Fastenal
E291803
Fastenal is a U.S.-based industrial and construction supplies company known for its extensive network of stores and vending solutions serving manufacturers, contractors, and maintenance operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fastenal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2715210 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fastenal Context triple: [Roush Fenway Racing, majorSponsorHistory, Fastenal]
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A.
Ace Hardware
Ace Hardware is a large American hardware retail cooperative known for its neighborhood stores offering tools, home improvement products, and customer-focused service.
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B.
Mitre Corporation
Mitre Corporation is a not-for-profit organization that operates federally funded research and development centers, providing systems engineering and advanced technology support primarily to U.S. government agencies.
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C.
Starrett Corporation
Starrett Corporation is a prominent New York real estate development and construction firm known for major industrial and commercial projects in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Brock Industrial
Brock Industrial is an industrial and commercial area within the city of Pickering, Ontario, known for its manufacturing and logistics facilities.
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E.
Advance Auto Parts
Advance Auto Parts is a major American retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts, accessories, and maintenance items for both professional installers and do‑it‑yourself customers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fastenal Target entity description: Fastenal is a U.S.-based industrial and construction supplies company known for its extensive network of stores and vending solutions serving manufacturers, contractors, and maintenance operations.
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A.
Ace Hardware
Ace Hardware is a large American hardware retail cooperative known for its neighborhood stores offering tools, home improvement products, and customer-focused service.
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B.
Mitre Corporation
Mitre Corporation is a not-for-profit organization that operates federally funded research and development centers, providing systems engineering and advanced technology support primarily to U.S. government agencies.
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C.
Starrett Corporation
Starrett Corporation is a prominent New York real estate development and construction firm known for major industrial and commercial projects in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Brock Industrial
Brock Industrial is an industrial and commercial area within the city of Pickering, Ontario, known for its manufacturing and logistics facilities.
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E.
Advance Auto Parts
Advance Auto Parts is a major American retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts, accessories, and maintenance items for both professional installers and do‑it‑yourself customers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
industrial supply company ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| areaServed |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ North America ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
international markets ⓘ |
| businessModel | business-to-business ⓘ |
| coreBusiness | distribution of industrial and construction supplies ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfIncorporation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focus | supply chain solutions for maintenance, repair, and operations ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Bob Kierlin ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Winona, Minnesota, United States ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType |
commercial customers
ⓘ
government customers ⓘ industrial customers ⓘ |
| hasDistributionChannel |
branch locations
ⓘ
online sales ⓘ onsite locations ⓘ vending machines ⓘ |
| hasRetailFormat |
e-commerce platform
ⓘ
industrial vending machines ⓘ local branches ⓘ onsite locations ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Winona, Minnesota, United States ⓘ |
| inception | 1967 ⓘ |
| industry |
construction supplies
ⓘ
industrial supplies ⓘ wholesale distribution ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive network of local stores
ⓘ
industrial vending programs ⓘ onsite inventory management ⓘ |
| offers |
inventory management services
ⓘ
onsite supply programs ⓘ vendor-managed inventory ⓘ |
| productOrService |
fasteners
ⓘ
industrial supplies ⓘ safety products ⓘ tools ⓘ vending solutions ⓘ |
| sector | industrial distribution ⓘ |
| serves |
contractors
ⓘ
maintenance operations ⓘ manufacturers ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
Nasdaq
ⓘ
linked to:
NASDAQ
|
| tickerSymbol | FAST ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fastenal Description of subject: Fastenal is a U.S.-based industrial and construction supplies company known for its extensive network of stores and vending solutions serving manufacturers, contractors, and maintenance operations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
NASCAR team Roush Fenway Racing