Sam's Club gift cards

Sam's West, Inc. (doing business as Sam's Club) is a subsidiary of Walmart that operates a chain of membership-only warehouse club retail stores. Founded in 1983 as Sam's Wholesale Club, it was named after Walmart founder Sam Walton. As of January 31, 2025, Sam's Club ranked 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. As of May 18, 2026, Sam's Club operated 602 membership warehouse clubs in the United States across 44 states and Puerto Rico, with no locations in Alaska, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, or Vermont. Sam's Club offers car wash services at gas stations in 41 locations. Outside of the United States, Sam's Club operates 173 locations in Mexico and 48 locations in China. 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, using the Sam's Club name under license. Locations generally range in size from 32,000 to 168,000 sq ft (3,000 to 15,600 m2), with an average club size of approximately 134,000 sq ft (12,400 m2). Sam's Club had six locations in Canada from 2003 to 2009.