401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Dollar General Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$722M
Total assets Above avg plan size
199,599
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$3,620
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Dollar General Corporation · Tennessee · Retail Trade

$722M in assets, 199,599 participants

Dollar General Corporation's Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported $722M in total assets and 199,599 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #8,309 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Tennessee

Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan covers 199,599 participants in Tennessee, 177x the typical Tennessee plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $722M.

#8,309
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+20.5%
assets growth YoY
7.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$722,473,838 Top 2% higher than 98% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan is a mega filing (199,599 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$82M in the plan year 2022 filing to $123M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $600M in the plan year 2022 filing to $722M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 185,609 in the plan year 2022 filing to 199,599 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 610502302 · Dollar General Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)

Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan · $722M · 199,599 · 98th

  • PART $722M
  • PART 199,599
  • PART 98th
  • PART 401(k)
  • PART near Its USA Retirement Savings Plan
  • PART ind #8309

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Tennessee →

Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement PlanDollar General Corp 401(k) S…$722MIts USA Retirement Savings PlanIts USA Retirement Savings P…$722MHarvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanHarvard Medical Faculty Phys…$722MTrinity Health 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanTrinity Health 401(k) Retire…$722MNavient 401(k) Savings Plan$722M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Tennessee filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$600M
Net Assets (End of Year)$722M
Net Income$123M
Employer EIN610502302
Plan Effective Date1982-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Dollar General Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Dollar General Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$825M 37.48059161071376% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$600M$700M$800M$900M 202220232024 $600M $825M ▲ +37.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 185,609 $600M
2023 1 199,599 $722M
2024 1 217,948 $825M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Tennessee

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000400000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.722473838 · Participants: 199599Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement PlanFedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.88081991 · Participants: 127010Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings PlanHca 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.53517366 · Participants: 291649Hca 401(k) PlanFederal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.743557391 · Participants: 5728Federal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings PlanInternational Paper Company Salaried Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.621886139 · Participants: 12153International Paper Company Salaried Savings PlanChs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.517708174 · Participants: 62487Chs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants
Compare Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan

Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reports $722M in end-of-year assets across 199,599 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.21% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $3,620 per participant (3% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $123M.

This plan identity (EIN 610502302, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $600M to $825M (+37.5%) while covered participants moved from 185,609 to 217,948 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 185,609 $600M Open filing
2023 199,599 $722M This page
2024 · index core 217,948 $825M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Tennessee, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Its USA Retirement Savings Plan in TX ($722M); by covered participants it is Unitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings Plan in MN (198,972 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (199,599 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 20.5% during 2023, from $600M to $722M. Reported net income was $123M.
How have Dollar General Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Dollar General Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 37.5%, from $600M to $825M.
Where does Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Its USA Retirement Savings Plan in TX ($722M, 6,265 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Unitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings Plan in MN (198,972 participants, $22.4B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 610502302.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.