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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 and beauty 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.
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 books distribution ecommerce games groceries health & beauty pharmacy toys	Tags Retail consumer products & services department stores ecommerce supermarkets	Tags Retail consumer products & services ecommerce supermarkets	Tags Retail clothing consumer products & services department stores ecommerce furniture health & beauty
Locations	Locations Goodlettsville, US HQ	Locations Deerfield, US HQ	Locations Bentonville, US HQ Mississauga, CA Quilicura, CL Shenzhen, CN San José, CR San Salvador, SV Ciudad De Guatemala, GT see more	Locations Charlotte, US HQ	Locations Minneapolis, US HQ Bengaluru, IN Brooklyn Park, US Pittsburgh, US Sunnyvale, US Tempe, US
Employees	Employees 163,0003% increase	Employees 240,000	Employees 2,300,000	Employees 63,1585% increase	Employees 450,00010% increase
Valuation ($)	Valuation ($) 47 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 375.9 b	Valuation ($) N/A	Valuation ($) 73.4 b
Twitter followers	Twitter followers 89.3 k	Twitter followers 835.3 k	Twitter followers 1.4 m	Twitter followers 48.3 k	Twitter followers 2.1 m
Number of tweets (last 30 days)	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 91	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 617	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 889	Number of tweets (last 30 days) 32	Number of tweets (last 30 days) N/A
Average likes per tweet (last 30 days)	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 0.4	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 1.9	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 3.1	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 1.6	Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) N/A
Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days)	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 13.19%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 14.26%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 43.64%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 84.38%	Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) N/A
Employee Rating	Employee Rating 3	Employee Rating 3.1	Employee Rating 3.3	Employee Rating 4.3	Employee Rating 3.6
Financial
Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est.) $34.2b (FY, 2021)	Revenue (est.) N/A	Revenue (est.) $611.3b (FY, 2023)	Revenue (est.) $10.5b (FY, 2014)	Revenue (est.) $109.1b (FY, 2022)
Cost of goods	Cost of goods $23.4b (FY, 2021)	Cost of goods N/A	Cost of goods $463.7b (FY, 2023)	Cost of goods $6.9b (FY, 2014)	Cost of goods $82.2b (FY, 2022)
Gross profit	Gross profit $10.8b (FY, 2021)	Gross profit N/A	Gross profit $147.6b (FY, 2023)	Gross profit $3.5b (FY, 2014)	Gross profit $26.9b (FY, 2022)
Net income	Net income $2.4b (FY, 2021)	Net income N/A	Net income $11.3b (FY, 2023)	Net income $284.5m (FY, 2014)	Net income $2.8b (FY, 2022)
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, 2022)	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, 2022)	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)