traded as nasdaq fast s & p 500 component founded 1967 headquarters winona minnesota u.s. number of locations 2 683 april 2014 1 key people daniel l. florness president ceo sheryl ann lisowski cfo christopher williamson vp of quality and engineering 2 revenue us 3 326.106 million 2013 3 us 3 133.577 million 2012 3 operating income us 712.657 million 2013 3 us 673.691 million 2012 3 net income us 448.636 million 2013 3 us 420.536 million 2012 3 total assets us 2 075.784 million 2013 4 us 1 815.832 million 2012 3 total equity us 1 772.697 million 2013 4 us 1 560.36 million 2012 3 number of employees 18 417 full time and part time 2015 2 website www.fastenal.com fastenal company 5 is an american company based in winona minnesota . 6 distributing goods used by other businesses it has over 2 600 branches throughout the us canada mexico and europe along with 13 distribution centers . fastenal resells industrial safety and construction supplies 7 and offers services including inventory management manufacturing and tool repair . 8 fastenal refers to itself as an industrial supply company 8 and reuters calls it an industrial distributor . 6 contents 1 history 2 products and services 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit founded in 1967 by bob kierlin it was incorporated december 24 1968 . 7 fastenal s offerings are purchased not made . but as of 2009 the company has at least one cold heading manufacturing line . by 2004 50 % of product was processed steel . it entered the canadian market in 1994 citation needed as of 2009 fastenal had retail sales outlets in every province and two canadian distribution centers . as of 2009 fastenal had established retail outlets in 14 of mexico s states as well as a distribution center . 9 it started its mexico activities in 2001 . fastenal s asian trading company fastenal asian sourcing and trading co is a wholly foreign owned enterprise located in shanghai china where it directs sourcing 10 and import purchasing activities . opening in 2001 fastenal s singapore location was its first site outside north america . 11 by 2009 sales operations in this small city state 11 were complemented by those in its larger neighbor malaysia . 12 locally incorporated fastenal malaysia sdn bhd is associated with fastenal s malaysian activities . the company runs an a2la accredited testing laboratory in this nation as of 2014 in 2009 fastenal acquired parts of holo krome a us socket head screw making company . 12 fastenal and was added to the s & p 500 index in late 2008 replacing removed corporations . 13 in 2012 lee hein took over as president of fastenal . hein started out in the company as a store employee . in january 2016 daniel l. florness became the president and ceo of fastenal . florness started with fastenal in 1996 as the company s chief financial officer 14 products and services edit fastenal location in macomb illinois fastenal first sold mostly fasteners such as screws threaded rods and nuts which are used in construction and manufacturing . 7 today s product range is more diverse and the company had a total of 690 000 individual products as of 2010 . 6 in addition to a plethora of skus the company offers a variety of services including inventory management small fastener manufacture vending and machining . 8 fastenal has retail stores in every u.s. state 15 every province of canada 9 14 mexican states 9 and puerto rico 15 and panama . 15 machining may be a better term for what fastenal calls its manufacturing operations . as of 2000 the company employs 400 plus people at six manufacturing locations 12 including one manufacturing bolts made using a newer method cold heading in rockford illinois 12 an operation in west hartford 12 connecticut and another in malaysia etc. 12 fastenal has sites in china dominican republic hungary malaysia the netherlands germany singapore and the united kingdom . 15 in 2006 the company had two offices in taiwan one of which included a product testing laboratory 16 which as of 2007 was a2la certified . see also edit companies portal w. w. grainger msc industrial direct mcmaster carr global industrial references edit fastenal company reports 2014 first quarter earnings press release . globe newswire . 2014 04 11 . retrieved 2014 04 27 . a b fastenal company sec filing 10 k december 2014 . a b c d e f g h fastenal co 2013 annual report form 10 k xbrl . united states securities and exchange commission . february 6 2014 . a b fastenal co 2014 q1 quarterly report form 10 q xbrl . united states securities and exchange commission . april 16 2014 . fastenal company fast stock report nasdaq.com a b c update 1 fastenal q3 results beat market estimates reuters.com tue oct 12 2010 8 33am edt a b c fastenal co fast.o reuters.com a b c about us video fastenal official site a b c fastenal company to acquire holo krome company fastenal official site december 9 2009 president s letter to shareholders 2004 fastenal official site a b president s letter to shareholders 2008 fastenal official site a b c d e f president s letter to shareholders 2009 fastenal official site salesforce.com fastenal to replace fannie freddie in s & p 500 bloomberg.com september 9 2008 17 45 edt http investor.fastenal.com management.cfm a b c d home about us company overview distribution overview fastenal official site president s letter to shareholders 2006 fastenal official site external links edit official web site fastenal racing v t e minnesota based corporations fortune 500 corporations by size unitedhealth group target best buy supervalu chs 3m u.s. bancorp medtronic general mills xcel energy ameriprise financial c. h. robinson worldwide mosaic hormel thrivent financial for lutherans ecolab st. jude medical nash finch other public companies pentair valspar patterson companies securian financial group regis polaris industries toro deluxe donaldson fastenal federated mutual insurance company mts systems corporation major non public corporations 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