Approx. US locations
~640
US stores (US and Puerto Rico warehouses), per Costco Wholesale August 2026 sales release, as of September 2026
Panel refresh
Daily
Signal type
Dwell-confirmed visits
How GSDSI covers Costco
Costco operates a membership-warehouse format with an average US location serving a wide trade area: typical home-origin distributions extend 15-25 miles. GSDSI's daily-refresh mobility panel captures dwell-confirmed visits at the warehouse-polygon level, surfacing the long-dwell, low-frequency visitation shape that distinguishes warehouse clubs from conventional grocery and mass-merchandise competitors.
Typical use cases
- Sell-side analysts tracking COST visitation ahead of quarterly comparable-sales reports
- Competitive visitation benchmarking vs. Sam's Club, BJ's Wholesale
- Trade-area analysis for new-warehouse site selection
- Long-dwell / large-basket visit shape inference for membership-economics models
Underlying GSDSI products and research
Location & Mobility Data Feed: Foot Traffic, O-D
Daily location and mobility data with a US and Canada feed and country-specific coverage. Origin-destination flows, dwell and visit attribution, consent-based.
Enterprise POI Polygons & Geofencing Data Feed
Global POI inventory and geofence-ready polygons for foot-traffic and site selection. Deduped, polygon-quality validated, refreshed on a per-dataset schedule.
Alternative Data for Finance (Tickerized Signals)
Tickerized consumer signals for fundamental research and quant strategies. Foot-traffic, card, web-intent, and ACR mapped to public equity tickers. Quant-ready.
Competitive Benchmarking Data (Foot Traffic)
Foot traffic, market share, and transaction trends across retail, CPG, and restaurant categories. Track share-of-visit vs. competitors with daily-fresh data.
How CRE Investors Use Origin-Destination Data
Worked examples of how origin-destination mobility data sharpens site-selection underwriting, tenant-mix planning, and lease-negotiation decisions in CRE.
Alternative Data in Equity Research: Buyer Guide
A grounded look at where alternative data adds alpha and where it doesn’t, plus a buyer’s checklist for evaluating tickerized signal vendors before signing.