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Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

FASTENAL COMPANY & SUBSIDIARIES 401(K) AND EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · WINONA, MN · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.08%

Peer grade: D · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries reported $893,048 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.08% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,211 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.09% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 141 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 35th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 49th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2025, employees put in $2.81 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,228,845,884
Participants with balances19,556
Active participants18,368
Employer contributions$22,245,913
Employee contributions$62,495,816
Employer contribution per active participant$1,211
Average account balance$62,837
Benefits paid to participants$89,652,824
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$1.2B · 19,556 accts · $22.2M emplr
2024$1.1B · 18,832 accts · $19.7M emplr
2023$919.4M · 18,170 accts · $21.9M emplr
2022$710.8M · 17,208 accts · $20.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$872,782
Investment management$20,266
Total administrative$893,048
The Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$1,211
Median for plans this size$5,084
2025$1,211 per active participant
2024$1,106 per active participant
2023$1,248 per active participant
2022$1,236 per active participant

Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $5,084 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$891,095

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Bank of America / Merrill
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history4
2025$893,048 · 0.08%
2024$560,002 · 0.06%
2023$767,057 · 0.09%
2022$691,542 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410948415 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.