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Geographic Information (Revenues By Geographic Areas) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Revenues	$ 926,254us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 980,814us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 949,938us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 876,501us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 813,760us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 858,424us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 847,596us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 806,326us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 3,733,507us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 3,326,106us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 3,133,577us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
United States [Member]
Revenues									3,308,226us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_US	2,951,673us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_US	2,798,124us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_US
Canada [Member]
Revenues									238,590us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_CA	227,756us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_CA	218,570us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = country_CA
Other Foreign Countries [Member]
Revenues									$ 186,691us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fast_OtherCountriesMember	$ 146,677us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fast_OtherCountriesMember	$ 116,883us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = fast_OtherCountriesMember

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- Definition

Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

-Article 5

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