Costco Wholesale Corporation operates within the Variety stores sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Costco Wholesale with three other department stores in North America: Marks and Spencer Group PLC (2019 sales of $13.59 billion of which 57% was Food and revenue), Hudson's Bay Co of Canada (9.38 billion Canadian Dollars [US$7.05 billion] of which 100% was Department Stores), and PriceSmart, Inc. ($3.22 billion of which 57% was Central American Operations).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended August of 2019, sales at Costco Wholesale were $152.70 billion. This is an increase of 7.9% versus 2018, when the company's sales were $141.58 billion. This was the fifth consecutive year of sales increases at Costco Wholesale (and since 2014, sales have increased a total of 36%).