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Summary of Long-Lived Assets By Geographic Location (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014	Feb. 02, 2013
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Carrying values of long-lived assets	$ 3,868,365us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets	$ 3,594,501us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets	$ 3,223,242us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
United States
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Carrying values of long-lived assets	2,927,297us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US	2,693,670us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US	2,350,539us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US
Canada
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Carrying values of long-lived assets	266,332us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = tjx_CanadaSegmentsMember	214,459us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = tjx_CanadaSegmentsMember	237,232us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = tjx_CanadaSegmentsMember
Europe
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Carrying values of long-lived assets	$ 674,736us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember	$ 686,372us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember	$ 635,471us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember

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- Definition

Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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