Companies Companies Dollar General Dollar General in Fortune Rankings Discount retailer Dollar General operates over 20,000 stores and employs more than 195,000 people across the U.S., particularly in small towns and rural communities. The country’s biggest variety store by revenue, Dollar General sells a wide range of consumer staples from food and cleaning supplies to gardening tools and prepaid phones. The company has an array of private labels but also offers popular name brands like Clorox and Nestlé. Founded in 1939 as J.L. Turner and Son Wholesale, the company took its current name in 1968.
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Company Information Company Information World's Most Admired Companies Key Financials (last Fiscal Year) Profit Ratios Earnings Per Share (last Fiscal Year) Total Return Updated: 7/28/26 Country/Territory: U.S. Headquarters: Goodlettsville, Tenn. Industry: Specialty Retailers CEO: Todd J. Vasos Website: https://www.dollargeneral.com Ticker: DG Company type: Public Revenues ($M): $42,724 Profits ($M): $1,512 Market value ($M): $27,229 Number of employees: 194,000 Figures are for fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2026. Market value as of July 13, 2026.
Sector: Stores and Distributors Industry: Specialty Retailers Current All-Star Rank: - Previous All-Star Rank: - Industry Rank: 5 Previous Industry Rank: 7 Overall Score: 6.89 Innovation: - People Management: - Use of Corporate Assets: - Social Responsibility: - Quality of Management: - Financial Soundness: - Long-Term Investment Value: - Quality of Products/Services: - Global Competitiveness: - Due to weak distribution of responses, only the aggregate industry score and rank are published.
$ Millions % change Revenues ($M): $42,724.4 5.2% Profits ($M): $1,512.3 34.4% Assets ($M): $30,963.7 - Total Stockholder Equity ($M): $8,512 - Profit as % of Revenues: 3.5% Profits as % of Assets: 4.9% Profits as % of Stockholder Equity: 17.8% Earnings Per Share ($): 6.90 EPS % Change (from prior fiscal year): 34.1% EPS % Change (5 year annual rate): -8.4% EPS % Change (10 year annual rate): 5.7% Total Return to Investors (last year): 79.6% Total Return to Investors (5 year, annualized): -7.4% Total Return to Investors (10 year, annualized): 7.7%
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