Hudson's Bay Company vs Costco

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Hudson's Bay Company is the older of the two, founded in 1670 — 313 years before Costco.

Founded: 1670; 1983
Status: Closed 2025; Active
Headquarters: Brampton, Canada; Issaquah, United States
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Médard des Groseilliers; Sol Price, James Sinegal, Jeffrey Brotman
Employees: 70,000; 316,000
Legal form: joint-stock company; Profit Corporation
Listed on: Not recorded; Nasdaq
Website: hbc.com; costco.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Hudson's Bay Company and Costco.