It was the company's 11th straight month of double-digit daily sales growth year-over-year as nearly every key sales metric improved sequentially. We provide a full breakdown of Fastenal's May sales numbers here and the context around them.
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The MRO and metalworking supplies distributor has created a new customer acquisition and business development structure as it looks to accelerate organic growth and sharpen focus across both new and existing customer relationships.
Sales and margin growth well-exceeded the market's expectations and that of Grainger itself, with the company attributing it to both pricing and volume.
It was the company's 10th straight month of double-digit daily sales grwoth year-over-year and its best month since August 2022 in the height of post-COVID market recovery. We give a full breakdown of Fastenal's April sales metrics here and the context around them.
The MRO supplies distributor's gross margin narrowly dipped year-over-year, though profits saw double-digit growth.
After a flat 4Q25, Distribution Solutions Group saw an improved 1Q26 for top-line and organic sales growth, though profit and EBITDA margins tightened.
The company’s January-March results indicated demand momentum. Meanwhile, Applied raised its annual outlook.
GPC’s industrial segment delivered strong 1Q growth — outpacing automotive — as the company advances plans to split its businesses into standalone public entities by early 2027.
Acquired from Madsen & Howell, it's A&M's largest addition to-date, and comes on the heels of it launching a new eCommerce website in March.
Pricing continued to play a major — albeit decelerated role — in quarterly sales gains, while the company noted share gains and broad-based demand as driving factors.
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The hardware and industrial supplies distributor expects to net $20 million in annual sales from York, PA-based Campbell.
Gross margin topped expectations with an uptick, while pricing continues to comprise nearly all of year-over-year sales growth.
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Breaking ground March 24, it will replace the company’s current Atlanta-based “AHUB” and could eventually be nealry four times the size.
It follows at least two previous attempts for Cintas to buy UniFirst and is set to result in a company with more than $12 billion in combined annual revenue.
Eastern Valve supplies and services valves, instrumentation, actuation and ancillary product solutions throughout Atlantic Canada.
It's a new annual high-water mark for the company that was formed in early 2022 through the merger of Lawson Products, Gexpro Services and TestEquity.
They are the third and fourth acquisitions for ORS since it partnered with Wynnchurch Capital in August 2024, and ORS' CEO called the announcement "the most exciting day in company history."
Fastenal reported a strong February that saw the company's best daily sales growth since October 2022 despite a downstep for its top national accounts.
