July 13, 2004

2004 Q2 Supplemental Information

Fastenal Company and Subsidiaries
Supplemental Information

The accompanying supplemental information is unaudited.

Fastenal product line sales expressed as a % of net sales:

	Quarter	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

	1st	73.8%	69.2%	67.0%	61.5%	57.5%*	55.2%	55.0%
	2nd	71.7%	68.5%	64.6%	59.8%	57.5%*	54.9%	55.8%
	3rd	71.0%	68.0%	63.1%	58.2%*	56.1%*	54.7%
	4th	69.9%	67.6%	62.8%	58.3%*	55.6%*	54.6%
* This percentage is calculated before the impact of the August 2001 acquisition.

Average daily sales rate (in thousands):

	Month	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

	January	$1,803	$2,148	$2,630	$3,156	$3,333	$3,674	$4,267
	February	$1,883	$2,292	$2,746	$3,190	$3,418	$3,688	$4,431
	March	$1,958	$2,351	$2,861	$3,188	$3,480	$3,869	$4,608
	April	$1,914	$2,342	$2,905	$3,167	$3,546	$3,802	$4,643
	May	$2,021	$2,482	$2,964	$3,242	$3,640	$3,883	$4,877
	June	$2,087	$2,503	$3,084	$3,316	$3,770	$3,995	$5,021
	July	$2,034	$2,495	$3,016	$3,238	$3,614	$3,910
	August	$2,102	$2,522	$3,107	$3,290	$3,720	$4,046
	September	$2,122	$2,560	$3,182	$3,458	$3,837	$4,160
	October	$2,144	$2,598	$3,200	$3,332	$3,671	$4,173
	November	$2,073	$2,492	$3,012	$3,087	$3,529	$4,042
	December	$1,912	$2,409	$2,836	$2,980	$3,213	$3,756

Growth rate by age of store:

	Quarter	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

		2-5 years old	2-5 years old	2-5 years old	2-5 years old	2-5 years old	2-5 years old	2-5 years old
	1st	41.2%	26.0%	35.8%	24.8%	13.2%	23.4%	24.9%
	2nd	33.9%	22.8%	32.2%	15.8%	17.7%	15.0%	23.8%
	3rd	18.8%	24.9%	27.5%	6.9%	16.8%	13.2%
	4th	15.6%	24.8%	24.3%	3.0%	18.5%	16.1%

		5+ years old	5+ years old	5+ years old	5+ years old	5+ years old	5+ years old	5+ years old
	1st	13.1%	7.6%	16.6%	4.8%	(5.8%)	4.1%	11.2%
	2nd	11.4%	10.9%	12.8%	(2.1%)	1.0%	0.5%	17.6%
	3rd	9.2%	10.2%	10.3%	(4.5%)	3.2%	3.1%
	4th	4.4%	12.8%	10.5%	(9.7%)	3.9%	7.1%

Total head count at the end of the period:
	(includes full time and part time employees)

	Quarter	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

		Branch	Branch	Branch	Branch	Branch	Branch	Branch
	1st	2,742	3,204	3,853	4,444	4,411	4,703	5,014
	2nd	2,980	3,352	4,239	4,433	4,858	4,690	5,297
	3rd	3,168	3,471	4,284	4,418	4,966	4,703
	4th	3,025	3,670	4,356	4,263	4,743	4,835

		Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support	Support
	1st	1,409	1,585	1,885	2,134	2,300	2,156	2,076
	2nd	1,567	1,721	2,094	2,093	2,552	2,083	2,243
	3rd	1,567	1,785	2,204	2,342	2,722	2,032
	4th	1,524	1,823	2,121	2,273	2,365	2,016

Total store (site) openings:

	Quarter	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

	1st	46	1	12	50	24	36	49
	2nd	37	12	22	44	53	35	78
	3rd	38	10	20	25	37	35
	4th	1	21	36	9	30	45

	Cumulative	122	44	90	128	144	151	127

Significant dates:

Fastenal Company anticipates publishing its consolidated net sales figures on the third business day of each month at this website. Fastenal Company anticipates its 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in late February 2005.

Fastenal Company anticipates its next earnings press release date will be:

	Q3 - 2004		Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Fastenal Company anticipates its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 30 days of the end of the quarter.

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