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COSTNasdaqRetail-Variety StoresFiscal year ends August 30
Financials through Q4 FY2026, quarter ended Aug 30, 2026Last filing: 10-K on Oct 7, 2026Score 17/3057% above fair value
$1012.28+16.20 (+1.63%)

Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $448.93BP/E 48.8Yield 0.55%

Costco Wholesale total employees worldwide (period end)

355,000 employees worldwide at the end of FY2026: 232,000 in the U.S., 58,000 in Canada, and 65,000 in Other International.

Latest, FY2026
355,000
Period ended Aug 30, 2026
Change on a year earlier
+4.1%
341,000 in FY2025
History
11 years
Since FY2016
Sources
9
Documents cited below

Annual history

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PeriodEndedTotal employees worldwide (period end)Year on yearSource
FY2026Aug 30, 2026355,000+4.1%0000909832-26-000093|cost-20260830.htm ↗
FY2025Aug 31, 2025341,000+2.4%0000909832-26-000093|cost-20260830.htm ↗
FY2024Sep 1, 2024333,000+5.4%0000909832-26-000093|cost-20260830.htm ↗
FY2023Sep 3, 2023316,000+3.9%0000909832-25-000101|cost-20250831.htm ↗
FY2022Aug 28, 2022304,000+5.6%0000909832-24-000049|cost-20240901.htm ↗
FY2021Aug 29, 2021288,000+5.5%0000909832-23-000042|cost-20230903.htm ↗
FY2020Aug 30, 2020273,000+7.5%0000909832-22-000021|cost-20220828.htm ↗
FY2019Sep 1, 2019254,000+3.7%0000909832-21-000014|cost-20210829.htm ↗
FY2018Sep 2, 2018245,000+6.1%0000909832-20-000017|cost-20200830.htm ↗
FY2017Sep 3, 2017231,000+6.0%0000909832-19-000019|cost10k9119.htm ↗
FY2016Aug 28, 2016218,000–0000909832-18-000013|cost10k9218.htm ↗

Breakdown

What makes up total employees worldwide (period end)

Cite this data

StockData. (2026). Costco Wholesale Total employees worldwide (period end), annual FY2016–FY2026 [Data set]. Compiled from Costco Wholesale SEC filings and investor materials. https://stockdatahq.com/stocks/cost/kpis/emp-total

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