Dollar General (DG) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)
Dollar General (DG) reported Tax Rate of 24.23% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 0.74 percentage points from 23.48% a year earlier but down 0.66 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Dollar General (DG) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Dollar General's Tax Rate came in at 23.72%, up 1.39 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 30, 2026), it came in at 23.02%, up 1.18 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of +1.01 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Tax Rate came in at 21.84% in FY2025 (+0.22 pp), 21.62% in FY2024 (-0.86 pp), 22.48% in FY2023 (+0.81 pp) and 21.67% in FY2022 (-0.34 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Tax Rate spans a low of 16.24% in fiscal Q4 2025 and a high of 24.89% in fiscal Q1 2027.
- Year over year, Tax Rate has now increased in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.94 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was fiscal Q4 2026 (a gain of 5.60 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2025 (a drop of 3.80 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 came in at 24.89% (Q1 2027), 21.85% (Q4 2026) and 23.59% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 862.64 Bn | 825.34 Bn | 49.13 Bn | 18.51% |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 409.33 Bn | 338.62 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 25.39% |
| 3 | Sysco | 37.65 Bn | 31.90 Bn | 4.13 Bn | 23.47% |
| 4 | Kroger | 35.26 Bn | 21.42 Bn | 7.86 Bn | 23.57% |
| 5 | Dollar General | 27.43 Bn | 22.11 Bn | 3.68 Bn | 24.23% |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 22.41 Bn | 20.40 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 21.12% |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 21.77 Bn | 18.40 Bn | 2.10 Bn | 25.04% |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 20.27 Bn | 20.06 Bn | 1.92 Bn | 25.47% |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 16.74 Bn | 15.90 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 19.84% |
| 10 | Performance Food | 14.36 Bn | 14.14 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 26.79% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 24.23% |
| May 1, 2026 | 24.89% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 21.85% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 23.59% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 23.48% |
| May 2, 2025 | 23.38% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 16.24% |
| Nov 1, 2024 | 23.22% |
| Aug 2, 2024 | 22.34% |
| May 3, 2024 | 23.30% |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 20.04% |
| Nov 3, 2023 | 21.34% |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 22.89% |
| May 5, 2023 | 21.81% |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 23.21% |
| Oct 28, 2022 | 22.79% |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 22.09% |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 21.77% |
| Jan 28, 2022 | 21.20% |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 22.25% |
Dollar General Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "DG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();