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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Jan. 31, 2015 | Feb. 01, 2014 | Feb. 02, 2013 | Dec. 21, 2012 | Jan. 28, 2012
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Weeks in the fiscal year | 364 days | 364 days | 371 days |  |
Revenue recognized from store card breakage | $ 17,800,000 us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionGiftCardsBreakage | $ 17,500,000 us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionGiftCardsBreakage | $ 13,900,000 us-gaap_RevenueRecognitionGiftCardsBreakage |  |
Highly liquid investments maximum maturity days | 90 days |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 2,493,775,000 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 2,149,746,000 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | 1,811,957,000 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue |  | 1,507,112,000 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
In-transit inventory accrual | 495,200,000 us-gaap_OtherInventoryInTransit | 451,600,000 us-gaap_OtherInventoryInTransit |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization expense | 595,600,000 us-gaap_DepreciationNonproduction | 555,800,000 us-gaap_DepreciationNonproduction | 515,900,000 us-gaap_DepreciationNonproduction |  |
Amortization expense under capital lease |  |  | 1,700,000 us-gaap_CapitalLeasesIncomeStatementAmortizationExpense |  |
Property held under capital lease | 0 us-gaap_CapitalLeasesBalanceSheetAssetsByMajorClassNet |  |  |  |
Rent expense recorded prior to minimum number of days before opening of store, in days | 30 days |  |  |  |
Rent expense recorded prior to maximum number of days before opening of store, in days | 60 days |  |  |  |
Percentage owned in subsidiary company | 83.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 169,000,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 169,300,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 170,300,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 97,000,000 us-gaap_Goodwill |
Intangible assets impairment | 0 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment | 0 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment | 0 us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment |  |
Advertising expense | 371,300,000 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | 333,500,000 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | 298,600,000 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense |  |
Assets held for sale |  | 10,000,000 us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSaleLongLivedFairValueDisclosure | 10,000,000 us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSaleLongLivedFairValueDisclosure |  |
Marshalls |  |  |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Indefinite lived Tradename carried value | 107,700,000 us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedTradeNames / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tjx_MarshallsMember |  |  |  |
Sierra Trading Post |  |  |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Definite lived Tradename carried value | 33,200,000 us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tjx_SierraTradingPostMember | 35,700,000 us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tjx_SierraTradingPostMember | 38,300,000 us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tjx_SierraTradingPostMember |  |
Definite lived trade name amortization period | 15 years |  |  |  |
Definite lived trade name amortization | 5,300,000 us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tjx_SierraTradingPostMember | 2,800,000 us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tjx_SierraTradingPostMember | 200,000 us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = tjx_SierraTradingPostMember |  |
Building |  |  |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment useful life | 33 years |  |  |  |
Leaseholds and Leasehold Improvements |  |  |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment useful lives | Amortized over their useful life or the committed lease term (typically 10 years), whichever is shorter |  |  |  |
Outside United States |  |  |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 1,200,000,000 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = tjx_OutsideUnitedStatesMember |  |  |  |
Reinvest Undistributed Earnings |  |  |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 413,900,000 us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = tjx_ReinvestUndistributedEarningsMember |  |  |  |
Minimum |  |  |  |  |
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Short-term investments maturity term | 90 days |  |  |  |
Definite lived trade name amortization period | 7 years |  |  |  |
Minimum | Software |  |  |  |  |
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Property, plant and equipment useful life | 3 years |  |  |  |
Minimum | Furniture, Fixtures And Equipment |  |  |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment useful life | 3 years |  |  |  |
Maximum |  |  |  |  |
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Short-term investments maturity term | 1 year |  |  |  |
Definite lived trade name amortization period | 10 years |  |  |  |
Maximum | Software |  |  |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment useful life | 10 years |  |  |  |
Maximum | Leaseholds and Leasehold Improvements |  |  |  |  |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment useful life | 10 years |  |  |  |
Maximum | Furniture, Fixtures And Equipment |  |  |  |  |
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Property, plant and equipment useful life | 10 years |  |  |  |

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