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Costco Wholesale Corporation and its subsidiaries (Costco or the Company) began
operations in 1983, in Seattle, Washington. We are principally engaged in the
operation of membership warehouses in the United States (U.S.) and Puerto Rico,
Canada, United Kingdom (U.K.), Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, Spain, France,
Iceland, China, and through a majority-owned subsidiary in Taiwan. Costco
operated 815, 795, and 782 warehouses worldwide at August 29, 2021, August 30,
2020, and September 1, 2019, respectively. The Company operates e-commerce
websites in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, U.K., Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia.
Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, under the symbol
"COST."
We report on a 52/53-week fiscal year, consisting of thirteen four-week periods
and ending on the Sunday nearest the end of August.
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