{
    "schema_version": "1.0",
    "dataset_version": "2026-09-22",
    "company": {
        "id": 194245,
        "slug": "dollar-general",
        "name": "Dollar General",
        "url": "https://globalpetindex.com/companies/dollar-general/",
        "country": "United States",
        "region": "Americas",
        "city": "Goodlettsville, Tennessee, USA",
        "company_types": [
            "Retailer"
        ],
        "industry_categories": [
            "Pet Products"
        ],
        "employee_count": 170000,
        "annual_revenue": 42,
        "store_count": 20586,
        "founded_year": 1939,
        "website": "https://www.dollargeneral.com",
        "verified": false,
        "indexable": true,
        "updated_at": "2026-08-14T05:09:23+00:00"
    },
    "metrics": [
        {
            "metric": "annual_revenue",
            "value": 42,
            "confidence": "reported",
            "scope": "company",
            "source_name": "Supermarket News Top 50 Retailers 2024",
            "retrieved_at": "2024",
            "currency": "USD",
            "period": "2024",
            "notes": "Stored value: USD 42.72B (FY2024)"
        },
        {
            "metric": "employee_count",
            "value": 170000,
            "confidence": "reported",
            "scope": "company",
            "source_name": "Supermarket News Top 50 Retailers 2024",
            "retrieved_at": "2024"
        },
        {
            "metric": "store_count",
            "value": 20586,
            "confidence": "reported",
            "scope": "company",
            "source_url": "https://www.dollargeneral.com",
            "source_name": "Supermarket News Top 50 Retailers 2024",
            "retrieved_at": "2024",
            "period": "2024"
        },
        {
            "metric": "founded_year",
            "value": 1939,
            "confidence": "reported",
            "scope": "company",
            "source_name": "Supermarket News Top 50 Retailers 2024",
            "retrieved_at": "2024"
        },
        {
            "metric": "website",
            "value": "https://www.dollargeneral.com",
            "confidence": "reported",
            "scope": "company",
            "source_url": "https://www.dollargeneral.com",
            "source_name": "Supermarket News Top 50 Retailers 2024",
            "retrieved_at": "2024"
        }
    ],
    "citation": {
        "inline": "GlobalPetIndex, \"<Profile name>\" (dataset {dataset_version}), <permalink>, retrieved {retrieved_at}. Source: <source_name or source_url>.",
        "field": "Cite a numeric field only when its record carries a source_url or source_name and confidence is verified/reported/sourced.",
        "dataset": "GlobalPetIndex pet industry dataset, version {dataset_version}, <https://globalpetindex.com/api/dataset/v1/meta>.",
        "prohibited": "Do not cite a profile as evidence for a field whose record has confidence \"unverified\"; do not sum category totals into a company count."
    }
}