Investment Summary

Costco Wholesale Invests In Costco-Taiwan

On June 30, 2022, Costco Wholesale invested in real estate company Costco-Taiwan

Investment Highlights
  • This is Costco Wholesale’s 1st transaction in the Real Estate sector.
  • This is Costco Wholesale’s 1st transaction in Taiwan.

Investment Summary

Date 2022-06-30
Target Costco-Taiwan
Sector Real Estate
Investor(s) Costco Wholesale
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Costco-Taiwan

Taipei City, Taiwan
Costco-Taiwan is owns and operates 833 warehouses, including 574 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 107 in Canada, 40 in Mexico, 31 in Japan, 29 in the United Kingdom, 16 in Korea, 14 in Taiwan, 13 in Australia, four in Spain, two each in France and China, and one in Iceland. Costco also operates e-commerce sites in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Costco Wholesale

Issaquah, Washington, United States

Category Company
Founded 1976
Sector Retail
Employees316,000
Revenue 242.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Costco's corporate headquarters in Issaquah, Washington.
Costco's corporate headquarters in Issaquah, Washington.

Costco Wholesale operates a network of membership warehouses in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada, the UK, Mexico, Japan, Australia, and through majority-owned subsidiaries in Taiwan and Korea. Costco's membership warehouses are based on the concept of offering members low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and select private-label products in a wide range of merchandise categories. Costco buys the majority of its merchandise directly from manufacturers and routes it to a cross-docking consolidation point or directly to its warehouses. Costco Wholesale was incorporated in 1976 and is headquartered in Issaquah, Washington.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (Real Estate) 1 of 1
Type (Stake Purchase) 1 of 1
Country (Taiwan) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 1 of 1
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