Dollar General

discount variety store chain in the USA
Organization business Q145168
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 10 annual filings
Revenue
$42.72B
▲ 5.2% YoY FY2026
Net Income
$1.51B
▲ 34.4% YoY FY2026
Assets
$30.96B
▼ 0.5% YoY FY2026
EPS (diluted)
$6.85
▲ 34.1% YoY FY2026
$0.00$11.75B$23.50B$35.25B$47.00B FY2017: $21.99B · NI $1.25B (5.7% margin)FY2018: $23.47B · NI $1.54B (6.6% margin)FY2019: $25.63B · NI $1.59B (6.2% margin)FY2020: $27.75B · NI $1.71B (6.2% margin)FY2021: $33.75B · NI $2.66B (7.9% margin)FY2022: $34.22B · NI $2.40B (7.0% margin)FY2023: $37.84B · NI $2.42B (6.4% margin)FY2024: $38.69B · NI $1.66B (4.3% margin)FY2025: $40.61B · NI $1.13B (2.8% margin)FY2026: $42.72B · NI $1.51B (3.5% margin) '17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2026-01-30 · accession 0001104659-26-032325

Dollar General

Summary

Dollar General is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,296 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dollar General is in the country of United States[3].
  • Dollar General's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Dollar General's instance of is recorded as enterprise[5].
  • Dollar General's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • Dollar General's instance of is recorded as variety store chain[7].
  • Dollar General's instance of is recorded as discount store[8].
  • Dollar General's instance of is recorded as retail chain[9].
  • Dollar General's headquarters location is recorded as Goodlettsville[10].
  • Dollar General is part of S&P 500[11].
  • Dollar General's Commons category is recorded as Dollar General[12].
  • Dollar General's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[13].
  • Dollar General's industry is recorded as retail[14].
  • January 1, 1939 marks the founding of Dollar General[15].
  • Dollar General's official website is recorded as https://www.dollargeneral.com/[16].
  • Dollar General's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dollar General[17].
  • Dollar General's legal form is recorded as Q130264292[18].
  • Dollar General's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+84513'}[19].
  • Dollar General's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+79239'}[20].
  • Dollar General's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5730'}[21].
  • Dollar General's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+86511'}[22].
  • Dollar General's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+89382'}[23].
  • Dollar General's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+7210'}[24].
  • Dollar General's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+8200'}[25].
  • Dollar General's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+9340'}[26].
  • Dollar General's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+14700'}[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1939 marks the founding of Dollar General[15].

Identity

Dollar General is part of S&P 500[11].

Operations

Dollar General's headquarters location is recorded as Goodlettsville[10].

Industry

Dollar General's industry is recorded as retail[14].

Ownership

Dollar General's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[13].

Why It Matters

Dollar General ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,296 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . Polygon.io. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception
    Part of S&P 500
    Stock exchange
    Stock exchange New York Stock Exchange
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