Costco
Its government footprint in one place: federal money, influence and market activity, each row linked to its source. Federal figures gathered Oct 25, 2026.
In plain words
In the last 12 months insiders sold 3 times ($3.8M) and bought 0 times ($0); 0 of the 3 sales whose filing shows the plan box were planned in advance.
Written by fixed rules from the figures on this page. No opinion, no prediction.
Government moneyⓘ
Obligations: money an agency has formally committed to pay under a contract. Not the same as money already paid, and not revenue.
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Obligations: money an agency has formally committed to pay under a contract. Not the same as money already paid, and not revenue.SEC revenue and federal obligations
The last months of this window may be incomplete: defense contracts reach USAspending up to 90 days after signing.
- FY2026Oct 2025 to Sep 2026$0$303.2B year to Aug 30, 2026
- FY2025Oct 2024 to Sep 2025$0$275.2B year to Aug 31, 2025
- FY2024Oct 2023 to Sep 2024$0$254.5B year to Sep 1, 2024
- FY2023Oct 2022 to Sep 2023$0$242.3B year to Sep 3, 2023
- FY2022Oct 2021 to Sep 2022$0Revenue for this year not on file
What these numbers are
Obligated means an agency committed the money to this company in that period (a signed contract action), as reported to USAspending. It is not a payment and not revenue: a contract can be funded for several years at once, and revenue is booked as the work is done. Some years can exceed revenue for that reason.
Prime contracts only, and only what is published. Work the company does as a subcontractor is not in these figures, and classified contracts are not published on USAspending at all. A low share can mean either. Contract values, ceilings and options are never added in.
Which units count: the USAspending recipient that is the company's SEC registrant; units of the company that USAspending's own records place under it (as parent, or in its family tree); and subsidiaries from the company's SEC Exhibit 21 that carry its name. Joint ventures, units now owned by someone else, and records that only share a name are held back. Both lists are below.
Earlier years count the units the company owns today. A unit we checked by hand (its USAspending parent is out of date) counts from the date the company bought it, or, where no filing gives that date, from the first date a filing shows the company owning it. Other units count for every year shown until their purchase dates are loaded.
Revenue bars are the company's own fiscal year from its 10-K, placed in the federal year it ends in; its fiscal year can end in a different month than the government's.
Fiscal year 2022 onward. Federal fiscal years run October to September; the company's own fiscal year may differ.
Units counted (0), held back (1)
Held back: a matching name we could not tie to this company firmly enough. A miss is better than a wrong link.
- COSTCO (an old record with no UEI whose name is not exactly the company's SEC name)
Contracts ending in the next 18 months
None in the contracts we hold for this company.
Amount: obligated to date. From the contracts in HillSignal's records tied to this ticker; the full list of contracts ending across government is on Recompetes.
Influence
Foreign agents (FARA)ⓘ
FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act): people who work in the US for a foreign government, party or company must register and report what they do and what they are paid.
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FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act): people who work in the US for a foreign government, party or company must register and report what they do and what they are paid.No FARA ties found in our records, through its lobbying firms or its own name.
Lobbying
No lobbying filings tied to this company in the Senate LDA records we hold.
PAC giving
No corporate PAC tied to this company in the FEC records we hold.
Marketⓘ
A 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule an insider sets up in advance, so sales under it say less about the insider’s view.
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A 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule an insider sets up in advance, so sales under it say less about the insider’s view.Insider trades
- Wilcox William Richard Executive Vice PresidentSold $1.1M · Oct 13, 2026
- Frates Caton Sr. Executive Vice PresidentSold $733K · Sep 29, 2026
- Adamo Claudine Executive Vice PresidentSold $2.0M · Sep 29, 2026
Open-market buys and sells from SEC Form 4 filings; grants and option exercises left out, and trades whose filed price failed our market check. A 10b5-1 plan is a trading schedule set in advance, so those sells say little about the insider's view. The plan box is on filings from April 2023 on.
Members of Congress who traded it
- Richard W. Allen GASold $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-10-14
- Rohit Khanna CABought $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-09-04
- Rich McCormick Sold $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-08-17
- Alan Armstrong Bought $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-07-21
- Dan Newhouse WABought $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-07-17
- Gilbert Cisneros D-CABought $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-02-13
- Markwayne Mullin OKBought $15,001 - $50,000filed 2026-01-16
- Gilbert Cisneros D-CASold $1,001 - $15,000filed 2026-01-12
Fund holders with contract wins (13F)ⓘ
13F: a quarterly SEC filing in which large investment managers list the US stocks they hold, filed up to 45 days after the quarter.
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13F: a quarterly SEC filing in which large investment managers list the US stocks they hold, filed up to 45 days after the quarter.None found.
People and connections
Key people
- Wilcox William RichardExecutive Vice President
- Adamo ClaudineExecutive Vice President
- Frates CatonSr. Executive Vice President
Connections
Connections to other companies, executives and members of Congress, from disclosed trades, shared officers and public filings, are part of Pro. See Pro
Activity
Every record that names this company by ticker, newest first: awards, bills, executive actions, SEC filings, news, private raises and patents.
- NewsArgument at Sam’s Club leads to man shot outside Costco, Sacramento sheriff saysSep 10, 2026
- Executive actionExcluding Certain Canadian Alcoholic Beverages from Importation into the United States in Response to Continued Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States with Respect to Alcoholic BeveragesSep 8, 2026
- NewsCostco Tariff Refunds: Warehouse Club Is One of the Few Retailers Saying It Will Pay Customers Back. How and When?Aug 23, 2026
- NewsTop Retailers Report More Than $5 Billion In Tariff Refunds. They’re Mostly Keeping The Money.Aug 21, 2026
- NewsCostco Is Getting Into Medicare — Here’s What Its New Health Insurance Plans Could Mean for SeniorsAug 18, 2026
- NewsJim Cramer Discussed Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) & Forecast BumpsAug 14, 2026
- NewsCostco makes a pricing promise members need to knowAug 14, 2026
- NewsA Supreme Court Ruling Against Trump's Tariffs Could Trigger Up to $175 Billion in Refunds, a Potential Tailwind for Import-Heavy RetailersJul 31, 2026
- NewsBest Long-Term Investment Stocks to BuyJul 31, 2026
- BillStop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026Feb 12, 2026
- BillFood Date Labeling Act of 2025Jul 30, 2025
- BillReclaim Trade Powers ActMar 27, 2025
Sources and limits
USAspending (prime contracts only; no subcontracts or classified work; defense contracts can arrive up to 90 days after signing), SEC EDGAR, Senate LDA, FEC, House and Senate disclosures, the Federal Register and the White House. Companies are tied to records by exact name, a verified alias or a subsidiary in the company's own Exhibit 21; a miss is better than a wrong link. A shared date is not proof of cause, and nothing here is investment advice.