Does Costco do passport photos?

No. Costco closed its in-warehouse photo departments by February 14, 2021, listing passport photos among the discontinued services, and shut its online photo center in January 2023. Today Costco's photo page offers only a Shutterfly mail-order discount, with no in-warehouse photo services.

Does Sam's Club take passport photos?

No. Sam's Club's own help page states that as of June 29, 2020 all Sam's Club Photo Centers permanently closed and passport photos are no longer offered. Its current photo service is online mail-order prints only, with no in-club photo center.

Can I get a passport photo at Rite Aid?

No, because Rite Aid no longer exists as a store chain: after its 2025 bankruptcy wind-down, Rite Aid's own website announced that all Rite Aid stores have now closed. Any page quoting a Rite Aid passport photo price is out of date.

Does Target take passport photos?

Target itself has never offered a passport photo service. Some Target stores contain CVS pharmacies, and a subset of those have photo counters that do; that is a per-store question for the CVS locator, not a Target service.

Where should I go instead?

The live counters are Walmart ($7.64, the cheapest), The UPS Store ($11.99 to $13.99), USPS ($15 by appointment), FedEx Office ($15.95), Walgreens ($16.99 with a free emailed digital copy) and CVS ($17.99). Or skip the trip: check a phone photo free against the official rules and get the digital file plus six printable copies for $9.99.

Status checked September 2026 · from each retailer's own pages

Costco passport photos: discontinued since 2021

Costco no longer takes passport photos: it closed its in-warehouse photo departments by February 14, 2021, naming passport photos among the discontinued services, and shut the online photo center in January 2023. It is not alone; a whole generation of pages still sends people to counters that no longer exist. Sam's Club ended photo services in June 2020, Rite Aid closed all of its stores in 2025, and Target never offered them. Here is the verified status of each, and where the live counters actually are.

The stores that no longer take passport photos

Retailers that discontinued passport photos, with dates
Store	Status	What their own pages say
Costco	Discontinued February 2021	Photo departments closed warehouse-wide (passport photos named in the closure); the online photo center followed in January 2023. Costco's photo page today offers only a Shutterfly discount
Sam's Club	Discontinued June 2020	Its own help page: all Photo Centers permanently closed as of June 29, 2020, passport photos no longer offered; there is no in-club photo center
Rite Aid	Chain closed 2025	After the 2025 wind-down, Rite Aid's site announced all stores have closed; the service cannot exist
Target	Never offered	No Target photo service exists; some in-Target CVS pharmacies with photo counters may take photos, checkable per store via the CVS locator

Where to actually go (live prices)

The counters that still operate, cheapest first: Walmart $7.64, The UPS Store $11.99 to $13.99, USPS $15 (appointment), FedEx Office $15.95, Walgreens $16.99 (free emailed digital copy) and CVS $17.99. All sell two 2 x 2 prints. And the reason Costco gave for closing, that phones made photo counters obsolete, cuts the other way too: your phone plus a free rule-by-rule check replaces the counter entirely.

Discontinued-store questions

Does Costco do passport photos?: No. Costco closed its in-warehouse photo departments by February 14, 2021, listing passport photos among the discontinued services, and shut its online photo center in January 2023. Today Costco's photo page offers only a Shutterfly mail-order discount, with no in-warehouse photo services.
Does Sam's Club take passport photos?: No. Sam's Club's own help page states that as of June 29, 2020 all Sam's Club Photo Centers permanently closed and passport photos are no longer offered. Its current photo service is online mail-order prints only, with no in-club photo center.
Can I get a passport photo at Rite Aid?: No, because Rite Aid no longer exists as a store chain: after its 2025 bankruptcy wind-down, Rite Aid's own website announced that all Rite Aid stores have now closed. Any page quoting a Rite Aid passport photo price is out of date.
Does Target take passport photos?: Target itself has never offered a passport photo service. Some Target stores contain CVS pharmacies, and a subset of those have photo counters that do; that is a per-store question for the CVS locator, not a Target service.
Where should I go instead?: The live counters are Walmart ($7.64, the cheapest), The UPS Store ($11.99 to $13.99), USPS ($15 by appointment), FedEx Office ($15.95), Walgreens ($16.99 with a free emailed digital copy) and CVS ($17.99). Or skip the trip: check a phone photo free against the official rules and get the digital file plus six printable copies for $9.99.

The counter that can never close

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