Trademark owner · USPTO register · rebuilt nightly

Costco Wholesale Membership, Inc.

65 live US trademarks, filing since 1983. 1 new application filed this year.

Live marks
65
registered + pending
Registered
64
on the Principal Register
Pending
1
applications in progress
Filed in 2026
1
by filing date
Classes used
14
of 45 Nice classes
First filing
1983
43 years on the register
At a glanceplain-language reads of the register
Spread across 14 classes. The largest is Class 35 (advertising & business) with 15 of 65 live marks.
Entering Class 14 (jewelry & watches): first filings this year in a class with no earlier Costco Wholesale Membership, Inc. marks.
3 registrations have a maintenance filing due in the next 12 months.
Filing activityapplications per year, by filing date
0 4 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1 so far

Marks held on the register, by filing date. 2026 is year to date.

Portfolio by classlive marks · rank among filers in that class

A multi-class mark counts once per class. Rank shown where the owner is in the class's top 50.

Latest activity

What Costco Wholesale Membership, Inc. filed most recently.

MarkClassFiledBasisStatusSerial
COSTCO 14, 35 Aug 4, 2026 — pending 50031467
COSTCO 25 Mar 14, 2024 — registered Dec 31 98449987
C 9 Feb 15, 2024 — registered Dec 24 98407075
COSTCO NEXT 35 Dec 15, 2022 — registered May 6 97719633
COSTCO WHOLESALE NEXT 35 Dec 15, 2022 — registered May 7 97719775
COSTCO 35, 39, 43 Aug 16, 2022 — registered Oct 3 97551223
COSTCO TRAVEL 35, 39, 43 Aug 15, 2022 — registered Oct 31 97548247
COSTCO CONNECTION 9 Nov 19, 2018 — registered Sep 3 88199179
COSTCOGROCERY 35, 39 Nov 29, 2017 — registered Aug 14 87701284
COSTCO 37 Oct 6, 2016 — registered May 9 87195626
Maintenance windows aheadnext 12 months · from registration dates
COSTCO · Reg. 2,029,565 · registered Jan 1997
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 30)
Jan 14, 2026 → Jan 14, 2027
GOLD STAR MEMBER · Reg. 2,045,634 · registered Mar 1997
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 30)
Mar 18, 2026 → Mar 18, 2027
COSTCO · Reg. 5,199,807 · registered May 2017
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
May 9, 2026 → May 9, 2027

A filing missed by the due date enters a six-month grace period, then the registration cancels.

Names on the registerwhat this page merges, and what it leaves out
COSTCO WHOLESALE MEMBERSHIP, INC. · 65 live marks
included
Costco Wholesale Corporation · 97 live marks · may be a related company
separate page

Spellings are merged when they differ only in punctuation or legal suffix. Anything else stays separate rather than guessed.

Common questions

About Costco Wholesale Membership, Inc. trademarks.

How many trademarks does Costco Wholesale Membership, Inc. have?

65 live US trademarks as of October 23, 2026: 64 registered and 1 pending applications. 1 were filed in 2026 so far.

What does Costco Wholesale Membership, Inc. sell, according to its trademarks?

Mostly advertising & business (Class 35, 15 live marks). Also science & technology (saas) (Class 42) and insurance & finance (Class 36).

Who owns the COSTCO trademark?

COSTCO is owned by Costco Wholesale Membership, Inc.. It was registered on February 5, 1985 (Reg. No. 1318685) and is live. The same owner holds 64 other live US marks.

When did Costco Wholesale Membership, Inc. first file a trademark?

Its oldest live US filing dates from 1983: COSTCO, filed October 13, 1983.

Know the morning after Costco Wholesale Membership, Inc. files.

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