CLAIM #16894 · Costco Wholesale Corp (COST) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Sep 25, 2025 · due Aug 30, 2026
“We plan to open another 35 warehouses in fiscal year 2026, of which five are relocations.”
Ron Vachris · CEO
How to check this claim
Look at: New warehouse openings (gross) and relocations, fiscal year 2026
It came true if: Gross new warehouse openings between 30-40, including approximately 5 relocations
Where: Company-disclosed warehouse count and openings (10-K / quarterly earnings calls, FY2026)
In context
“mation and are not a substitute for net sales presented in accordance with GAAP. Before we dive into our financial results, I am delighted to say that Ron Vachris is once again joining me for today's call. I'll now hand over to Ron for some opening comments. Ron Vachris: Thank you, Gary. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. As we wrap up fiscal year 2025, I'll make a few brief comments on some of the highlights. In the fourth quarter, we opened 10 new warehouses including a relocation in Canada, our twentieth warehouse in Korea, our second warehouse in Sweden, and five net new locations in the US. For the fiscal year, we opened 27 new warehouses including three relocations for a total of 24 net new buildings. This brings our total warehouse count to 914 worldwide. We plan to open another 35 warehouses in fiscal year 2026, of which five are relocations. We continue to see significant opportunities for expansion both domestically and internationally across the markets where we currently operate. Gary will go into details about the quarter results, but a few highlights for the fiscal year: Net sales came in just under $270 billion, an increase of over 8% versus last year, and e-commerce sales exceeded $19.6 billion, increasing over 15%. We had a record year for gas volumes, which benefited from longer gas station hours, new gas stations, and expansions of existing gas stations as well. We also recently celebrated a few milestones including the fortieth anniversary of our $1.50 hot dog and soda combo. Fittingly, we've just completed the rollout of Coca-Cola, the original soda partner from the 1985 inception, of the iconic combo to all food”
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SEC filings for COST ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q4 earnings call.