When does Dollar General restock?
Dollar General restocks throughout the week; no single day stands out. A product that goes out of stock at Dollar General is typically back within 7 days; 60% are back within a week.
This page answers one question for Dollar General: when products that go out of stock come back. It is Dollar General’s slice of The Retail Availability Gap, StoreLocators’ study of retailer-reported availability across U.S. retail. “Restock” means Dollar General’s website reported the item back in stock for that store; the day is the first day it was reported back, so it can run up to a day late.
7
brands
15
products
21,011
Dollar General stores
210,411
restock events
Availability as reported by Dollar General’s website for a specific store, June 21 to September 18, 2026.
What day does Dollar General restock?
Dollar General restocks throughout the week. No single day stands out: every day of the week accounts for between 13.5% and 14.7% of restocks, against 14.3% for an even spread.
n = 979 product-days across 7 brands.
The day is the first day the product was reported back, so it can run up to a day late.
How long do products stay out of stock at Dollar General?
Half of the products that go out of stock at Dollar General are back within 7 days; 60% are back within a week and 82% within 30 days. 17.7% were still out after 30 days.
n = 217,927 out-of-stock spells across 6 brands. Each share counts only spells that had that many days to come back.
Worth checking tomorrow?
A product reported out today at Dollar General has a 26% chance of being reported back within 1 day, 42% within 3 days and 60% within 7 days.
n = 217,927 out-of-stock spells across 6 brands. Each share counts only spells that had that many days to come back.
More sections as data accumulates
Dollar General has enough restock events for the sections above and not yet for category breakdowns, nearby availability or seasonality. Those appear on their own once the data clears the bar described in the methodology.
What "available" means at Dollar General
The Dollar General website reports whether each store has an item in stock. "Back in stock" here means the site reported the store had it again.
In the study's terms this is a store stock feed. Readings for a specific store were recorded daily at most chains; no shelf was audited.
Source
These numbers are one retailer's slice of The Retail Availability Gap, StoreLocators' study of retailer-reported availability across U.S. retail. Data through September 18, 2026. This page is about Dollar General over time and never compares it with another retailer.