Skip to main content
Costco10-K: COO change

Multiple new COOs appointed in 2026, signaling operational leadership refresh

What happened

Costco promoted several new COOs for key divisions like Merchandising and regional operations, indicating a significant refresh in operational leadership.

Source

SEC EDGAROct 6, 2026

Annual report (Form 10-K)

Costco 10-K for FY2026

Filing excerpt

Sarah George, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer - Merchandising. Ms. George was Senior Vice President, Merchandising - Foods and Sundries, from 2023 to March 2026...

sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000093/cost-20260830.htmRead the full source

Other signals in this filing (10)

Extracted by Autobound

From the Signal API record
Signal
10-K: COO change

What this signalsA new leader often reviews the tools the team uses.

Period
FY2026
Fiscal year end
08/30
Filed
Oct 6, 2026

Latest 10-K at other companies

The full record

From the Signal API record

Details

CIK
909832
Accession number
0000909832-26-000093
Timeframe
Current year
Filing year
2026
Why it matters
Operations vendor review
Signal category
Leadership

Topics and mentions

Regions named

  • Northeast Region

Extraction

Confidence
High
Relevance
80%
Sentiment
Positive
Detected
Oct 13, 2026
signal_type
sec-10k
signal_subtype
cooChange

Use this data

Get every 10-K signal for Costco and the companies you sell to, in the tools you already use.

  1. Ask Claude about it

    Connect Autobound to Claude, Claude Code or Cursor with MCP. Then ask: “What changed at Costco this week?”

  2. Send it to your own tools

    The Signal API returns 10-K signals for any list of companies as JSON, for your CRM, warehouse or app.

  3. Try it free

    Sign up and spend your free credits on the companies you sell to.

    Start Free1,000 free credits

The API returns more than this page shows

This page shows a preview. The full sec-10k record in the Signal API and MCP can also have these 8 fields. Some fields are empty for some signals.

Company

  • linkedin_urlValue in the API
  • industriesValue in the API
  • employee_count_lowValue in the API
  • employee_count_highValue in the API
  • revenueValue in the API
  • descriptionValue in the API

Signal

  • signal_nameValue in the API
  • associationValue in the API
Show the full JSONThe record on this page and the API request

GET /v1/signals/fa4f09a7-f1ef-4e93-bc79-64aac7990bcf returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for costco.com.

{
  "signal_id": "fa4f09a7-f1ef-4e93-bc79-64aac7990bcf",
  "signal_type": "sec-10k",
  "signal_subtype": "cooChange",
  "detected_at": "2026-10-13T07:04:59.824+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Costco",
    "domain": "costco.com"
  },
  "data": {
    "detail": "Costco promoted several new COOs for key divisions like Merchandising and regional operations, indicating a significant refresh in operational leadership. These new leaders will be evaluating current processes and systems related to supply chain, merchandising, and warehouse operations, creating openings for technology and consulting vendors in those areas.",
    "metrics": {
      "timeframe": "current_year"
    },
    "summary": "Multiple new COOs appointed in 2026, signaling operational leadership refresh",
    "excerpts": "Sarah George, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer - Merchandising. Ms. George was Senior Vice President, Merchandising - Foods and Sundries, from 2023 to March 2026...",
    "relevance": 0.8,
    "sentiment": "positive",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909832/000090983226000093/cost-20260830.htm",
    "filing_date": "2026-10-06",
    "filing_year": 2026,
    "fiscal_year_end": "08/30",
    "sales_relevance": "Operations vendor review",
    "signal_category": "leadership",
    "regions_mentioned": [
      "Northeast Region"
    ]
  }
}

Long text fields are shortened on this page.

Looking up one signal by its id is free. Enrich costs 2 credits per signal returned; a call with no results is free.