In an April 7th release, Costco Wholesale Corporation reported a 16.0 percent increase in comparable store sales for the five weeks ended April 4th, 2021 compared to the corresponding period in 2020.  Sales attained $18.21 billion. Excluding fuel and taking into account foreign exchange, total company sales increased by 11.1 percent.  The composite figure includes the U.S. at 11.3 percent, Canada at 13.0 percent and Other International at 7.7 percent.

Costco operates 807 warehouse stores with 559 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, 104 in Canada, 39 in Mexico and 35 in the UK/EU, 58 in Asia and 12 in Australia.