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Costco will debut its first standalone gas station in Mission Viejo, California this summer, marking a major expansion of its fuel business, with a second location in Hawaii set to open next year.
The California location, located about 50 miles from Los Angeles, is expected to open in late June. according to to local outlet KABC, citing city officials. It will be the largest gas station in the chain, with 40 pumps.
A second location is in the works for Honolulu, Hawaii, in the Kapālama Kai community. according to to C-store Dive, citing a spokesperson for the private education system Kamehameha Schools, which owns the project.
The move marks a major step for the discount retail giant, whose gas stations at existing warehouse locations have long been plagued by long wait times, heavy traffic and overcrowded parking lots.
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Vehicles lined up at a Costco gas station in Vallejo, California, U.S., on Thursday, May 29, 2025. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Costco’s Mission Viejo location at 25732 El Paseo will be on the former site of a Bed Bath & Beyond, which was approved for demolition by city officials last year to make way for the project. It is adjacent to a Krispy Kreme location, a Dairy Queen Chill & Grill and a Jack in the Box.
The project will include twenty gas stations, which corresponds to forty pumping stations according to the city planning documents of 2025.
The “tank canopy” covers 17,234 square feet and will also house an associated office and break room building for employees, the documents said.
The new gas station will be open exclusively to Costco members daily from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., C-store Dive reports.
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A customer pumps gas on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 in Schenectady, NY (Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union via Getty Images/Getty Images)
According to GasBuddy, gas prices in the Mission Viejo area currently range from $5.69 to $6.35 per gallon.
The two closest existing Costco gas stations — at the Laguna Niguel and Laguna Marketplace warehouses, about 2.8 to 3 miles from the planned Mission Viejo location — both list gas prices at $5.69 per gallon, according to the Costco app.
Drivers fuel vehicles at a Costco Wholesale Corp. gas station in Brookhaven, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
For the Hawaii location, demolition and preparation of the property began in October 2025 and is still ongoing, according to the project’s website.
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
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| COSTS | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP. | 983.86 | +4.21 |
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Gas prices in Honolulu range from $5.14 to $5.59 per gallon, according to GasBuddy. The nearest Costco in Iwilei, about 2 miles from the planned Kapālama Kai location, lists gas at $4.14 per gallon, according to the Costco app.
