Costco Wholesale (COST) S-8 Registration of securities for employees

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Costco Wholesale Corporation:

We consent to the use of our reports dated October 11, 2016, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Costco Wholesale Corporation as of August 28, 2016 and August 30, 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the52-week periods ended August 28, 2016, August 30, 2015, and August 31, 2014, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of August 28, 2016, which reports appear in the August 28, 2016 annual report on Form10-K of Costco Wholesale Corporation.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Seattle, Washington

May 31, 2017