World's Most Admired Companies

29 of 50

Costco Wholesale

MOST ADMIRED

Top 50 rank: 29
Rank in Specialty Retailers: Diversified: 1
(Previous rank: 1)
Overall score: 6.68

Should Costco Wholesale be admired, or what?

Costco Wholesale stats

Nine key attributes of reputation	Industry rank
Innovation	2
People management	3
Use of corporate assets	1
Social responsibility	4
Quality of management	1
Financial soundness	3
Long-term investment	1
Quality of products/services	1
Global competitiveness	4

From the March 21, 2011 issue

Note: One of two new categories derived from specialty retailers last year.

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Headquarters

999 Lake Dr.
Issaquah, WA 98027
www.costco.com

Show: Top 50 | All Most Admired: The Americas | Europe | Asia/Australia

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