FY 24 Statistics
Employee Spotlight
Costco
Accounting Division Departments
Washington State Fun Facts Facts
100

Costco opened this number of US locations in FY24

How many is 24

100

This employee hit 25 years with the company in September

Who is Todd

100

He is the new CFO of Costco

Who is Gary Millerchip

100

This department is responsible for the accurate and timely payment of freight invoices, assigning correct general ledger accounts, researching payment discrepancies, and auditing payments processed through the accounting system.

What is AP Freight?

100

This is the states 2nd highest mountain

What is Mt Adams

200

1657 is our first location in which US state

What is Maine

200

This employee joined the team in June 2024

Who is Jaxon

200

As of the most recent filing Costco operates this many warehouses in this number of countries

What is 890 warehouses in 14 countries?

200

This department processes book inventory adjustments for receiving and return to vendor (RTV) errors submitted by Costco warehouses and depots in the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada.

What is OAS?

200

This lake is the 3rd deepest lake in the United States with a depth of 1,486ft

What is Lake Chelan?

300

This was the sole opening in Canada in FY24

What is 1655 NW Toronto

300

These employees have birthdays in October

Who are Michael, Michelle & Erika

300
Costco's total number of card holders by the end of FY24 was

What is 136.8 Million

300

This department is a resource and serves as the primary liaison between the International Accounting teams and the Accounting team within the U.S. Home Office.

What is Global Accounting and Reporting (GAR) 

300

Over 50 years ago this mountain was known as the Mt Fuji of the West

What is Mt St Helens

400

Fixed assets worked through this many cap requests in FY24.

How much is 22,336

400

These employees currently in our group were former interns.

Who are Ruthanne, Kerry, Nick, Jaxon, Erika, Nathan, Joel, Bryan and Devon

400

What are Costco's core merchandise Categories?

Foods & Sundries

Non-Foods

Fresh Foods

Warehouse Ancillary 

Other Businesses

400

This department is responsible for setting up Temporary Price Discounts (TPDs) in the iSeries and SAP, monitoring, billing suppliers, and resolving issues for the US and Canada locations. The department works closely with Merchandising, warehouses, Marketing, and suppliers to ensure the success of TPD programs. The department enforces accounting policies and controls in accordance with established internal and external reporting requirements.

What is Member Considerations?

400

This Washington city shares the name of a former employee in this group.

What is Lyle, Washington

500

Capital Expenditures for Q4 YTD were

How much is $4,710M
500

This employees coworkers thought he was on the football team when he first started as a seasonal stocker due to him having to be at all the football games when in reality he was in the marching band.

Who is Michael?

500

Costco employs this many employees worldwide by the end of FY24.

What is 333,000

500

This department supports Costco’s corporate departments and admins (total of about 6,000 employees) and is responsible for processing wage adjustments and terminations for all US and PR locations.

What is Central Payroll Processing (CPP) 

500

This Washington cheese maker has their flagship location in Pike Place Market

What is Beechers