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Sam's Club

Warehouse clubs

Walmart's membership-only warehouse club chain in the US and Puerto Rico, selling groceries, fuel and general merchandise in bulk.

Warehouse clubsSince 1983
How it started

Walmart's own warehouse club.

1983the year it started

Walmart opened the first Sam's Club in 1983 to enter the membership warehouse club format.

How big it is

How big is Sam's Club?

601ClubsFY2026
$93.0BNet salesFY2026
$15.0BeCommerce salesFY2026
Its place in Walmart

One in eight Walmart sales dollars.

13%of Walmart net salesFY2026

Sam's Club is Walmart's membership business, where member fees are a big part of the segment's operating income.

Who it competes with
CostcoBBJ's Wholesale ClubAmazon
What Walmart does not disclose
  • Number of members
  • Membership fee income of Sam's Club alone
  • Sam's Club China (reported in Walmart International, not this segment)
  • Headquarters of Sam's Club in the 10-K
The group behind itWalmart
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Sources

Every number on this page comes from Walmart's own reports.

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