Company
Dollar General Corporation
Discount variety retailer. Taken private in July 2007 and returned to public markets in November 2009.
- RECORDED STATUS
- Active
- RECORD
- Native record
Who owns it?
No verified current owner published
We have not published a verified current-owner claim for this entity. Recorded ownership data appears below.
Ownership assessment
Verified findings
Facts and causal attributions that have passed evidence review and remain backed by their reviewed sources.
Location Count
8,577 stores
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026
Enforcement Action
Nov. 18, 2019
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026
Enforcement Action
July 17, 2023
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026
Location Count
20,959 stores
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026
Distribution To Owners
approximately $239.3 million aggregate special dividend on outstanding common stock (including restricted stock), paid September 11, 2009 to shareholders of record September 8, 2009 (USD)
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026
Recorded ownership
Database ownership records. These are not automatically verified current-owner claims.
- Status
- Former
- Control
- Control
- Start
- July 6, 2007
- End
- No recorded end date
- Deal
- Buck Holdings take-private of Dollar General Corporation (2007)
Native record
Ownership began
July 6, 2007
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026
Ownership percentage
0
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026
Ownership percentage
87.9
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2026
Recorded deals
Deal records naming this entity. A recorded status is not an independently verified closing fact.
Dollar General Corporation initial public offering (November 2009)
Other · Completed · Target
Buck Holdings take-private of Dollar General Corporation (2007)
Take-private · Completed · Target
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