Editing Sam's Club (section)

{{Short description|American membership-only warehouse club chain}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Sam's West, Inc.
| trade_name = Sam's Club
| logo = Sam's Club Logo 2020.svg
| logo_size = 
| logo_caption = 
| image = Sam's Club in Onalaska.jpg
| image_size = 270px
| image_caption = Sam's Club in [[Onalaska, Wisconsin]]
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
| parent = [[Walmart|Walmart]]
| founder = [[Sam Walton]]
| industry = [[Retail]]
| former_names = Sam's Wholesale Club (1983-1990)
| founded = {{start date and age|1983|4|7}}, in [[Midwest City, Oklahoma|Midwest City]], [[Oklahoma]], U.S.
| hq_location_city = [[Bentonville, Arkansas]]
| website = {{Official URL}}
| key_people = Chris Nicholas ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| areas_served = [[United States]]<br />[[Mexico]]<br />[[China]]<br />[[Brazil]] <small>(Legally independent)</small>
| products = {{ubl|[[Merchandising|Merchandise]]|[[Cash and carry (wholesale)|Cash & carry]]|[[Warehouse club]]|[[Gas station]]s}}
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| brands = {{ubl|Simply Right|Member's Mark|Bakers & Chefs|Daily Chef|[[Richelieu Foods]]}}
| num_locations = 600 U.S. ({{lcfirst:{{as of|2025|5|18|df=US}}}})<ref name="Information for Walmart Investors: Unit Counts & Square Footage">{{Cite web |title=Retail As warehouse clubs boom, Walmart-owned Sam's Club plans to open 15 stores per year > Financials |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/sams-club-to-expand-stores-amid-costco-bjs-competition.html |website=cnbc.com|date=April 9, 2025 }}</ref>
| members = {{increase}} 69{{nbsp}}million<ref>{{Cite web | title=Sam's Club to Add Locations to Boost Omnichannel | url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2023/sams-club-add-locations-strengthen-omnichannel-capabilities/#:~:text=With%2069%20million%20members%20as,Mass%20Retailers%20and%20Subscription%20Services.%E2%80%9D | access-date=2025-01-25 | website=www.pymnts.com| date=January 26, 2023 }}</ref>
| members_year = 2022
| num_employees = {{increase}} 100,000<ref>{{Cite web | title=Sam's Club will raise pay to catch up with Costco | website=www.cnn.com | date=September 17, 2024 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/17/business/sams-club-jobs-pay-costco/index.html#:~:text=Sam's%20Club%2C%20the%20membership%20club,$50%20for%20a%20regular%20membership.}}</ref>
| num_employees_year = 2024
}}
'''Sam's West, Inc.''' ([[Trade name|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'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam's Wholesale Club {{!}} American company {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sams-Wholesale-Club |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> {{As of|2025|1|31|df=US}}, 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Repko |first=Melissa |date=2025-04-09 |title=As warehouse clubs boom, Walmart-owned Sam's Club plans to open 15 stores per year |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/sams-club-to-expand-stores-amid-costco-bjs-competition.html |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> 

{{As of|2025|5|18|df=US}}, 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)|Washington State]], and [[Vermont]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Repko |first=Melissa |date=2025-04-09 |title=As warehouse clubs boom, Walmart-owned Sam's Club plans to open 15 stores per year |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/sams-club-to-expand-stores-amid-costco-bjs-competition.html |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>. Sam's Club offers car wash services at gas stations in 41 locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://help.samsclub.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/380/~/sams-club-fuel-center-details|website=samsclub.com|title=Sam's Club Fuel Center Details |access-date=October 15, 2019}}</ref>

Sam's Club also operates 173 locations in [[Mexico]] and 48 locations in [[China]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=As China embraces membership stores, Sam's Club expansion gathers pace |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/china-embraces-membership-stores-sams-club-expansion-gathers-pace-2023-07-20/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231107234823/https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/china-embraces-membership-stores-sams-club-expansion-gathers-pace-2023-07-20/ |archive-date=2023-11-07 |access-date=2025-05-18 |work=Reuters |language=en-US}}</ref> 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 {{convert|32000|-|168000|sqft|abbr=on}}, with an average club size of approximately {{convert|134000|sqft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="annual_report">{{cite web |url=https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0000104169/c68fb8be-2602-4f2a-aee0-261b4f04b970.pdf |title=Walmart FY 2022 Annual Report |publisher=[[Walmart]]}}</ref> Sam's Club had six locations in [[Canada]] from 2006 to 2009.