DECEMBER 2020 INFORMATION WEB RELEASE

Release date: 1/20/21

Fastenal Company and Subsidiaries (Fastenal)

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

2020

2019

Change

Net sales

$

428,840

373,731

14.7%

Business days

21

20

5.0%

Daily sales

$

20,421

18,687

9.3%

Impact of currency fluctuations

0.4%

0.1%

Historical1

Daily sales in January

$

21,039

20,314

1 Represents the average from 2015 to 2019 for the

Change in daily sales since January

(2.9%)

(8.0%)

(4.4%)

same sequential period, excluding the impact of the

Daily sales last month

$

22,051

20,654

March 2017 Mansco acquisition.

Change in daily sales since last month

(7.4%)

(9.5%)

(7.4%)

Daily sales growth by geography2

United States

7.7%

0.0%

2 Calculated using US days and US dollars.

Canada/Mexico

14.4%

5.8%

Rest of World

34.4%

12.8%

Daily sales growth by end market

Manufacturing

4.6%

1.9%

Non-residential construction

(8.6%)

0.2%

Daily sales growth by product line

Fasteners

0.5%

(0.5%)

Safety

36.7%

7.9%

Other

4.8%

0.3%

Growth metrics by customer/channel type3

Daily sales growth - national accounts

11.0%

5.0%

Daily sales growth - non-national accounts

7.0%

(5.0%)

% of Top 100 national accounts growing

44.0%

49.0%

% of public branches growing

55.0%

49.2%

3 Daily sales growth rates are rounded to whole percentage rates.

Employee headcount at month end

Dec-20

Dec-19

Change

Nov-20

Change

In-market locations (branches & Onsites) - FTE

11,260

12,236

(8.0%)

11,272

(0.1%)

Non-in-market selling - FTE

1,923

1,824

5.4%

1,908

0.8%

Total selling personnel - FTE

13,183

14,060

(6.2%)

13,180

0.0%

Distribution/Transportation personnel - FTE

2,591

2,895

(10.5%)

2,603

(0.5%)

Manufacturing personnel - FTE

607

674

(9.9%)

613

(1.0%)

Administrative personnel - FTE

1,455

1,339

8.7%

1,440

1.0%

Total non-selling personnel - FTE

4,653

4,908

(5.2%)

4,656

(0.1%)

Total personnel - FTE

17,836

18,968

(6.0%)

17,836

0.0%

Total personnel - absolute

20,365

21,948

(7.2%)

20,357

0.0%

Definitions in release:

Net sales - Net sales for the period indicated.

Daily sales - Net sales divided by the number of business days in the US.

FTE - Full-time equivalent headcount.

Next monthly sales release date: Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 6:00 AM(central time)

Next earnings release date: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 6:00 AM(central time)

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