1 Represents the average from 2015 to 2019 for the
Change in daily sales since January
5.5%
4.9%
7.5%
same sequential period, excluding the impact of the
Daily sales last month
$
22,790
22,298
March 2017 Mansco acquisition.
Change in daily sales since last month
(2.6%)
(4.4%)
(2.5%)
Daily sales growth by geography2
United States
3.0%
3.7%
2 Calculated using US days and US dollars.
Canada/Mexico
6.8%
9.4%
Rest of World
30.7%
4.8%
Daily sales growth by end market
Manufacturing
(0.1%)
5.8%
Non-residential construction
(9.9%)
4.0%
Daily sales growth by product line
Fasteners
(4.7%)
3.4%
Safety
32.0%
8.0%
Other
0.8%
4.3%
Growth metrics by customer/channel type3
Daily sales growth - national accounts
6.0%
10.0%
Daily sales growth - non-national accounts
3.0%
(2.0%)
% of Top 100 national accounts growing
37.0%
61.0%
% of public branches growing
49.5%
56.3%
3 Daily sales growth rates are rounded to whole percentage rates.
Employee headcount at month end
Oct-20
Oct-19
Change
Sep-20
Change
Branch and Onsite personnel - FTE
11,211
12,381
(9.4%)
11,302
(0.8%)
Non-branch selling personnel - FTE
1,909
1,814
5.2%
1,895
0.7%
Total selling personnel - FTE
13,120
14,195
(7.6%)
13,197
(0.6%)
Distribution personnel - FTE
2,614
2,887
(9.5%)
2,638
(0.9%)
Manufacturing personnel - FTE
614
684
(10.2%)
618
(0.6%)
Administrative personnel - FTE
1,414
1,303
8.5%
1,409
0.4%
Total non-selling personnel - FTE
4,642
4,874
(4.8%)
4,665
(0.5%)
Total personnel - FTE
17,762
19,069
(6.9%)
17,862
(0.6%)
Total personnel - absolute
20,290
21,993
(7.7%)
20,336
(0.2%)
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, December 4, 2020 at 6:00 AM(central time)
Next earnings release date: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 6:00 AM(central time)
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Fastenal Company is one of the North American leaders in industrial and construction material distribution. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- fastening products (32.4%): screws, nuts, bolts, joints, etc.;
- protection equipment (21.2%);
- storage and handling equipment (14%);
- industrial assembly and disassembly tools (8.5%);
- pneumatic and hydraulic tools (6.7%);
- cutting equipment (5.3%);
- electrical materials (4.6%);
- welding equipment (4.1%);
- other (3.2%).
At the end of 2023, the group had 3,419 outlets located primarily in the United States/Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic (2,783), Canada (283), Mexico (197), and Europe (89).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (83.6%), Canada and Mexico (13.4%) and other (3%).
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