Costco Wholesale Corporation

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multinational corporation public company retail company warehouse club

Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form Occurrences
Costco 9
Costco warehouses 2
Costco Business Centers 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf multinational corporation ⓘ
public company ⓘ
retail company ⓘ
warehouse club ⓘ
brand Kirkland Signature ⓘ
businessModel membership-based warehouse club ⓘ
competitor BJ's Wholesale Club ⓘ
Sam's Club ⓘ
coreProduct appliances ⓘ
bulk consumer goods ⓘ
clothing ⓘ
electronics ⓘ
furniture ⓘ
gasoline ⓘ
groceries ⓘ
pharmacy products ⓘ
coreService optical services ⓘ
photo printing services ⓘ
tire services ⓘ
travel services ⓘ
countryOfIncorporation United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
employerOf James Sinegal ⓘ
Ron Vachris ⓘ
W. Craig Jelinek ⓘ
formerHeadquartersLocation Kirkland, Washington, United States ⓘ
foundedBy James Sinegal ⓘ
Jeffrey Brotman ⓘ
foundingLocation Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
hasSubsidiary Costco Wholesale Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd.

Costco Wholesale Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.

Costco Wholesale Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd.

Costco Wholesale Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Costco Wholesale Mexico

Costco Wholesale Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Costco Wholesale UK Ltd.
headquartersLocation Issaquah, Washington, United States ⓘ
inception 1983 ⓘ
industry retail ⓘ
warehouse club industry ⓘ
wholesale ⓘ
legalForm corporation ⓘ
membershipRequired yes ⓘ
notableFeature bulk sales at discounted prices ⓘ
limited product selection per category ⓘ
private-label focus with Kirkland Signature ⓘ
operatesInCountry Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
China ⓘ
France ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
pricingStrategy low-margin high-volume ⓘ
stockExchange NASDAQ ⓘ
storeFormat large-scale warehouse store ⓘ
tickerSymbol COST ⓘ
website https://www.costco.com ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

W. Craig Jelinek → associatedWith → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco membership warehouse clubs
Charlie Munger → boardMemberOf → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
James Sinegal → boardMemberOf → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco
Tony James → boardMemberOf → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
W. Craig Jelinek → boardMemberOf → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
Kirkland Signature → brandOf → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
James Sinegal → coFounded → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco
Jeffrey Brotman → coFounded → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco
Loblaws supermarket → competitor → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Loblaws
this entity surface form: Costco Wholesale Canada
James Sinegal → employer → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco
Jeffrey Brotman → employer → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco
Jeffrey Brotman → employer → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
W. Craig Jelinek → employer → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
Jeffrey Brotman → founded → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
BJ's Wholesale Club → hasCompetitor → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco Wholesale
Puget Sound region → hasMajorCompany → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco
Issaquah, Washington, United States → hasMajorEmployer → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
Costco Wholesale Corporation → hasSubsidiary → Costco Wholesale Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
Costco Wholesale Corporation → hasSubsidiary → Costco Wholesale Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco Wholesale UK Ltd.
Costco Wholesale Corporation → hasSubsidiary → Costco Wholesale Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd.
Costco Wholesale Corporation → hasSubsidiary → Costco Wholesale Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd.
Costco Wholesale Corporation → hasSubsidiary → Costco Wholesale Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco Wholesale Mexico
Kirklands → introducedBy → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Kirkland Signature
this entity surface form: Costco
Issaquah, Washington, United States → knownFor → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco corporate headquarters
Kirkland Signature → ownedBy → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
Kirkland Signature → ownedBy → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco
Kirklands → owner → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Kirkland Signature
COST → represents → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
Sam's Club → similarTo → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco
Kirkland Signature → soldAt → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco warehouses
Kirkland Signature → soldAt → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco Business Centers
Kirkland Signature → soldAt → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Costco.com
Kirklands → soldAt → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Kirkland Signature
this entity surface form: Costco warehouses
Kirklands → soldAt → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: Kirkland Signature
this entity surface form: Costco online store
W. Craig Jelinek → workedAt → Costco Wholesale Corporation ⓘ