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Fastenal invoices, statements & job accounts
How Fastenal accounts are set up, how to get an invoice copy, how to get the job printed on every ticket, and how to reconcile the statement — written for the trade contractors who buy there.
Who Fastenal is
Minnesota-based fastener and industrial-supply distributor with thousands of branches and onsite locations, plus vending and bin-stock programs.
How the account is structured (one company, one account across branches)
Fastenal runs one account system across its branches: one customer number, purchases at any branch rolling up together, one consolidated statement each month. Convenient at the counter — and the reason a ticket from a branch you rarely use looks exactly like one from your home branch on the statement.
What that means for your books:one supplier, one reconciliation — but the job reference on each ticket is doing all the sorting, because the statement itself won't tell you which job a purchase belonged to. Read the branch line on any ticket you don't recognize, and keep the authorized-buyer list tight: the account works at every counter they have.
Fastenal specifics
Fastenal is one company with one account system, and a lot of its contractor business runs through vending machines, bin stock, and delivery routes rather than a counter. Those programs generate consolidated invoices that list many small draws at once — so the job reference has to be attached to the program or the machine, not typed at a register.
For counter and delivered purchases, tickets carry a PO / job field, the invoice number, and the branch. Ask for job accounts per project so the reference is printed by their system.
Reconcile the monthly statement against invoices and delivery slips; consolidated program invoices deserve a quick sanity check against what the crew actually pulled.
The setup that makes Fastenal tickets file themselves
- Ask for a job account per active project. Give the branch your job list; the job name then prints from their system instead of being typed at the counter.
- Ask for a required job reference on counter sales, so a blank-job ticket gets stopped at the register.
- Use job names your crew actually says. “SMITH-KITCHEN” survives the counter; “Job 2024-117” comes back as 2024-171 half the time.
- Keep the authorized-buyer list current. The account is a charge card with your name on it; tell the branch the day someone leaves.
- Snap the ticket at the counter. Flat, four corners in frame, before you walk out — the counter is the one moment the ticket is guaranteed to be in your hand.
Month end: pay from invoices, reconcile with the statement
The Fastenalstatement isn't a bill — it's an audit. Match every invoice number on it to a ticket or packing slip you hold, circle the lines with no match and call the branch with the invoice number, verify every return became a credit memo, and check that last month's payment landed on the right invoices. Anything aging past terms is either a dispute you should be having out loud or a payment that went astray. The whole routine is twenty minutes a month if your side of the paper was captured as it happened — see statements vs. invoices.
Fastenal paperwork FAQ
How do I get a copy of a Fastenal invoice?
Ask the Fastenal branch that rang the sale for a copy by invoice number — the counter or your inside sales rep can reprint or email it — or pull it from your online account if you have one. Keep the invoice number handy: it is how the branch finds the ticket and how a return generates its credit memo.
Does Fastenal offer job accounts or job references on invoices?
Yes — ask your branch or inside sales rep. Most supply houses will set up a job account or sub-account per project so the job name prints on every ticket, and many can require a job reference before a counter sale is rung. Give them your active job list and update it when jobs open and close.
How do I reconcile a Fastenal statement?
Pay from invoices, reconcile with the statement. Match every invoice number on the statement to a ticket or packing slip you hold (same number, same amount), circle any line with no match and call the branch with that invoice number, confirm every return became a credit memo, and check that last month's payment was applied to the right invoices.
Can RevnuPros read Fastenal invoices?
Yes. RevnuPros reads any supplier's invoice layout from a photo or scan — no template per vendor — and pulls the supplier, invoice number, job reference, line items, and totals, then files the purchase to its job. Tickets with no job reference are flagged for review instead of buried.
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