(KTLA) — Costco, known for its bulk items, rotisserie chicken, $1.50 food court combo, and cheaper gas, previously revealed it plans to open 30 or more new warehouses annually in the coming years. Some of that growth is already underway.
Roughly half of the new warehouses are expected to open in the U.S., CEO Ron Vachris said during a March second-quarter earnings call. One is expected to open in Wisconsin this August.
The warehouse retailer has a presence in all but three states — sorry, Rhode Island, West Virginia, and Wyoming. In 10 states — Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Vermont — there are three or fewer Costco locations.
Costco has already opened new warehouses in Roseville, California, St. George, Utah, and Forney and Liberty Hill, Texas, this year. Two more locations are expected to open soon.
The New Braunfels, Texas, warehouse is set to open on May 15, while a new location in North Visalia, California, is set to open on May 21 after previously being scheduled to open in April.
This is a Costco Warehouse in Cranberry Township, Pa., Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
What is being called “Latin America’s biggest Costco” in Monterrey, Mexico, also opens this month.
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Costco lists several additional new locations set to open in June:
- Syracuse, Utah
- Pensacola, Florida
- Chandler, Arizona
The latter will be a business center that is set to open on June 1.
An international location has also been announced, set to open in July in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Then in August, Costco plans to open warehouses in:
- Albany, New York
- Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
- Otsego, Minnesota.
According to Vachris, future international warehouses are also planned for Mexico, Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Costco doesn’t list any additional soon-to-open warehouses on its website, but a standalone gas station is expected to open later this year in Mission Viejo, California. Another is anticipated for Hawaii next year.
A new Costco warehouse could be coming to Fresno, California, soon. The location, which aims to replace an existing store, has been in the works for years, Nexstar’s KSEE/KGPE reported in January. The process is ongoing.
In December, officials approved a plan to bring a Costco to Lake St. Louis, Missouri. It would be the sixth in the region, according to Nexstar’s KTVI.
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Efforts to bring a Costco to Southborough, Massachusetts; Eagle, Idaho; Silver Spring, Maryland; and Des Plaines, Illinois, continue, local reporting shows. The latter is anticipated to be a business center.
Construction could soon begin on a Costco warehouse in Scottsdale, Arizona, that would be the company’s first location on tribal land. An opening date has not yet been revealed for the store on Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community land
Costco’s expansion comes as a classic menu item is set to get a change at the food court.
