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| founders = | hq_location_city = Issaquah, Washington | hq_location_country = United States | num_locations = 691 warehouses〔 | num_locations_year = 2014 | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Jeffrey Brotman James Sinegal W. Craig Jelinek | brands = Kirkland Signature | services = | revenue = |}} | operating_income = |}} | net_income = |}} | assets = |}} | equity = |}} | num_employees = 189,000〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Costco, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Oct 19, 2012 )〕 | num_employees_year = 2014 | website = }} Costco Wholesale Corporation is an American membership-only warehouse club that provides a wide selection of merchandise. , it was the third largest retailer in the United States,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 100 Retailers (2014) ),〕 in 2015 it is the second largest in the world (after Walmart)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 250 Global Retailers (2015) )〕 and the largest membership warehouse club chain in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION Company Profile )〕 Costco's worldwide headquarters are in Issaquah, Washington, USA, and the company opened its first warehouse in 1983 in Seattle. Through mergers, Costco's overall corporate history dates back to 1976, when its former competitor Price Club was founded in San Diego, California.〔and the Canadian head office is situated in Ottawa, Ontario. (【引用サイトリンク】title=Costco Wholesale shareholder info )〕〔 , Costco has a total of 674 warehouses, spread throughout the United States (474), Canada (89), United Kingdom (26), Australia (7), Mexico (34), Taiwan (10), South Korea (12), Japan (20), and Spain (2).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Costco Corporate Profile )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Costco abrirá en Sevilla durante la primavera su primera tienda en la Europa continental )〕 ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Costco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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