Does Costco do "business"? It buys merchandise from suppliers, sells to people. It's incorporated. Its shares are traded on the NASDAQ. Yes, evidently, it parta

Does Costco do "business"? It buys merchandise from suppliers, sells to people. It's incorporated. Its shares are traded on the NASDAQ. Yes, evidently, it partakes in business. Is it owned by the public (the state), or by private persons? Private persons. It is a private business.