Costco to open its first stand-alone gasoline station in Mission Viejo

Costco is ready to debut its first stand-alone gasoline station this summer time in Mission Viejo, California, marking a significant enlargement of its gas operations, with a second location in Hawaii slated to open subsequent 12 months.

The California location, situated roughly 50 miles from Los Angeles, is anticipated to open in late June, in accordance to native outlet KABC, citing metropolis officers. It should grow to be the chain’s largest gasoline station, that includes 40 pumps.

A second location is within the works for Honolulu, Hawaii, within the Kapālama Kai neighborhood, in accordance to C-store Dive, citing a spokesperson from personal schooling system Kamehameha Colleges, which owns the undertaking.

The transfer marks a significant step for the low cost retail large, whose gasoline stations at present warehouse areas have lengthy been suffering from prolonged wait occasions, heavy visitors and crowded parking heaps.

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Costco’s Mission Viejo web site at 25732 El Paseo will sit on the previous location of a Mattress Bathtub & Past, which metropolis officers accepted for demolition final 12 months to make approach for the undertaking. It should neighbor a Krispy Kreme location, a Dairy Queen Chill & Grill and a Jack within the Field.

The undertaking will characteristic 20 fueling dispensers, equal to 40 pumping stations, in line with 2025 metropolis planning paperwork.

Spanning 17,234 sq. ft, the “fueling cover” can even home an adjunct workplace and breakroom constructing for workers, the paperwork said.

The brand new gasoline station will likely be open every day from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. solely for Costco members, C-store Dive reported.

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A buyer pumps gasoline on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in Schenectady, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Albany Occasions Union through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)

In response to GasBuddy, gasoline costs within the Mission Viejo space presently vary from $5.69 to $6.35 per gallon.

The 2 closest present Costco gasoline stations — on the Laguna Niguel and Laguna Market warehouses, roughly 2.5 to three miles from the deliberate Mission Viejo web site — each listing gasoline at $5.69 per gallon, in line with the Costco app.

Drivers refuel automobiles at a Costco Wholesale Corp. gasoline station in Brookhaven, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)

For the Hawaii location, demolition and preparation of the property started in October 2025 and are ongoing, in line with the undertaking’s web site. 

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Fuel costs in Honolulu vary from $5.14 to $5.59 per gallon, in line with GasBuddy. The closest Costco in Iwilei, about 2.2 miles from the deliberate Kapālama Kai web site, lists gasoline at $4.14 per gallon, in line with the Costco app.