South Florida Startup

ID’s 2025 Watch List wraps up with a look at Prime Industrial Fasteners, a Miami distributor of fasteners, tools and other industrial supplies.

The family-owned company, established eight years ago, provides next-day delivery across much of South Florida, along with export services to markets in the Caribbean, Central America and South America — and it plans to bolster its operations both in its home market and internationally in “the near future.”

The rest of the companies on the 2025 Watch List can be found here, here, here and here; read the complete feature in the January-February edition of Industrial Distribution magazine.

Prime Industrial Fasteners

Company name: Prime Industrial Fasteners
Nominated by: STAFDA
Top executive(s): Erika Reyes, president; Erik Reyes, finance and administration manager; Nataly Sancerni, sales and purchasing manager
Headquarters: Miami, Florida
Year founded: 2017
Website: primefast.com 
Number of locations: 1
Key product categories: Fasteners, tools and industrial supplies
Total employee headcount: 12
SKU count: 25,000

Prime Industrial FastenersCompany commentary: Prime Industrial Fasteners is a leading distributor and exporter of fasteners (screws, bolts, nuts, anchors, etc.), tools and industrial supplies located in Miami. We serve all types of contractors in the construction industry across South Florida and Latin America.

As a family-owned and operated business with over 30 years of industry experience, we are committed to building and maintaining customer relationships with integrity. We focus on serving specific needs while delivering exceptional service, quick turnaround and competitive pricing.

Open to the public, we offer a wide selection of products available in packaged and bulk quantities. As fastener experts, we are dedicated to providing the ideal solution for your application; therefore, we stock a range of standard and metric sizes, finishes, grades and materials, including Zinc, Plain, Grade 2, Grade 5, Grade 8, Hot-Dipped Galvanized, Stainless Steel and Structural. We carry both domestic and imported fasteners, and can also source custom-specialty fasteners to meet your specific needs.

We offer a variety of services, including free daily local delivery, a quote-to-order process, call-ahead ordering, bin service, export services, private labeling, custom kits and more. We accept all major payment methods and offer Net 30 terms upon credit approval.

Recent awards or recognition: Miami-Dade County-certified Small Business Enterprise and Local Developing Business.

Do you offer an e-commerce platform? No.

Prime Industrial FastenersRecent company news: We’ve recently implemented several improvements to enhance productivity and customer service, including going paperless. Our new wireless warehouse system, featuring handheld scanners, enables live inventory tracking, faster merchandise processing, order allocation and product tracking. We’ve also introduced digital signature capture for real-time delivery tracking and customer proof of delivery. Additionally, we now offer vendor-managed inventory services, where a dedicated sales rep ensures customers’ fastener storage bins are always stocked, helping us track usage, control inventory and provide exceptional service.

In the near future, we plan to expand our current location to increase inventory capacity and enhance our ability to serve customers, while also extending our reach into the South Florida and Latin American markets.