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Basis of presentation and accounting policies (Detail 2) (Purchases, Supplier concentration)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 30, 2015
Largest supplier
 
Concentration of risk  
Concentration risk, percentage 7.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_CostOfGoodsTotalMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember
/ dg_MajorSupplierAxis
= dg_LargestSupplierMember
Second largest supplier
 
Concentration of risk  
Concentration risk, percentage 7.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_CostOfGoodsTotalMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SupplierConcentrationRiskMember
/ dg_MajorSupplierAxis
= dg_SecondLargestSupplierMember