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Costco Wholesale Corp

COST
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Retail-Variety Stores
SEC CIK
0000909832

In the last 90 days, Costco Wholesale Corp insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 2 sales; 4,261 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $301.8B in total; 4 superinvestors hold it, including Markel Group and Gardner Russo & Quinn.

13F holders, Q3 2025

Institutional positions in Costco Wholesale Corp as of Sep 30, 2025. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
3,941
+1 vs. Q2 2025
Shares held
296.9M
−2.55M (−0.9%) vs. Q2 2025
Total value
$274.4B
−$21.6B (−7.3%) vs. Q2 2025
New holders
170
1,660 more added
Sold out
169
1,588 more reduced

71 institutions that held it in Q2 2025 haven't filed for Q3 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2025: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting COST on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ3 2025: 3,941 institutions
Q1 2021: 2,359 institutionsQ2 2021: 2,394 institutionsQ3 2021: 2,463 institutionsQ4 2021: 2,823 institutionsQ1 2022: 2,862 institutionsQ2 2022: 2,784 institutionsQ3 2022: 2,825 institutionsQ4 2022: 2,938 institutionsQ1 2023: 2,943 institutionsQ2 2023: 3,041 institutionsQ3 2023: 3,077 institutionsQ4 2023: 3,343 institutionsQ1 2024: 3,419 institutionsQ2 2024: 3,526 institutionsQ3 2024: 3,590 institutionsQ4 2024: 3,941 institutionsQ1 2025: 3,952 institutionsQ2 2025: 4,011 institutionsQ3 2025: 3,941 institutionsQ4 2025: 4,138 institutionsQ1 2026: 4,274 institutionsQ2 2026: 4,261 institutions
Value heldQ3 2025: $274.4B
Q1 2021: $104.1BQ2 2021: $119.0BQ3 2021: $134.3BQ4 2021: $170.2BQ1 2022: $172.4BQ2 2022: $143.4BQ3 2022: $141.6BQ4 2022: $137.2BQ1 2023: $149.2BQ2 2023: $162.0BQ3 2023: $169.9BQ4 2023: $201.0BQ1 2024: $222.0BQ2 2024: $258.3BQ3 2024: $266.7BQ4 2024: $279.6BQ1 2025: $287.8BQ2 2025: $302.3BQ3 2025: $274.4BQ4 2025: $272.0BQ1 2026: $311.5BQ2 2026: $301.8B
Institutions holding COST and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20264,261$301.8B
Q1 20264,274$311.5B
Q4 20254,138$272.0B
Q3 20253,941$274.4B
Q2 20254,011$302.3B
Q1 20253,952$287.8B
Q4 20243,941$279.6B
Q3 20243,590$266.7B
Q2 20243,526$258.3B
Q1 20243,419$222.0B
Q4 20233,343$201.0B
Q3 20233,077$169.9B
Q2 20233,041$162.0B
Q1 20232,943$149.2B
Q4 20222,938$137.2B
Q3 20222,825$141.6B
Q2 20222,784$143.4B
Q1 20222,862$172.4B
Q4 20212,823$170.2B
Q3 20212,463$134.3B
Q2 20212,394$119.0B
Q1 20212,359$104.1B

Institutions, Q3 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Costco Wholesale Corp; share changes are against Q2 2025.

Institutions holding COST in Q3 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Financial Management Professionals, Inc.786$727.3K0.08%+242+44.5%Added
Elm3 Financial Group, LLC787$728.3K0.60%−11−1.4%Reduced
Investment Partners Asset Management, Inc.787$728.5K0.48%−14−1.7%Reduced
Clarendon Private LLC789$730.0K0.66%−71−8.3%Reduced
MQS Management LLC789$730.3K0.43%−155−16.4%Reduced
First City Capital Management, Inc.789$730.3K0.39%00.0%Unchanged
1248 Management, LLC790$731.2K0.41%−292−27.0%Reduced
Copia Wealth Management790$731.2K0.54%+59+8.1%Added
Key Client Fiduciary Advisors, LLC790$731.7K0.25%+14+1.8%Added
CenterStar Asset Management, LLC791$731.9K1.39%+791New
Darwin Advisors, LLC792$733.3K0.23%+111+16.3%Added
MGO Private Wealth, LLC793$734.0K0.44%00.0%Unchanged
Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC793$734.0K0.30%+124+18.5%Added
Sonoma Allocations LLC795$735.7K0.27%+795New
Archetype Wealth Partners796$737.0K0.09%+93+13.2%Added
1776 Wealth LLC798$738.7K0.28%−621−43.8%Reduced
Riverview Trust Co798$738.7K0.89%00.0%Unchanged
Selective Wealth Management, Inc.810$741.0K0.24%+168+26.2%Added
Signal Advisors Wealth, LLC805$745.0K0.07%−431−34.9%Reduced
Monument Capital Management807$746.9K0.19%−2−0.2%Reduced
Washington Trust Advisors, Inc.808$747.9K0.06%+50+6.6%Added
CMG Global Holdings, LLC784$748.5K0.37%00.0%Unchanged
Inspirion Wealth Advisors, LLC847$751.0K0.11%−71−7.7%Reduced
Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, LLC819$751.3K0.12%+259+46.3%Added
Edgemoor Investment Advisors, Inc.812$752.2K0.06%+27+3.4%Added
Shade Tree Advisors LLC813$752.5K0.65%00.0%Unchanged
Gould Capital, LLC813$752.6K0.47%+483+146.4%Added
Beta Wealth Group, Inc.813$752.8K0.30%−80−9.0%Reduced
James J. Burns & Company, LLC815$754.5K0.11%−3−0.4%Reduced
CM Wealth Advisors LLC817$756.2K0.20%00.0%Unchanged
Pathway Financial Advisers, LLC844$756.7K0.22%+567+204.7%Added
Pure Portfolios Holdings LLC818$757.1K0.24%−16−1.9%Reduced
Financial Security Advisor, Inc.818$757.3K0.16%+5+0.6%Added
Exchange Bank820$759.0K0.53%−4−0.5%Reduced
M. Kraus & Co820$759.0K0.21%00.0%Unchanged
Mindset Wealth Management, LLC820$759.0K0.21%+94+12.9%Added
XTX Topco Ltd820$759.0K0.04%+820New
Lifeworks Advisors, LLC821$759.9K0.10%−3−0.4%Reduced
CCG Wealth Management, LLC821$760.0K0.36%+24+3.0%Added
Berkshire Asset Management LLC821$760.1K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Texas Capital Bancshares Inc823$761.8K0.30%−422−33.9%Reduced
Centerpoint Advisory Group826$764.6K0.60%00.0%Unchanged
Patriot Investment Management Inc.829$767.0K0.05%−9−1.1%Reduced
Occidental Asset Management, LLC830$767.9K0.10%+137+19.8%Added
Archer Investment Corp830$768.1K0.17%−320−27.8%Reduced
Ellevest, Inc.832$770.0K0.11%−140−14.4%Reduced
Pacifica Partners Inc.840$770.4K0.28%−21−2.4%Reduced
M.E. Allison & Co., Inc.833$771.4K0.54%00.0%Unchanged
Womack Financial LLC837$774.8K0.59%+2+0.2%Added
Virtue Asset Management LLC838$775.9K0.64%+838New
Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC839$777.1K0.50%+6+0.7%Added
Strategic Family Wealth Counselors, L.L.C.841$778.5K0.20%00.0%Unchanged
Weil Company, Inc.842$779.1K0.19%−2−0.2%Reduced
JB Capital LLC842$779.4K0.03%+31+3.8%Added
Curbstone Financial Management Corp842$779.4K0.15%+70+9.1%Added
Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC843$780.2K0.08%−13−1.5%Reduced
Bravias Capital Group, LLC845$782.3K0.52%−9−1.1%Reduced
Pettyjohn, Wood & White, Inc850$786.5K0.13%00.0%Unchanged
Osher Van de Voorde Investment Management852$788.6K0.17%00.0%Unchanged
Monarch Capital Management Inc853$789.6K0.19%−1−0.1%Reduced
Symphony Financial Services, Inc.855$791.1K0.43%+316+58.6%Added
Councilmark Asset Management, LLC855$791.4K0.45%00.0%Unchanged
Touchstone Capital, Inc.857$793.7K0.41%+857New
Morey & Quinn Wealth Partners, LLC859$795.1K0.59%+16+1.9%Added
American Capital Advisory, LLC859$795.2K0.37%−100−10.4%Reduced
Papamarkou Wellner Asset Management inc.862$797.9K0.49%+65+8.2%Added
Edge Financial Advisors LLC432$799.4K0.36%−72−14.3%Reduced
Avantra Family Wealth, Inc.865$800.7K0.60%00.0%Unchanged
G&S Capital LLC865$800.7K0.30%+328+61.1%Added
Pacitti Group Inc.865$800.9K0.31%−26−2.9%Reduced
Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators867$802.5K0.34%−138−13.7%Reduced
Canal Capital Management, LLC868$803.8K0.12%−12−1.4%Reduced
Miller Financial Services LLC869$804.0K0.93%00.0%Unchanged
Empirical Asset Management, LLC39,649$804.4K0.22%+38,823+4,700.1%Added
NFP Retirement, Inc.870$805.6K0.05%−233−21.1%Reduced
OneAscent Wealth Management LLC873$808.1K0.27%−6−0.7%Reduced
Legacy Capital Wealth Partners, LLC873$808.5K0.18%+58+7.1%Added
Sterling Investment Counsel, LLC874$808.8K0.26%−464−34.7%Reduced
Trademark Financial Management, LLC874$809.3K0.47%−9−1.0%Reduced
Prasad Wealth Partners, LLC875$809.8K0.23%−95−9.8%Reduced
Altiora Financial Group, LLC875$809.9K0.15%−82−8.6%Reduced
Symmetry Partners, LLC876$811.1K0.09%−11−1.2%Reduced
Cyr Financial Inc.877$811.8K0.55%+30+3.5%Added
Kera Capital Partners, Inc.877$812.0K0.12%−298−25.4%Reduced
Elevate Capital Advisors, LLC879$814.1K0.57%−46−5.0%Reduced
Beacon Financial Group880$815.0K0.08%−25−2.8%Reduced
Tamar Securities, LLC881$815.4K0.09%+24+2.8%Added
Blackstone Group Inc.882$816.4K0.00%+882New
New Capital Management LP884$818.5K0.21%00.0%Unchanged
Cypress Advisory Group LLC885$819.2K0.61%00.0%Unchanged
Unique Wealth, LLC885$819.5K0.12%−37−4.0%Reduced
Mendel Capital Management LLC886$819.7K0.43%+80+9.9%Added
Plum Street Advisors, LLC886$820.1K0.32%00.0%Unchanged
Menard Financial Group LLC886$820.1K0.55%+13+1.5%Added
Davidson Investment Advisors887$820.8K0.03%+127+16.7%Added
Greystone Financial Group, LLC887$821.0K0.13%+185+26.4%Added
Tarbox Family Office, Inc.893$826.6K0.12%+1+0.1%Added
Laidlaw Wealth Management LLC894$827.5K1.97%+38+4.4%Added
M3 Advisory Group, LLC898$831.2K0.52%+12+1.4%Added
Pekin Hardy Strauss, Inc.900$833.1K0.08%+21+2.4%Added