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FASTENAL CO · 2026-08-07 · Importance 42 · Surprise 40

Fastenal’s July daily sales increased 15.5% year over year to $825.8 million, extending the company’s streak of double-digit growth to 13 consecutive months. Growth was broad-based across heavy manufacturing, non-residential construction, OEM, and MRO customer markets. Sales increased across all geographic regions, although growth among the top 100 national accounts moderated slightly. The overall industrial supplies and construction demand environment was characterized as stable to modestly positive despite normal seasonal declines.

Key facts

• Industrial Distribution reported July sales growth was consistent across all customer markets and geographic regions, including significant jumps to heavy manufacturers, the U.S., OEM, and MRO customers. source