Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries

Winona, MN RetailNAICS 444130

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
13,677Participants-8% vs. prior year
$32.4MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#2 of 25Retail in MNBy participants

Overview

Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 13,677 participants in plan year 2025, down 8% from the prior year. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, long-term disability, death benefits.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
13,677 · prior year 14,863
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries Employee Benefits Plan, plan 501 (13,677 participants)
Broker compensation
$151K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalLong-term disabilityDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Hartford Life and AccidentLong-term disability12,740$1.6M$111K
Usable LifeLife13,553$641K$40K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.

$32.4M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 13,677 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$843K–$2.1M/ year

Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.

Brands with a generic available$246K–$616K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$360K–$752K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$156K–$467K
PBM contract terms$81K–$243K
The DOL's PBM fee disclosure rule first applies to this plan for the plan year beginning January 2028: semiannual PBM compensation reports and an annual audit right.

Form 5500 filing details

Filing
Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2025
Plan sponsor
Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries
Sponsor EIN
41-0948415
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 41-0948415 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
21,772

About this data

Source: Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries's Form 5500 filing for plan year 2025 and its Schedule A insurance reports, published by the U.S. Department of Labor. "Self-funded" means the filing reports benefits paid from employer assets or a trust, with no medical insurance contract or with a stop-loss contract. Pharmacy figures are StreamRX estimates based on national averages. StreamRX is not affiliated with Fastenal Company & Subsidiaries.

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