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

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

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

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

The transfer marks a significant step for the low cost retail large, whose fuel stations at present warehouse places have lengthy been tormented by prolonged wait occasions, heavy visitors and crowded parking tons.

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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 accredited for demolition final 12 months to make method for the venture. It’ll neighbor a Krispy Kreme location, a Dairy Queen Chill & Grill and a Jack within the Field.

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

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

The brand new fuel station can be open every day from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. completely for Costco members, C-store Dive reported.

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

In response to GasBuddy, fuel costs within the Mission Viejo space at the moment vary from $5.69 to $6.35 per gallon.

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

Drivers refuel autos at a Costco Wholesale Corp. fuel station in Brookhaven, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)

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

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Gasoline 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 fuel at $4.14 per gallon, in line with the Costco app.