Sam's Club
Sam's Club in Onalaska, Wisconsin | |
| Sam's Club | |
| Formerly | Sam's Wholesale Club (1983-1990) |
| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | April 7, 1983, in Midwest City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Founder | Sam Walton |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 600 U.S. (as of May 18, 2025) |
Areas served | United States Mexico China Brazil (Legally independent) |
Key people | Chris Nicholas (CEO) |
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| Members | 69 million (2022) |
Number of employees | 100,000 (2024) |
| Parent | Walmart |
| Website | www |
Sam's West, Inc. (doing business as Sam's Club) is a chain of membership-only warehouse club retail stores in the United States owned by Walmart. It was founded in 1983 and named after Walmart founder Sam Walton as Sam's Wholesale Club. As of January 31, 2025, Sam's Club ranks second in sales volume among warehouse clubs with $90.2 billion in sales, ahead of BJ's Wholesale Club but behind its main rival Costco.
As of May 18, 2025, Sam's Club operates 600 membership warehouse clubs in the United States across 44 states and Puerto Rico, with no locations in Alaska, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington State, and Vermont. Sam's Club offers car wash services at gas stations in 41 locations.
Sam's Club also operates 173 locations in Mexico and 48 locations in China. Grupo Big, formerly Walmart Brazil, which was de-consolidated from Walmart in August 2018 and since then is part of Carrefour Group, also operates 58 Sam's Club locations in Brazil and to operate them pay a fee for the use of the brand. Locations generally range in size from 32,000–168,000 sq ft (3,000–15,600 m2), with an average club size of approximately 134,000 sq ft (12,400 m2). Sam's Club had six locations in Canada from 2006 to 2009.