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: Wal-Mart de Mexico S.A.B. de C.V. (2018 sales of $32.09 billion ), Macy's Inc ($25.74 billion of which 100% was Department Stores), and Target Corporation ($75.36 billion of which 100% was General Merchandise Retailers).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended August of 2018, sales at Costco Wholesale were $141.58 billion. This is an increase of 9.7% versus 2017, when the company's sales were $129.03 billion. This was the fifth consecutive year of sales increases at Costco Wholesale (and since 2013, sales have increased a total of 35%).