Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports November Sales Results
Costco (Nasdaq: COST) reported net sales of $23.64 billion for the four weeks ended November 30, 2025, up 8.1% year-over-year.
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Costco (Nasdaq: COST) reported net sales of $23.64 billion for the four weeks ended November 30, 2025, up 8.1% year-over-year. For the twelve-week first quarter ended November 23, 2025, net sales were $65.98 billion, up 8.2% YoY; first‑thirteen‑week net sales were $71.97 billion, up 8.2% YoY.
Comparable sales: Total Company +6.9% (4 weeks), +6.4% (12 and 13 weeks). Regional comps: U.S. +6.0% (4 weeks), Canada +6.9% (4 weeks), Other International +11.4% (4 weeks). Digitally‑enabled sales rose 16.6% (4 weeks) and 20.5% (12 weeks).
Costco operates 921 warehouses globally (633 U.S., 112 Canada, 42 Mexico, others) and provides a pre-recorded investor message accessible at investor.costco.com through Dec 10, 2025.
Positive
- November net sales of $23.64 billion (+8.1% YoY)
- Q1 12‑week net sales of $65.98 billion (+8.2% YoY)
- 13‑week net sales of $71.97 billion (+8.2% YoY)
- Digitally‑enabled sales +20.5% (12 weeks)
- Total company comps +6.4% (12 weeks)
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- None.
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Key Figures
- November net sales
- $23.64 billion
- Four weeks ended November 30, 2025
- November net sales YoY
- 8.1%
- Growth vs. $21.87 billion last year
- Q1 net sales
- $65.98 billion
- Twelve-week first quarter ended November 23, 2025
- Q1 net sales YoY
- 8.2%
- Growth vs. $60.99 billion last year
- 13-week net sales
- $71.97 billion
- First thirteen weeks vs. $66.52 billion last year
- Total comp sales
- 6.9% / 6.4% / 6.4%
- 4 / 12 / 13 weeks reported comparable sales
- Digitally-enabled comps
- 16.6% / 20.5% / 19.7%
- 4 / 12 / 13 weeks digitally-enabled comparable sales
- Warehouse count
- 921 warehouses
- Global locations operated as of release
Historical Context
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Gina Raimondo nominated to Costco’s Board, adding policy and global expertise.
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November net sales up 8.1% with solid comparable and digital growth.
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October net sales rose 8.6% and digitally enabled sales advanced strongly.
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Quarterly cash dividend of $1.30 per share announced for shareholders.
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September sales grew 8.0% with strong international and digital comps.
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ISSAQUAH, Wash., Dec. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: COST) today reported net sales of
For the twelve-week first quarter ended November 23, 2025, the Company reported net sales of
Net sales for the first thirteen weeks were
Comparable sales were as follows:
| 4 Weeks | 12 Weeks | 13 Weeks | |||
| Retail | Q1 FY’26 | YTD | |||
| U.S. | |||||
| Canada | |||||
| Other International | |||||
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| Digitally-Enabled | |||||
Comparable sales excluding the impacts from changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange were as follows:
| 4 Weeks | 12 Weeks | 13 Weeks | |||
| Retail | Q1 FY’26 | YTD | |||
| U.S. | |||||
| Canada | |||||
| Other International | |||||
| Total Company | |||||
| Digitally-Enabled | |||||
Additional discussion of these results is available in a pre-recorded message. It can be accessed by visiting investor.costco.com (click on “Events & Presentations”). This message will be available through 4:00 p.m. (PT) on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
Costco currently operates 921 warehouses, including 633 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 112 in Canada, 42 in Mexico, 37 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 20 in Korea, 15 in Australia, 14 in Taiwan, seven in China, five in Spain, three in France, two in Sweden, and one each in Iceland, and New Zealand. We also operate e-commerce sites in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia.
Certain statements contained in this document and the pre-recorded message constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For these purposes, forward-looking statements are statements that address activities, events, conditions or developments that the Company expects or anticipates may occur in the future. In some cases forward-looking statements can be identified because they contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, domestic and international economic conditions, including exchange rates, inflation or deflation, the effects of competition and regulation, uncertainties in the financial markets, consumer and small business spending patterns and debt levels, breaches of security or privacy of member or business information, conditions affecting the acquisition, development, ownership or use of real estate, capital spending, actions of vendors, rising costs associated with employees (generally including health-care costs and wages), workforce interruptions, energy and certain commodities, geopolitical conditions (including tariffs), the ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, regulatory and other impacts related to environmental and social matters, public-health related factors, and other risks identified from time to time in the Company’s public statements and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company does not undertake to update these statements, except as required by law. Comparable sales and comparable sales excluding impacts from changes in gasoline prices and foreign exchange are intended as supplemental information and are not a substitute for net sales presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
| CONTACTS: | Costco Wholesale Corporation Josh Dahmen, 425/313-8254 Andrew Yoon, 425/313-6305 |
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