Who owns Costco Wholesale?
Institutions own 73.5% of Costco Wholesale's shares, through 4,377 funds, banks and other managers that report their holdings to the SEC; individual investors and others hold the rest. The largest on 30 June 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (7.7%), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (6.5%), State Street Corp (4.1%).
- Institutions own
- 73.5%
- Institutional holders
- 4,377
- The 10 largest hold
- 33.0%
- Free float
- 99.8%
- Holdings as of
- 30 Jun 2026
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
The largest shareholders
| # | Holder | Shares | Of the company | Value | Change last quarter (shares) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 34,202,834 | 7.70% | 32.00B USD | -744,206 |
| 2 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 28,976,605 | 6.53% | 27.11B USD | +129,157 |
| 3 | State Street Corp | 18,384,951 | 4.14% | 17.20B USD | +232,719 |
| 4 | Invesco Ltd. | 13,989,137 | 3.15% | 13.09B USD | +4,673,395 |
| 5 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 10,627,472 | 2.39% | 9.90B USD | -31,752 |
| 6 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 10,402,555 | 2.34% | 9.73B USD | -303,080 |
| 7 | Morgan Stanley | 10,220,437 | 2.30% | 9.56B USD | +321,726 |
| 8 | Bank Of America Corp | 7,249,774 | 1.63% | 6.78B USD | -265,257 |
| 9 | Norges Bank | 6,474,767 | 1.46% | 6.06B USD | New position |
| 10 | FMR LLC | 6,163,541 | 1.39% | 5.77B USD | -555,048 |
| 11 | Northern Trust Corp | 4,835,919 | 1.09% | 4.52B USD | -92,188 |
| 12 | Royal Bank Of Canada | 4,292,111 | 0.97% | 4.02B USD | +533,261 |
| 13 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 4,224,191 | 0.95% | 4.00B USD | +184,275 |
| 14 | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 3,631,675 | 0.82% | 3.40B USD | +231,372 |
| 15 | Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | 3,631,675 | 0.82% | 3.40B USD | New position |
| 16 | Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 3,359,700 | 0.76% | 3.14B USD | +1,295,000 |
| 17 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 3,293,734 | 0.74% | 3.08B USD | +79,925 |
| 18 | Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 3,253,040 | 0.73% | 3.04B USD | +33,184 |
| 19 | Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 3,215,058 | 0.72% | 3.01B USD | -176,566 |
| 20 | Nuveen, LLC | 3,189,881 | 0.72% | 2.98B USD | +115,824 |
| 21 | Wells Fargo & Company | 3,106,170 | 0.70% | 2.91B USD | -5,704 |
| 22 | UBS AM | 3,068,312 | 0.69% | 2.87B USD | +160,893 |
| 23 | Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 2,965,800 | 0.67% | 2.77B USD | +782,800 |
| 24 | Capital International Investors | 2,770,728 | 0.62% | 2.59B USD | +21,187 |
| 25 | UBS Group AG | 2,675,980 | 0.60% | 2.50B USD | +195,593 |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 2,129 · 204 new
- Sold or cut
- 1,972 · 215 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +10.32M · 9.65B USD
- Institutional ownership
- 71.2% → 73.5%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- Norges BankNew position
- Invesco Ltd.+4,673,395
- Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.New position
- Susquehanna International Group, LLP+1,295,000
- Sg Americas Securities, LLC+955,931
Biggest sellers last quarter
- BlackRock, Inc.-744,206
- FMR LLC-555,048
- Price T Rowe Associates Inc-512,519
- Amundi-414,555
- American Century Companies Inc-358,163
From the holders' 13F filings with the SEC for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026, filed up to 45 days after it; the buyers and sellers are among the 100 largest holders.
Common questions about Costco Wholesale's shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling Prep
