Comparison Overview

Fastenal

VS

Ferguson

Fastenal

2001 Theurer Blvd, Winona, MN, 55987, US
Last Update: 2025-11-26
Between 750 and 799

By providing three things – truly local service, the world’s largest vending program, and unmatched inventory management – Fastenal saves your business time and money. Who are Fastenal's customers? • Organizations wanting to strengthen their supply chains. • Businesses looking to streamline their operations. • Campuses planning for tomorrow. In a world of disruptions, Fastenal is a supply chain partner you can count on.

NAICS: 42
NAICS Definition: Wholesale Trade
Employees: 17,368
Subsidiaries: 2
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

Ferguson

751 Lakefront Commons, Newport News, Virginia, US, 23606
Last Update: 2025-11-23
Between 750 and 799

The United States segment operates primarily under the Ferguson brand and provides expertise, solutions, and products, from infrastructure, plumbing and appliances to HVAC, fire, fabrication and more, to residential and non-residential contractors. Our products are delivered through a common network of distribution centers, branches and specialist sales associates, counter service, showroom consultants and e-commerce. As of July 31, 2025, the U.S. business operated 1,519 branches and 9 regional distribution centers serving all 50 states with approximately 31,000 associates. These locations provide same-day and next-day product availability, which we believe to be a competitive advantage and an important requirement for customers. In addition, our U.S. business operates five market distribution centers (“MDCs”) in Denver, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston and Nashville for branch replenishment and final mile distribution to customers. Our operations and associate expertise align with our customer groups where we predominantly serve trade customers. By differentiating between the customer types, we are able to provide bespoke services and better cater to specific requirements. Each group has its own set of competitors that range from large national companies, including trade sales by large home improvement chains, to small, privately owned distributors. To learn more about our U.S. business, visit www.ferguson.com.

NAICS: 42
NAICS Definition: Wholesale Trade
Employees: 20,429
Subsidiaries: 10
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Fastenal
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Ferguson
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Fastenal
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Ferguson
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Wholesale Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Fastenal in 2025.

Incidents vs Wholesale Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Ferguson in 2025.

Incident History — Fastenal (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Fastenal cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Ferguson (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Ferguson cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Fastenal
Incidents

No Incident

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Ferguson
Incidents

Date Detected: 4/2017
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Ferguson company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Fastenal company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Ferguson company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Fastenal company has not reported any.

In the current year, Ferguson company and Fastenal company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Ferguson company nor Fastenal company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Ferguson company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Fastenal company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Ferguson company nor Fastenal company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Fastenal company nor Ferguson company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Fastenal nor Ferguson holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Ferguson company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Fastenal company.

Ferguson company employs more people globally than Fastenal company, reflecting its scale as a Wholesale.

Neither Fastenal nor Ferguson holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Fastenal nor Ferguson holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Fastenal nor Ferguson holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Fastenal nor Ferguson holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Fastenal nor Ferguson holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Fastenal nor Ferguson holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft deep ASN.1 structures that trigger unbounded recursive parsing. This leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via stack exhaustion when parsing untrusted DER inputs. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Integer Overflow vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures containing OIDs with oversized arcs. These arcs may be decoded as smaller, trusted OIDs due to 32-bit bitwise truncation, enabling the bypass of downstream OID-based security decisions. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. Prior to versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2, working with large buffers in Lua scripts can lead to a stack overflow. Users of Lua rules and output scripts may be affected when working with large buffers. This includes a rule passing a large buffer to a Lua script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2. A workaround for this issue involves disabling Lua rules and output scripts, or making sure limits, such as stream.depth.reassembly and HTTP response body limits (response-body-limit), are set to less than half the stack size.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with base64_data. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2. A workaround involves disabling rules that use entropy in conjunction with base64_data.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H