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Summary of Derivative Financial Instruments Related Fair Value and Balance Sheet Classification (Detail) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified			12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Diesel Fuel Contracts (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Diesel Fuel Contracts (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar CAD	Feb. 01, 2014 Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar PLN	Feb. 01, 2014 Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound GBP (£)	Feb. 01, 2014 Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Euro To Pound USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Euro To Pound EUR (€)	Feb. 01, 2014 Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Euro To Pound GBP (£)	Feb. 01, 2014 Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Intercompany Balances, Primarily And Related Interest Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar EUR (€)	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar CAD	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro CAD	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro EUR (€)	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar GBP (£)	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Zloty To Pound USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Zloty To Pound GBP (£)	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Zloty To Pound PLN	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion of Us Dollar to Yen USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense Conversion of Us Dollar to Yen JPY (¥)	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar CAD	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro CAD	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro EUR (€)	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar GBP (£)	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Zloty To Pound USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Zloty To Pound GBP (£)	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Zloty To Pound PLN	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro EUR (€)	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2014 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro EUR (€)	Jan. 31, 2015 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound GBP (£)	Jan. 31, 2015 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Prepaid Expense Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar EUR (€)	Jan. 31, 2015 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar CAD	Jan. 31, 2015 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar PLN	Jan. 31, 2015 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Euro To Pound USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Euro To Pound EUR (€)	Jan. 31, 2015 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) Conversion Of Euro To Pound GBP (£)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Economic hedges for which hedge accounting was not elected, Diesel contracts, Pay			Fixed on 1.2M -1.9M gal per month	Fixed on 1.2M -1.9M gal per month
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay							84,073tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_AccruedExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = tjx_IntercompanyBalancesPrimarilyDebtAndRelatedInterestMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfZlotyToCanadianDollarMember	$ 90,309tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_AccruedExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = tjx_IntercompanyBalancesPrimarilyDebtAndRelatedInterestMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfUsDollarToPoundMember			€ 39,000tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = tjx_IntercompanyBalancesPrimarilyDebtAndRelatedInterestMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfEuroToPoundMember			€ 44,850tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = tjx_IntercompanyBalancesPrimarilyDebtAndRelatedInterestMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfEuroToUsDollarMember		322,492tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfCanadianDollarToUsDollarMember		13,426tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfCanadianDollarToEuroMember			£ 77,722tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfPoundToUsDollarMember			113,571tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfZlotyToPoundMember	$ 442tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfUsDollarToYenMember			388,745tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseAccruedExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfCanadianDollarToUsDollarMember		15,202tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseAccruedExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfCanadianDollarToEuroMember			£ 174,102tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseAccruedExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfPoundToUsDollarMember			139,215tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseAccruedExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfZlotyToPoundMember	$ 12,590tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseAccruedExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfUsDollarToEuroMember		$ 12,464tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseAccruedExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfUsDollarToEuroMember		$ 83,401tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_AccruedExpenseMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = tjx_IntercompanyBalancesPrimarilyShortTermDebtAndRelatedInterestMember / us-gaap_IntercompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceByDescriptionAxis = tjx_ConversionOfUsDollarToPoundMember			€ 19,850tjx_NotionalAmountOfDerivativesPaid / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = tjx_PrepaidExpenseMember / 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Economic hedges for which hedge accounting was not elected, Diesel contracts, Receive			Float on 1.2M -1.9M gal per month	Float on 1.2M -1.9M gal per month
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