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: Dollar General Corporation (2020 sales of $33.75 billion of which 77% was Consumables), Dollar Tree, Incorporation ($25.51 billion of which 52% was Dollar Tree), and Target Corporation ($93.56 billion of which 26% was Beauty and household essentials).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended August of 2020, sales at Costco Wholesale were $166.76 billion. This is an increase of 9.2% versus 2019, when the company's sales were $152.70 billion. This was the fifth consecutive year of sales increases at Costco Wholesale (and since 2015, sales have increased a total of 44%). Sales of Other International Operations saw an increase of 13.3% in 2020, from $19.59 billion to $22.19 billion.