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Costco Wholesale (COST) Average Sales per Sqft : 0.00 (As of May. 2025)


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What is Costco Wholesale Average Sales per Sqft?

Average Sales per Sqft is a retail store’s average revenue for every foot of the store. A higher average sales per square foot indicates more efficient operations and thus, high profitability.

The historical rank and industry rank for Costco Wholesale's Average Sales per Sqft or its related term are showing as below:

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Costco Wholesale Average Sales per Sqft Historical Data

The historical data trend for Costco Wholesale's Average Sales per Sqft can be seen below:

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Costco Wholesale Average Sales per Sqft Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Costco Wholesale's Average Sales per Sqft

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Costco Wholesale's Average Sales per Sqft, along with its competitors' market caps and Average Sales per Sqft data, can be viewed below:

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Costco Wholesale  (NAS:COST) Average Sales per Sqft Explanation

Average Sales per Sqft is a retail store’s average revenue for every foot of store space, including non-selling areas such as stock rooms or receiving areas. It tells us how efficient the retailer is with the use of sales space, allowing the retailer to make smarter merchandising, inventory, and sales decisions. A higher sales per square foot indicates more efficient operations and thus high profitability.

The formula of calculating Sales per Sqft is total in-store sales divided by selling area in square feet. When calculating a store’s Sales per Square Foot, the non-selling areas of the store, such as stock rooms or receiving areas, need to be excluded.

The difference between Average Sales per Sqft and Sales per Sqft that in the calculation of Average Sales per Square Foot, the non-selling areas of the store, such as stock rooms or receiving areas, need to be included.

Retailers can increase the average sales per square foot by improving the store layout, having a winning product assortment, optimizing prices and increasing per transaction value.


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Costco Wholesale Business Description

Address
999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA, USA, 98027
Costco operates a membership-based, no-frills retail model predicated on offering a select product assortment in bulk quantities at bargain prices. The firm avoids maintaining costly product displays by keeping inventory on pallets and limits distribution expenses by storing its inventory at point of sale in the warehouse. Given its frugal cost structure, the firm is able to price its merchandise below that of competing retailers, driving high sales volume per warehouse and generating strong profits on thin margins. Costco operates over 600 warehouses in the United States and has over 60% share in the domestic warehouse club industry. Internationally, Costco operates another 280 warehouses, primarily in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the UK.
Executives
James C Klauer officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Claudine Adamo officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Caton Frates officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Roland Michael Vachris officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Richard A Galanti director, officer: Executive VP and CFO 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Pierre Riel officer: EVP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Russell D Miller officer: Executive Vice President 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Patrick J Callans officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Susan L Decker director C/O YAHOO INC, 701 FIRST AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Kenneth D Denman director
Daniel M. Hines other: Principal Acctg Officer 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
W Craig Jelinek officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Yoram Rubananko officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027
Helena Foulkes director ONE CVS DRIVE, WOONSOCKET RI 02895
James P. Murphy officer: Executive VP 999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH WA 98027