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PROPERTIES
Warehouse Properties
At August 30, 2009, we operated 527 membership warehouses:
NUMBER OF WAREHOUSES
Own Land
and Building
Lease Land
and/or
Building(1) Total
United States and Puerto Rico .................... 323 83 406
Canada ...................................... 68 9 77
United Kingdom ................................ 19 2 21
Japan ........................................ 1 8 9
Korea ........................................ 3 4 7
Taiwan ....................................... — 6 6
Australia ...................................... 1 — 1
Total ..................................... 415 112 527
(1) 75 of the 112 leases are land-leases only, where Costco owns the building.
The following schedule shows warehouse openings (net of closings) by region for the past five fiscal
years and expected warehouse openings (net of closings) through December 31, 2009:
Openings by Fiscal Year United States Canada
Other
International Total
Total Warehouses
in Operation
2005 and prior .................... 338 65 30 433 433
2006 ............................ 20 3 2 25 458
2007 ............................ 25 3 2 30 488
2008 ............................ 15 4 5 24 512
2009 ............................ 8 2 5 15 527
2010 (expected through 12/31/09) .... 7 — — 7 534
Total ........................ 413 77 44 534
The 32 warehouses operated by Costco Mexico, under our oversight, at the end of 2009 are not
included in the above tables. We opened one warehouse in Mexico in 2009.
At the end of 2009, our warehouses contained approximately 75.2 million square feet of operating floor
space: 58.6 million in the United States, 10.5 million in Canada and 6.1 million in other international
locations, excluding Mexico.
Administrative and Merchandise Distribution Properties
Our executive offices are located in Issaquah, Washington and occupy approximately 445,000 square
feet. We operated eight regional offices in the United States, two regional offices in Canada and five
regional offices internationally at the end of 2009, containing approximately 334,000 square feet.
Additionally, we operate regional cross-docking facilities (depots) for the consolidation and distribution
of most shipments to the warehouses, and various processing, packaging, and other facilities to
support ancillary and other businesses. At the end of 2009, we operated eleven depots in the United
States, four in Canada and three internationally, excluding Mexico, consisting of approximately
7.3 million square feet.
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