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# Fastenal: Financial & Operating Metrics Guide

## Direct Answer

Fastenal reported revenue of $8.2 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, with an operating margin of 20.2% and net income of $1.3 billion, according to its SEC filings. Revenue grew 8.7% from the prior year.

## What Are Fastenal's Key Financial Figures?

| Fiscal year | FY2025ended December 31, 2025 | FY2024ended December 31, 2024 | FY2023ended December 31, 2023 | FY2022ended December 31, 2022 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revenue | $8.2 billion | $7.5 billion | $7.3 billion | $7.0 billion |
| Operating income | $1.7 billion | $1.5 billion | $1.5 billion | $1.5 billion |
| Operating margin | 20.2% | 20.0% | 20.8% | 20.8% |
| Net income | $1.3 billion | $1.2 billion | $1.2 billion | $1.1 billion |
| Net margin | 15.3% | 15.2% | 15.7% | 15.6% |
| Operating cash flow | $1.3 billion | $1.2 billion | $1.4 billion | $941 million |
| Capital expenditures | $245 million | $227 million | $173 million | $174 million |
| Free cash flow | $1.1 billion | $947 million | $1.3 billion | $767 million |

Operating margin held roughly steady between fiscal 2024 and 2025, which separates pricing and cost discipline from revenue growth alone. Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) was $1.1 billion against net income of $1.3 billion; cash generation fell short of reported earnings, which is worth reconciling in the cash flow statement.

![Bar chart of Fastenal revenue, operating income, net income for fiscal 2022 to 2025. In fiscal 2025, revenue was $8.2 billion, operating income $1.7 billion and net income $1.3 billion.](https://www.getswoopr.com/images/charts/fastenal-metrics-revenue-profit.webp)
*Fastenal revenue, operating income and net income by fiscal year, from the figures in the table above. Select the chart to open it full size.*

![Line chart of Fastenal operating margin and net margin for fiscal 2022 to 2025. In fiscal 2025, operating margin was 20.2% and net margin was 15.3%.](https://www.getswoopr.com/images/charts/fastenal-metrics-margins.webp)
*Fastenal operating margin and net margin by fiscal year: operating income and net income as a share of revenue. Select the chart to open it full size.*

![Bar chart of Fastenal operating cash flow, capital expenditures, free cash flow for fiscal 2022 to 2025. In fiscal 2025, operating cash flow was $1.3 billion, capital expenditures was $245 million, free cash flow was $1.1 billion.](https://www.getswoopr.com/images/charts/fastenal-metrics-cash-flow.webp)
*Fastenal operating cash flow, capital expenditures and free cash flow by fiscal year. Select the chart to open it full size.*

## What Does Fastenal's Balance Sheet Show?

| Cash and cash equivalents | $277 million |
| --- | --- |
| Long-term debt | $100 million |
| Total assets | $5.1 billion |
| Total liabilities | Not reported |
| Shareholders' equity | $3.9 billion |
| Current ratio | 4.9x |

Balance sheet values are as of the end of fiscal 2025. Income statement figures describe a whole year; balance sheet figures describe a single day, so the two answer different questions.

## Where These Numbers Come From

Every figure on this page is a value Fastenal reported in its own SEC filings, read from the SEC's XBRL data (accession 0000815556-26-000009 for fiscal year 2025). Ratios are computed from those reported values. Figures were retrieved on October 7, 2026; a later amendment or a new annual report can change them, and the filing itself always takes precedence over this summary.

Each fiscal year is labeled by the calendar year in which it ended, so a company that names the same period differently in its own filings (many retailers whose year ends in January) may use another label. A year is left out of the table when the SEC data set holds no value for it. A figure shown as "Not reported" means the company did not file a value under the standard tag Swoopr reads, not that the amount was zero. This page is educational and describes reported history only; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What was Fastenal's revenue in fiscal 2025?

Fastenal reported revenue of $8.2 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, according to its SEC filings.

### What is Fastenal's operating margin?

Fastenal's operating margin was 20.2% in fiscal 2025: operating income of $1.7 billion on revenue of $8.2 billion.

### How much free cash flow did Fastenal generate?

Operating cash flow of $1.3 billion less capital expenditures of $245 million gives free cash flow of $1.1 billion for fiscal 2025.

## References

- [SEC EDGAR: FASTENAL CO Form 10-K filed February 5, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555626000009/fast-20251231.htm)
- [SEC EDGAR: FASTENAL CO annual and quarterly filings](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=815556&type=10-K)
- [SEC: EDGAR application programming interfaces (XBRL frames and submissions data)](https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces)

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