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Long-Lived Assets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Gross property and equipment	1,193,734us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	$ 1,019,902us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation	(429,845)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	(365,052)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Net property and equipment	763,889us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	654,850us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Land [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Gross property and equipment	36,511us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember	36,644us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_LandMember
Buildings And Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Gross property and equipment	224,365us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember	216,852us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_BuildingAndBuildingImprovementsMember
Automated Storage And Retrieval Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Gross property and equipment	116,127us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fast_AutomatedStorageAndRetrievalEquipmentMember	98,474us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fast_AutomatedStorageAndRetrievalEquipmentMember
Equipment And Shelving [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Gross property and equipment	519,635us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fast_EquipmentAndShelvingMember	462,224us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = fast_EquipmentAndShelvingMember
Transportation Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Gross property and equipment	59,459us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_TransportationEquipmentMember	57,536us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_TransportationEquipmentMember
Construction In Progress [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Gross property and equipment	237,637us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember	$ 148,172us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember
Minimum [Member] | Buildings And Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life in years	15 years
Minimum [Member] | Automated Storage And Retrieval Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life in years	5 years
Minimum [Member] | Equipment And Shelving [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life in years	3 years
Minimum [Member] | Transportation Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life in years	3 years
Maximum [Member] | Buildings And Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life in years	40 years
Maximum [Member] | Automated Storage And Retrieval Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life in years	30 years
Maximum [Member] | Equipment And Shelving [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life in years	10 years
Maximum [Member] | Transportation Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciable life in years	5 years

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Amount of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization for physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services.

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