Dollar General Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all

Dollar General's competitors and similar companies include Walgreens, Walmart, Family Dollar Stores 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.	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 1902
Type	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	Type Public	Type Subsidiary	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 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 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 85,7921% decrease	Employees 2,100,000	Employees 87,3811% increase	Employees 415,0006% decrease
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 17.5 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 665.2 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 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.) $107.4b (FY, 2023)
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 $77.7b (FY, 2023)
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 $29.7b (FY, 2023)
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 $4.1b (FY, 2023)
Operating ⚠
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. 243.3 m (FY, 2022)
Stores	Stores 17.2 k (FY, 2020)	Stores N/A	Stores 10.5 k (FY, 2023)	Stores N/A	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 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 32 (FY, 2022)