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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, Mexico, Japan, United Kingdom (U.K.), Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Spain,
France, China, and Iceland. Costco operated 838, 815, and 795 warehouses
worldwide at August 28, 2022, August 29, 2021, and August 30, 2020,
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. The first three quarters
consist of three periods each, and the fourth quarter consists of four periods
(five weeks in the thirteenth period in a 53-week year).
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