Posted September 9, 2026
Fastenal net sales increase 16.6% in August
Fastenal reported August net sales of $8.1 sales, a 16.6% increase year of over year.
Daily sales in the U.S. grew 15.5% and represented 83.1% of August sales by geography. For Canada/Mexico, daily sales grew 20.7% and represented 13.6% of the month's sales.
Daily sales growth by end market was:
- Heavy manufacturing: 21.8%, 44.9% of August sales
- Other manufacturing: 14.3%, 31.9% of August sales
- Non-residential construction: 9.6%, 7.9% of August sales
- Other end markets: 13.6%, 15.3% of August sales
Daily sales growth by customer usage was:
- Direct fasteners/hardware: 16.7%, 20.9% of August sales
- Direct cutting tools and abrasives: 21.7%, 5.6% of August sales
- Direct non-fasteners/hardware: 21.8%, 13.4% of August sales
- Total direct materials (production related): 19.1%, 39.9% of August sales
- Indirect fasteners/hardware: 11.7%, 9.4% of August sales
- Indirect safety: 15.7%, 20.7% of August sales
- Indirect non-fasteners/hardware and non-safety: 16.8%, 30.0% of August sales
- Total indirect materials, (MRO related: 15.6%, 60.1% of August sales
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