for groceries, electronics or e-commerce. The company reported 914 warehouses at the fiscal year end.

The membership model matters to the structure: members use warehouses, digital channels and ancillary services within the same business. A website order can be fulfilled from a warehouse or distribution center. The diagram groups selected activities inside the reported geographic businesses, while dotted links signal an explanatory operating view rather than unpublished person-to-person reporting lines.

Three geographic segments around one membership model

United States is Costco's largest reportable segment. The 2025 filing listed 629 US warehouses, including locations in Puerto Rico. Its sales include merchandise and ancillary offerings; merchandising categories are not separate reportable segments and are therefore kept beneath the geographic branch as examples.

Canada is a distinct reported business with 110 warehouses at fiscal 2025 year-end. Other International combines the remaining markets, including Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom and several countries in Asia, Europe and Oceania. That label is a financial reporting grouping, not a single legal subsidiary or a claim that every market has identical management arrangements.

Ron Vachris is the company's president and chief executive officer. The chart identifies the named leader separately from the three segments. Distribution, digital ordering and travel can cross geographic and operating boundaries; their presence in the article does not turn them into a fourth segment. Costco's reported $269.9 billion net sales also differ from $275.2 billion total revenue because the latter includes membership fees.

Key leadership roles

Ron M. Vachris
Chief Executive Officer

How this structure supports the business

A geographic map follows Costco's published performance measures and lets readers compare its warehouse footprint across markets without turning each product aisle into an imaginary corporate unit.

The same membership and high-volume warehouse approach can be adapted locally. Its simplicity is useful, though shared sourcing, digital systems and merchandise programs span several geography branches.

Advantages and disadvantages

The three segments align the visual with reported financial results.: Shared merchandise, technology and distribution work is not visible as a single management line.
Warehouse counts make the geographic scale concrete.: A warehouse count does not reveal the full local subsidiary or manager hierarchy.

Interesting facts

Costco reported three geographic segments in fiscal 2025: United States, Canada and Other International.
The company ended fiscal 2025 with 914 warehouses, including 629 in the United States and 110 in Canada.
It reported $269.9 billion in net sales and $275.2 billion in total revenue, including membership fees.
About 341,000 people worked for Costco worldwide at fiscal 2025 year-end.
Approximately 95% of employees worked in membership warehouses and distribution channels.

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Frequently asked questions

What are Costco's reportable segments?

United States, Canada and Other International, according to its fiscal 2025 Form 10-K.

Is Costco.com a fourth reportable segment?

No. Digital ordering is part of the member offering across the geographic businesses.

Why do Costco net sales and total revenue differ?

Total revenue includes membership fees in addition to net merchandise sales.

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Open the dated Costco business map in QueryChart and adapt the editable groups to your own organization.