How Dollar General makes money

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FY2025

How does Dollar General make money? This Sankey traces every dollar of revenue through the income statement — into cost of revenue, R&D, SG&A, and taxes — and shows what's left as profit. Pick any fiscal year, recent quarter, or the trailing twelve months. Straight from SEC filings.

Dollar General Corporation · FY2025 · year ended 2026-01-30

Revenue$42.7BGross profit$13.1B · 31%Cost of revenue$29.6B · 69%Operating income$2.2B · 5%Operating expenses$10.9B · 26%SG&A$10.9B · 26%Pre-tax income$2.0B · 5%Other expense$239M · 1%Net income$1.5B · 4%Income tax$452M · 1%Consumables$35.1B · 82%Seasonal$4.3B · 10%Home Products$2.2B · 5%Apparel$1.1B · 3%

Each fiscal year from SEC filings. Percentages are share of revenue, so the green profit nodes read directly as gross / operating / net margin. Line items a company doesn't break out are derived from their siblings so the flows balance; small residuals show as “Other.” For informational purposes only.