Dollar General Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Dollar General's competitors and similar companies include Walgreens, Walmart, Family Dollar Stores, Dollar Tree and Target.

	Dollar General Dollar General (DG) is a discount retailer selling products from various brands.	Walgreens Walgreens is a store that provides pharmaceutical, personal care, and household products.	Walmart Walmart is a retail company that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores.	Family Dollar Stores Family Dollar Stores is an online retailer of consumer goods.	Dollar Tree Dollar Tree is an operator of discount variety stores.	Target Target is a general merchandise retailer selling products through stores and digital channels.
Founding Date	Founding Date 1939	Founding Date 1901	Founding Date 1962	Founding Date 1959	Founding Date 1953	Founding Date 1902
Type	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Public
Tags	Tags Retail clothing consumer products & services ecommerce electronics health & beauty pets toys	Tags Retail accessories books distribution ecommerce games groceries health & beauty pharmacy toys	Tags Retail consumer products & services delivery department stores distribution ecommerce electronics groceries health & beauty supermarkets	Tags Retail consumer products & services ecommerce supermarkets	Tags Retail consumer goods consumer products & services ecommerce supermarkets	Tags Retail accessories clothing consumer products & services department stores distribution ecommerce furniture groceries health & beauty processed food
Locations	Locations Goodlettsville, US HQ	Locations Deerfield, US HQ	Locations Bentonville, US HQ Mississauga, CA Shenzhen, CN San José, CR San Salvador, SV Ciudad De Guatemala, GT Tegucigalpa, HN see more	Locations Charlotte, US HQ	Locations Chesapeake, US HQ	Locations Minneapolis, US HQ Bengaluru, IN Brooklyn Park, US New York, US Salt Lake City, US Sioux Falls, US Sunnyvale, US see more
Employees	Employees 185,8009% increase	Employees 86,7531% increase	Employees 2,100,000	Employees 90,5501% increase	Employees 65,0255% increase	Employees 440,0006% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 17.5 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 665.2 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 13.9 b	Valuation ($) 68.1 b
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $38.7b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) N/A	Revenue (est.) $648.1b (FY, 2024)	Revenue (est.) $10.5b (FY, 2014)	Revenue (est.) $30.6b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $106.6b (FY, 2024)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $27b (FY, 2023)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $490.1b (FY, 2024)	Cost of goods $6.9b (FY, 2014)	Cost of goods $21.3b (FY, 2023)	Cost of goods $76.5b (FY, 2024)
Gross profit	Gross profit $11.7b (FY, 2023)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $158b (FY, 2024)	Gross profit $3.5b (FY, 2014)	Gross profit $9.3b (FY, 2023)	Gross profit $30.1b (FY, 2024)
Net income	Net income $1.7b (FY, 2023)	Net income N/A	Net income $16.3b (FY, 2024)	Net income $284.5m (FY, 2014)	Net income ($998.4m) (FY, 2023)	Net income $4.1b (FY, 2024)
Operating ⚠
Distribution Centers	Distribution Centers N/A	Distribution Centers N/A	Distribution Centers N/A	Distribution Centers N/A	Distribution Centers 28 (Q3, 2020)	Distribution Centers 48 (FY, 2022)
Retail Space, sq. ft.	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A	Retail Space, sq. ft. 1.1 b (FY, 2023)	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A	Retail Space, sq. ft. N/A	Retail Space, sq. ft. 243.3 m (FY, 2022)
Selling Space, sq. ft.	Selling Space, sq. ft. 127.1 m (FY, 2020)	Selling Space, sq. ft. N/A	Selling Space, sq. ft. N/A	Selling Space, sq. ft. N/A	Selling Space, sq. ft. 124.3 m (Q3, 2020)	Selling Space, sq. ft. N/A
Stores	Stores 17.2 k (FY, 2020)	Stores N/A	Stores 10.5 k (FY, 2023)	Stores N/A	Stores 15.6 k (Q3, 2020)	Stores 1.9 k (FY, 2022)
Stores Closed	Stores Closed 101 (FY, 2020)	Stores Closed N/A	Stores Closed N/A	Stores Closed N/A	Stores Closed 56 (Q3, 2020)	Stores Closed 3 (FY, 2022)
Stores Opened	Stores Opened 1 k (FY, 2020)	Stores Opened N/A	Stores Opened N/A	Stores Opened N/A	Stores Opened 373 (Q3, 2020)	Stores Opened 32 (FY, 2022)