APRIL 2021 INFORMATION WEB RELEASE

Release date: 5/6/21

Fastenal Company and Subsidiaries (Fastenal)

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

2021

2020

Change

Net sales

$

497,143

491,488

1.2%

Business days

22

22

0.0%

Daily sales

$

22,597

22,340

1.2%

Impact of currency fluctuations

1.1%

(0.5%)

Historical*

Daily sales in January

$

22,398

21,039

The historical figure represents the average from

Change in daily sales since January

0.9%

6.2%

4.4% 2015 to 2019.

Daily sales last month

$

23,103

21,496

Change in daily sales since last month

(2.2%)

3.9%

0.1%

Daily sales growth by geography

United States

(4.3%)

10.0%

Calculated using US days and US dollars.

Canada/Mexico

50.1%

(19.7%)

Rest of World

26.7%

9.4%

Total Company

1.2%

6.7%

Daily sales growth by end market

Manufacturing

30.8%

(15.6%)

Non-residential construction

11.9%

(15.5%)

Daily sales growth by product line

Fasteners

33.3%

(22.5%)

Safety

(40.9%)

119.7%

Other

16.0%

(10.1%)

Growth metrics by customer/channel type

Daily sales growth - national accounts

(5.0%)

16.0%

Daily sales growth - non-national accounts

9.0%

(6.0%)

% of Top 100 national accounts growing

71.0%

22.0%

% of public branches growing

72.8%

34.1%

Daily sales growth rates are rounded to whole percentage rates.

Employee headcount at month end

Apr-21

Apr-20

Change

Mar-21

Change

In-market locations (branches & Onsites) - FTE

11,260

11,535

(2.4%)

11,323

(0.6%)

Non-in-market selling - FTE

1,972

1,882

4.8%

1,977

(0.3%)

Total selling personnel - FTE

13,232

13,417

(1.4%)

13,300

(0.5%)

Distribution/Transportation personnel - FTE

2,629

2,602

1.0%

2,695

(2.4%)

Manufacturing personnel - FTE

612

660

(7.3%)

613

(0.2%)

Administrative personnel - FTE

1,513

1,385

9.2%

1,486

1.8%

Total non-selling personnel - FTE

4,754

4,647

2.3%

4,794

(0.8%)

Total personnel - FTE

17,986

18,064

(0.4%)

18,094

(0.6%)

Total personnel - absolute

20,401

21,587

(5.5%)

20,532

(0.6%)

  • Historical averages exclude the impact of the March 2017 acquisition of Mansco. They also exclude 2020, a year during which many months were significantly impacted by COVID-19 surge activity and so would not be considered representative of normal activity.

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: Friday, June 4, 2021 at 6:00 AM(central time)

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

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