AUGUST 2017 INFORMATION WEB RELEASE

Fastenal Company and Subsidiaries (Fastenal) (Dollar amounts in thousands)

2017

2016

Change

Release date: 9/7/17

Net sales

$ 411,486

364,874

12.8%

Business days

23

23

0.0%

Daily sales

$ 17,891

15,864

12.8%

Impact of acquisitions

1.3%

0.7%

Impact of currency fluctuations

0.2%

0.0%

Impact of Hurricane Harvey (est.)

-0.4% to -0.5%

Historical

2017

2016

5-Year Average1

1 The 'Historical 5-year Average' includes the years 2012 to 2016.

Daily sales in January

$ 16,002

15,418

2 Inclusion of Manufacturers Supply

Change in daily sales since January

11.8% 2

2.9%

8.3%

Company ('Mansco'), which we acquired

Daily sales last month

$ 17,498

15,498

in March 2017, added 1.3pps to the

Change in daily sales since last month

2.2%

2.4%

3.8%

change in daily sales since January.

Daily sales growth by geography

2017

2016

United States

12.2%

-0.7%

Total North America

12.6%

0.2%

Total Company

12.8%

0.3%

Daily sales growth by end market 3

2017

2016 *

3 Inclusion of Mansco, which we acquired

Manufacturing

14.6%

-0.3%

in March 2017, added 2.0pps to the

Non-residential construction

6.4%

-0.6%

daily sales growth of manufacturing.

Daily sales growth by product line

2017

2016

4 Inclusion of Mansco, which we acquired

Fasteners 4

12.2%

-4.1%

in March 2017, added 3.8pps to the

Other

13.3%

3.1%

daily sales growth of fasteners.

Number of public branches opened

2017

2016

Quarter-to-date

3

5

Year-to-date

13

32

Number of branch locations

2,454

2,610

Total personnel - absolute 20,111 19,891 1.1%

Absolute Headcount Change-12M

Absolute Headcount Change-YTD

Employee headcount at month end 2017 ** 2016 Change

Branch and Onsite personnel - FTE 11,694 11,394 2.6%

Non-branch selling personnel - FTE 1,638 1,563 4.8%

Total selling personnel - FTE 13,332 12,957 2.9%

Distribution personnel - FTE 2,541 2,493 1.9%

Manufacturing personnel - FTE 604 590 2.4%

Administrative personnel - FTE 1,102 1,090 1.1%

Total non-selling personnel - FTE 4,247 4,173 1.8%

Total personnel - FTE 17,579 17,130 2.6%

1.0%

4.1%

1.3%

0.1%

2.1%

0.4%

0.4%

1.1%

319

92

411

-25

33

68

76

487

Comments:

* In July 2017, we reclassified certain end market designations. This resulted in modest changes to the August 2016 end market rates of change.

** The August 2017 headcount includes 115 branch and Onsite FTE (123 absolute headcount) in connection with the acquisition of Mansco.

Definitions in release:

Net sales - Net sales for the period indicated.

Daily sales - Net sales divided by the number of business days in the United States. FTE - Full-time equivalent headcount.

Change 12M - Twelve month change. / Change YTD - Year-to-date change.

Next monthly sales release date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 6:00 AM (central time) Next earnings release date: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 6:00 AM (central time)

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