Costco Wholesale (COST) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Costco Wholesale (COST) posted Tax Rate of 25.22% for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Aug 30, 2026), down 0.42 percentage points from 25.64% a year earlier.
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Costco Wholesale (COST) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Aug 30, 2026), Costco Wholesale's Tax Rate came in at 24.69%, down 0.44 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +0.72 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Costco Wholesale's Tax Rate was 25.13% in FY2025 (+0.77 pp), 24.36% in FY2024 (-1.50 pp), 25.86% in FY2023 (+1.31 pp) and 24.55% in FY2022 (+0.59 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has run from a low of 20.70% in fiscal Q1 2022 to a high of 27.10% in fiscal Q4 2023 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.12 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2025, with a gain of 4.09 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2024, with a drop of 3.99 percentage points.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 938.89 Bn | 895.32 Bn | 49.13 Bn | 18.51% |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 441.44 Bn | 364.72 Bn | 12.19 Bn | 25.22% |
| 3 | Sysco | 39.34 Bn | 33.59 Bn | 4.13 Bn | 23.47% |
| 4 | Kroger | 38.49 Bn | 24.64 Bn | 7.86 Bn | 23.57% |
| 5 | Dollar General | 29.44 Bn | 24.12 Bn | 3.68 Bn | 24.23% |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 25.45 Bn | 23.44 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 21.12% |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 23.97 Bn | 20.59 Bn | 2.10 Bn | 25.04% |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 22.39 Bn | 22.19 Bn | 1.92 Bn | 25.47% |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 17.17 Bn | 16.33 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 19.84% |
| 10 | Performance Food | 15.18 Bn | 14.97 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 26.79% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2026 | 25.22% |
| May 10, 2026 | 25.39% |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 25.21% |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 22.53% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 25.64% |
| May 11, 2025 | 26.24% |
| Feb 16, 2025 | 26.18% |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 22.03% |
| Sep 1, 2024 | 24.38% |
| May 12, 2024 | 26.40% |
| Feb 18, 2024 | 22.08% |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 24.55% |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 27.10% |
| May 7, 2023 | 26.48% |
| Feb 12, 2023 | 26.07% |
| Nov 20, 2022 | 22.94% |
| Aug 28, 2022 | 25.36% |
| May 8, 2022 | 24.90% |
| Feb 13, 2022 | 26.71% |
| Nov 21, 2021 | 20.70% |
API Access
Costco Wholesale Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "COST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=COST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();