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10/16/20  Fastenal Co.                      10-Q        9/30/20   50:4.8M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

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                (Parenthetical)                                                  
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                Income                                                           
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                Equity                                                           
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18: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     24K 
19: R10         Asset Acquisition                                   HTML     18K 
20: R11         Revenue                                             HTML     98K 
21: R12         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    127K 
22: R13         Income Taxes                                        HTML     20K 
23: R14         Operating Leases                                    HTML     17K 
24: R15         Debt Commitments                                    HTML     56K 
25: R16         Legal Contingencies                                 HTML     18K 
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28: R19         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     93K 
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34: R25         Revenue - Percentages of Sales by End Market        HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
35: R26         Revenue - Percentages of Sales by Product Line      HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
36: R27         Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
37: R28         Stockholders' Equity - Schedule of Dividends Paid   HTML     22K 
                Previously or Declared (Details)                                 
38: R29         Stockholders' Equity - Stock Options Granted        HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
39: R30         Stockholders' Equity - Fair Value Assumptions for   HTML     58K 
                Options Granted (Details)                                        
40: R31         Stockholders' Equity - Reconciliation of            HTML     24K 
                Denominators used in Computation of Basic and                    
                Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details)                             
41: R32         Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Anti-Dilutive     HTML     20K 
                Options Excluded (Details)                                       
42: R33         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     21K 
43: R34         Operating Leases - Additional Information           HTML     17K 
                (Details)                                                        
44: R35         Debt Commitments - Debt Obligations and Letters of  HTML     55K 
                Credit Outstanding (Details)                                     
45: R36         Debt Commitments - Unsecured Revolving Credit       HTML     31K 
                Facility (Details)                                               
46: R37         Debt Commitments - Senior Unsecured Promissory      HTML     20K 
                Notes Payable (Details)                                          
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