Dollar General number of employees

Dollar General reported 194,000 employees at January 30, 2026 in its latest annual report, down 200 (0.1%) on the year before. That compares with 163,000 at January 28, 2022. Revenue per employee was $220,229.

Headcount by year

Fiscal year end	Employees	Change	Revenue per employee	Source
January 30, 2026	194,000	−200 (0.1%)	$220,229	10-K, filed March 20, 2026
January 31, 2025	194,200	+8,400 (4.5%)	$209,126	10-K, filed March 21, 2025
February 2, 2024	185,800	+15,800 (9.3%)	$208,243	10-K, filed March 25, 2024
February 3, 2023	170,000	+7,000 (4.3%)	$222,617	10-K, filed March 24, 2023
January 28, 2022	163,000	—	$209,941	10-K, filed March 18, 2022

What the annual reports say

As of February 27, 2026, we employed approximately 194,000 full-time and part-time employees, including divisional and regional managers, district managers, store managers, other store employees, and distribution center, fleet and administrative employees. 2026 annual report
As of February 28, 2025, we employed approximately 194,200 full-time and part-time employees, including divisional and regional managers, district managers, store managers, other store employees, and distribution center, fleet and administrative employees. 2025 annual report
As of March 1, 2024, we employed approximately 185,800 full-time and part-time employees, including divisional and regional managers, district managers, store managers, other store employees, and distribution center, fleet and administrative employees. 2024 annual report
As of March 3, 2023, we employed more than 170,000 full-time and part-time employees, including divisional and regional managers, district managers, store managers, other store personnel, and distribution center, fleet and administrative personnel. 2023 annual report
As of February 25, 2022, we employed approximately 163,000 full-time and part-time employees, including divisional and regional managers, district managers, store managers, other store personnel, and distribution center, fleet and administrative personnel. 2022 annual report

Headcount as the company states it in Item 1 of its annual report (some count full-time equivalents or exclude part-time and temporary staff), at the date it gives. Years where the report states no clear total are left out rather than estimated. Changes can reflect acquisitions and disposals as well as hiring and job cuts.

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Figures from Dollar General's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Dollar General.