Capital expenditure · 2011–2025

Costco Wholesale capital expenditure

$5.5B+16.7% · FY2025

Costco Wholesale (COST) reported $5.5B in capital expenditure for fiscal 2025, +16.7% year on year.

$1.3B2011$1.5B2012$2.1B2013$2.0B2014$2.4B2015$2.6B2016$2.5B2017$3.0B2018$3.0B2019$2.8B2020$3.6B2021$3.9B2022$4.3B2023$4.7B2024$5.5B2025
Costco Wholesale — Capital expenditure, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearCapital expenditureChangeFiling
FY20252025-08-31$5.5B+16.7%Open →
FY20242024-09-01$4.7B+9.0%Open →
FY20232023-09-03$4.3B+11.1%Open →
FY20222022-08-28$3.9B+8.4%Open →
FY20212021-08-29$3.6B+27.7%Open →
FY20202020-08-30$2.8B−6.3%Open →
FY20192019-09-01$3.0B+1.0%Open →
FY20182018-09-02$3.0B+18.7%Open →
FY20172017-09-03$2.5B−5.5%Open →
FY20162016-08-28$2.6B+10.7%Open →
FY20152015-08-30$2.4B+20.1%Open →
FY20142014-08-31$2.0B−4.3%Open →
FY20132013-09-01$2.1B+40.7%Open →
FY20122012-09-02$1.5B+14.7%Open →
FY20112011-08-28$1.3B—Open →

Capital expenditure — Capital expenditure is the cash the company spent during the year on property, plant and equipment — factories, stores, servers, vehicles. It appears in the investing section of the cash-flow statement as an outflow and is shown here as a positive amount. Operating cash flow minus this figure is free cash flow.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +10.9%

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