Growth Metrics

Costco Wholesale (COST) Accumulated Expenses (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale filings provide 18 years of Accumulated Expenses readings, the most recent being $2.8 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Accumulated Expenses rose 13.73% to $2.8 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was $2.8 billion, a 13.73% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $2.7 billion, up 9.94% from a year prior.
  • Accumulated Expenses hit $2.8 billion in Q1 2026 for Costco Wholesale, down from $5.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Accumulated Expenses ranged from a high of $5.2 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $1.8 billion in Q1 2022.
  • Median Accumulated Expenses over the past 5 years was $2.7 billion (2025), compared with a mean of $3.2 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Accumulated Expenses: surged 162.18% in 2022 and later crashed 48.11% in 2025.
  • Costco Wholesale's Accumulated Expenses stood at $2.0 billion in 2022, then skyrocketed by 128.38% to $4.5 billion in 2023, then rose by 6.95% to $4.8 billion in 2024, then increased by 8.09% to $5.2 billion in 2025, then plummeted by 45.22% to $2.8 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Accumulated Expenses were $2.8 billion (Q1 2026), $5.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.7 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.