Code Snippets
curl "https://financialdata.net/api/v1/employee-count?identifier=COST&key=API_KEY"import requests
url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/employee-count?identifier=COST&key=API_KEY'
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())
const url = 'https://financialdata.net/api/v1/employee-count?identifier=COST&key=API_KEY';
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Sample Response
[
{
"trading_symbol": "COST",
"central_index_key": "0000909832",
"registrant_name": "COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW",
"fiscal_year": "2026",
"employee_count": 355000
},
...
]Query Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| identifier | string | The trading symbol for a security, or the central index key (CIK). The latter is assigned to the entity by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. (e.g., MSFT, 0000789019) |
| format | string | (Optional) The format of the returned data, either JSON or CSV. Defaults to JSON. (e.g., json, csv) |
Endpoint Overview
This API endpoint returns the total number of company employees for a particular year. The historical data covers several thousand US and international companies.
Company Profile
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW
NASDAQ: COST- Market Cap:$451.60B
- ISIN:US22160K1051
- Fiscal Year End:08/30
- CEO:Ron Vachris
- Employees:341000
Costco Wholesale Corporation is an American multinational corporation that operates a chain of membership-only big-box warehouse club retail stores. As of 2025, Costco is the third-largest retailer in the world, and as of August 2024, the world's largest retailer of beef, poultry, organic produce, and wine, with just under a third of American consumers regularly shopping at Costco warehouses. As of 2026, Costco is ranked 12th on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
COST Datasets
COST Stock QuotesCOST Stock PricesCOST Minute PricesCOST Company InformationCOST Key MetricsCOST Market CapCOST Executive CompensationCOST Income StatementsCOST Balance Sheet StatementsCOST Cash Flow StatementsCOST Insider TransactionsCOST Senate TradingCOST Institutional HoldingsCOST Analyst ConsensusCOST Earnings ReleasesCOST Stock SplitsCOST DividendsCOST Short Interest