Growth
Costco against its category
The biggest tracked US warehouse club chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Costco's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costco | +0.6% |
| 2 | Sam's Club | -0.4% |
| 3 | BJ's Wholesale Club | -2.6% |
| 4 | costco.com | - |
| 5 | Taj Wholesale 2 | - |
| 6 | Cash & Carry | -29.4% |
| 7 | Martinez Distributors | +0.4% |
| 8 | Costco Business Center | +11.3% |
| 9 | Tropic Supply | - |
| 10 | Sams Beauty Warehouse | -0.5% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
679 tracked Costco locations across 47 US states, DC, and 1 territory. California, Texas, and Washington hold 36% of them.
Tracked stores by state
- California 155
- Texas 46
- Washington 42
- Florida 38
- Illinois 27
- Arizona 22
- New Jersey 22
- Virginia 20
- New York 19
- Colorado 18
- Georgia 17
- Michigan 17
- Minnesota 15
- Oregon 15
- Utah 15
- Ohio 13
- Maryland 11
- Missouri 11
- Pennsylvania 11
- Wisconsin 11
- Montana 10
- Indiana 9
- North Carolina 9
- Nevada 9
- Tennessee 9
- Connecticut 8
- Idaho 8
- Hawaii 7
- Massachusetts 7
- Nebraska 6
- South Carolina 6
- Alaska 5
- Alabama 5
- Louisiana 5
- Oklahoma 5
- Iowa 4
- Kentucky 4
- Kansas 3
- New Mexico 3
- District of Columbia 2
- North Dakota 2
- Arkansas 1
- Delaware 1
- Maine 1
- Mississippi 1
- New Hampshire 1
- Puerto Rico 1
- South Dakota 1
- Vermont 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Costco
Tracked chains Costco customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
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