Latest headcount
194,000
YoY change
-0.1%
Headcount CAGR
+8.0%
Revenue / employee
$220K
Employee count history for Dollar General
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 18,000 |
| 1996 | 22,000 |
| 1997 | 25,400 |
| 1998 | 27,400 |
| 1999 | 29,820 |
| 2000 | 34,600 |
| 2001 | 48,000 |
| 2003 | 53,500 |
| 2004 | 57,800 |
| 2005 | 63,200 |
| 2006 | 64,500 |
| 2007 | 69,500 |
| 2008 | 71,500 |
| 2009 | 72,500 |
| 2010 | 79,800 |
| 2011 | 85,900 |
| 2012 | 90,000 |
| 2013 | 90,500 |
| 2014 | 100,600 |
| 2015 | 105,500 |
| 2016 | 113,400 |
| 2017 | 121,000 |
| 2018 | 129,000 |
| 2019 | 135,000 |
| 2020 | 143,000 |
| 2021 | 158,000 |
| 2022 | 163,000 |
| 2023 | 170,000 |
| 2024 | 185,800 |
| 2025 | 194,200 |
| 2026 | 194,000 |
Revenue per employee for Dollar General
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $80.5K |
| 1996 | $80.2K |
| 1997 | $84K |
| 1998 | $95.9K |
| 1999 | $108K |
| 2000 | $112K |
| 2001 | $111K |
| 2003 | $114K |
| 2004 | $119K |
| 2005 | $121K |
| 2006 | $133K |
| 2007 | $132K |
| 2008 | $133K |
| 2009 | $144K |
| 2010 | $148K |
| 2011 | $152K |
| 2012 | $165K |
| 2013 | $177K |
| 2014 | $174K |
| 2015 | $179K |
| 2016 | $180K |
| 2017 | $182K |
| 2018 | $182K |
| 2019 | $190K |
| 2020 | $194K |
| 2021 | $214K |
| 2022 | $210K |
| 2023 | $223K |
| 2024 | $208K |
| 2025 | $209K |
| 2026 | $220K |
Earnings per employee for Dollar General
Annual net income divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars; years with a net loss dip below zero.
| Fiscal year | Earnings per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $4.09K |
| 1996 | $3.99K |
| 1997 | $4.53K |
| 1998 | $5.28K |
| 1999 | $6.1K |
| 2000 | $6.34K |
| 2001 | $4.32K |
| 2003 | $4.95K |
| 2004 | $5.21K |
| 2005 | $5.45K |
| 2006 | $5.43K |
| 2007 | $1.98K |
| 2008 | -$179.24 |
| 2009 | $1.49K |
| 2010 | $4.25K |
| 2011 | $7.31K |
| 2012 | $8.52K |
| 2013 | $10.5K |
| 2014 | $10.2K |
| 2015 | $10.1K |
| 2016 | $10.3K |
| 2017 | $10.3K |
| 2018 | $11.9K |
| 2019 | $11.8K |
| 2020 | $12K |
| 2021 | $16.8K |
| 2022 | $14.7K |
| 2023 | $14.2K |
| 2024 | $8.94K |
| 2025 | $5.79K |
| 2026 | $7.8K |
Employee count history for Dollar General (DG)
Annual figures come from annual reports (10-K, or 20-F/40-F for foreign filers); interim rows reflect headcount disclosed in periodic filings. Year-over-year change compares each filing with the prior year's equivalent. Revenue and earnings per employee are annual figures normalized to US dollars.
- 2026194,000-0.1%
- 2025194,200+4.5%
- 2024185,800+9.3%
- 2023170,000+4.3%
- 2022163,000+3.2%
- 2021158,000+10.5%
- 2020143,000+5.9%
- 2019135,000+4.7%
- 2018129,000+6.6%
- 2017121,000+6.7%
- 2016113,400+7.5%
- 2015105,500+4.9%
- 2014100,600+11.2%
- 201390,500+0.6%
- 201290,000+4.8%
- 201185,900+7.6%
- 201079,800+10.1%
- 200972,500+1.4%
- 200871,500+2.9%
- 200769,500+7.8%
- 200664,500+2.1%
- 200563,200+9.3%
- 200457,800+8.0%
- 200353,500—
- 200148,000+38.7%
- 200145,000+30.1%
- 200034,600+16.0%
- 199929,820+8.8%
- 199827,400+7.9%
- 199725,400+15.5%
- 199622,000+22.2%
- 199518,000—
About Dollar General's employee count
Dollar General (DG) employed 194,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -200 (-0.1%) from 194,200 a year earlier.
Across the 1995–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 18,000 to 194,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +8.0% per year.
Dollar General generated about $220K of revenue and $7.8K of net income per employee in its latest annual period. Revenue and earnings per employee gauge how efficiently a company turns headcount into output, and are most telling when tracked over time or compared with peers in the same industry.
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