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Capital Stock and Earnings Per Share - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Sep. 30, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2013 | Apr. 30, 2012 | Jan. 31, 2015 | Feb. 01, 2014 | Feb. 02, 2013 | Feb. 28, 2014 | Feb. 28, 2015
Capital Unit [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased and retired shares |  |  |  | 27,700,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased and retired value |  |  |  | $ 1,700,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue |  |  |  |
Cash expenditures under repurchase programs |  |  |  | 1,650,704,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue | 1,471,096,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue | 1,345,082,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue |  |
Repurchase of common stock in shares |  |  |  | 27,600,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares | 27,300,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares | 32,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares |  |
Stock repurchased completed | 1,500,000,000 tjx_StockRepurchaseProgramCompletedAmount | 2,000,000,000 tjx_StockRepurchaseProgramCompletedAmount | 1,000,000,000 tjx_StockRepurchaseProgramCompletedAmount |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program, common stock purchase value |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,000,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 |
Preferred stock, shares authorized |  |  |  | 5,000,000 us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized |  |  |  |
Preferred stock, par value |  |  |  | $ 1 us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare |  |  |  |
Antidilutive options excluded |  |  |  | 8,800,000 us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount | 4,700,000 us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount | 4,900,000 us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount |  |
Subsequent Event |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital Unit [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program, common stock purchase value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,000,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Stock Repurchase Programs 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital Unit [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased and retired shares |  |  |  | 10,800,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = tjx_StockRepurchaseProgramsTwentyTwelveMember |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased and retired value |  |  |  | 685,800,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = tjx_StockRepurchaseProgramsTwentyTwelveMember |  |  |  |
Remaining available stock under stock repurchase plan |  |  |  | $ 1,300,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1 / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = tjx_StockRepurchaseProgramsTwentyTwelveMember |  |  |  |

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