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Financial Instruments - Summary of Derivative Financial Instruments, Related Fair Value and Balance Sheet Classification (Details) € in Thousands, £ in Thousands, zł in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, gal / mo in Millions	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2020 PLN (zł) gal / mo	Aug. 03, 2019 PLN (zł) gal / mo	Feb. 01, 2020 PLN (zł) gal / mo	Aug. 01, 2020 GBP (£)	Aug. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2020 EUR (€)	Aug. 01, 2020 AUD ($)	Aug. 01, 2020 CAD ($)	Feb. 01, 2020 GBP (£)	Feb. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2020 EUR (€)	Feb. 01, 2020 AUD ($)	Feb. 01, 2020 CAD ($)	Aug. 03, 2019 GBP (£)	Aug. 03, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 03, 2019 EUR (€)	Aug. 03, 2019 AUD ($)	Aug. 03, 2019 CAD ($)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 1,403					$ 7,240					$ 24,241
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(69,015)					(20,205)					(26,198)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					(67,612)					(12,965)					(1,957)
Diesel fuel contracts | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Current Asset U.S.$					0					0					0
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(13,920)					(9,927)					(6,575)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					$ (13,920)					$ (9,927)					$ (6,575)
Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.2076		0.1991	0.2076	0.2076	0.2076	0.2076	0.2076	0.1991	0.1991	0.1991	0.1991	0.1991
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 419					$ 1,903
Current (Liability) U.S.$					0					0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					$ 419					$ 1,903
Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.2053												0.2053	0.2053	0.2053	0.2053	0.2053
Current Asset U.S.$															$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$															(3,267)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$															$ (3,267)
Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.7032	0.6854						0.6854	0.6854	0.6854	0.6854	0.6854	0.7032	0.7032	0.7032	0.7032	0.7032
Current Asset U.S.$										$ 435					$ 690
Current (Liability) U.S.$										0					0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$										$ 435					$ 690
Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.7035			0.7035	0.7035	0.7035	0.7035	0.7035
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(447)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					$ (447)
Conversion of US Dollar to Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.7960												0.7960	0.7960	0.7960	0.7960	0.7960
Current Asset U.S.$															$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$															(120)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$															$ (120)
Conversion of Pound to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	1.2663	1.2874	1.2869	1.2663	1.2663	1.2663	1.2663	1.2663	1.2869	1.2869	1.2869	1.2869	1.2869	1.2874	1.2874	1.2874	1.2874	1.2874
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 34					$ 11					$ 20,418
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(10,415)					(9,792)					(12)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					$ (10,381)					$ (9,781)					$ 20,406
Conversion of Canadian Dollar to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.7427	0.7536	0.7602	0.7427	0.7427	0.7427	0.7427	0.7427	0.7602	0.7602	0.7602	0.7602	0.7602	0.7536	0.7536	0.7536	0.7536	0.7536
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 737					$ 2,877					$ 1,323
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(1,647)					(207)					(4,800)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					$ (910)					$ 2,670					$ (3,477)
Conversion of Euro to Pound | Intercompany billings in TJX International, primarily merchandise related | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate			0.8492						0.8492	0.8492	0.8492	0.8492	0.8492
Current Asset U.S.$										$ 655
Current (Liability) U.S.$										0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$										$ 655
Conversion of Euro to Pound | Intercompany billings in TJX International, primarily merchandise related | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.8948	0.8992		0.8948	0.8948	0.8948	0.8948	0.8948						0.8992	0.8992	0.8992	0.8992	0.8992
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 0										$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(570)										(1,687)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					$ (570)										$ (1,687)
Conversion of US Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.8971			0.8971	0.8971	0.8971	0.8971	0.8971
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 213
Current (Liability) U.S.$					0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					213
Conversion of US Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.8787												0.8787	0.8787	0.8787	0.8787	0.8787
Current Asset U.S.$															$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$															(1,567)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$															$ (1,567)
Conversion of US Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate			0.8954						0.8954	0.8954	0.8954	0.8954	0.8954
Current Asset U.S.$										$ 10
Current (Liability) U.S.$										(235)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$										$ (225)
Conversion of Canadian Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.6663												0.6663	0.6663	0.6663	0.6663	0.6663
Current Asset U.S.$															$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$															(592)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$															$ (592)
Conversion of Canadian Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate			0.6801						0.6801	0.6801	0.6801	0.6801	0.6801
Current Asset U.S.$										$ 61
Current (Liability) U.S.$										(44)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$										17
Conversion of Zloty to Euro | International lease liabilities | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.2348												0.2348	0.2348	0.2348	0.2348	0.2348
Current Asset U.S.$															$ 866
Current (Liability) U.S.$															0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$															866
Pay | Diesel fuel contracts | (Accrued Exp) | Minimum
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative nonmonetary notional amount | gal / mo	2.9	2.7	2.9
Pay | Diesel fuel contracts | (Accrued Exp) | Maximum
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative nonmonetary notional amount | gal / mo	3.5	3.3	3.5
Pay | Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | zł	zł 87,000		zł 362,700
Pay | Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | zł		zł 418,012
Pay | Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount												$ 29,400					$ 32,229
Pay | Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount							$ 40,156
Pay | Conversion of US Dollar to Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount															3,834
Pay | Conversion of Pound to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £				£ 240,694					£ 265,653					£ 313,490
Pay | Conversion of Canadian Dollar to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount								$ 271,576					$ 609,340					$ 702,924
Pay | Conversion of Euro to Pound | Intercompany billings in TJX International, primarily merchandise related | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | €											€ 58,700
Pay | Conversion of Euro to Pound | Intercompany billings in TJX International, primarily merchandise related | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | €						€ 73,400										€ 89,000
Pay | Conversion of US Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount					3,771
Pay | Conversion of US Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount															79,010
Pay | Conversion of US Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount										49,849
Pay | Conversion of Canadian Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount																		$ 38,119
Pay | Conversion of Canadian Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount													$ 37,051
Pay | Conversion of Zloty to Euro | International lease liabilities | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | zł		zł 330,044
Receive | Diesel fuel contracts | (Accrued Exp) | Minimum
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative nonmonetary notional amount | gal / mo	2.9	2.7	2.9
Receive | Diesel fuel contracts | (Accrued Exp) | Maximum
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative nonmonetary notional amount | gal / mo	3.5	3.3	3.5
Receive | Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £				18,059					72,217
Receive | Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £														85,810
Receive | Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount										20,151					22,665
Receive | Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount					28,250
Receive | Conversion of US Dollar to Pound | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £														3,052
Receive | Conversion of Pound to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount					304,800					341,880					403,600
Receive | Conversion of Canadian Dollar to US Dollar | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount					$ 201,700					$ 463,200					$ 529,750
Receive | Conversion of Euro to Pound | Intercompany billings in TJX International, primarily merchandise related | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £									£ 49,848
Receive | Conversion of Euro to Pound | Intercompany billings in TJX International, primarily merchandise related | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £				£ 65,678										£ 80,029
Receive | Conversion of US Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | €						€ 3,383
Receive | Conversion of US Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | €																69,427
Receive | Conversion of US Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | €											44,635
Receive | Conversion of Canadian Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | €																25,400
Receive | Conversion of Canadian Dollar to Euro | Merchandise purchase commitments | Prepaid Exp / (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | €											€ 25,200
Receive | Conversion of Zloty to Euro | International lease liabilities | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | €																€ 77,479
Fair value hedges | Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate			0.1984						0.1984	0.1984	0.1984	0.1984	0.1984
Current Asset U.S.$										$ 270
Current (Liability) U.S.$										0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$										$ 270
Fair value hedges | Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.1966	0.2040		0.1966	0.1966	0.1966	0.1966	0.1966						0.2040	0.2040	0.2040	0.2040	0.2040
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 0										$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(628)										(585)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					$ (628)										$ (585)
Fair value hedges | Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate		0.7062	0.6782						0.6782	0.6782	0.6782	0.6782	0.6782	0.7062	0.7062	0.7062	0.7062	0.7062
Current Asset U.S.$										$ 275					$ 944
Current (Liability) U.S.$										0					0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$										$ 275					$ 944
Fair value hedges | Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.6437			0.6437	0.6437	0.6437	0.6437	0.6437
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(7,798)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					$ (7,798)
Fair value hedges | Conversion of US Dollar to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate			0.7589						0.7589	0.7589	0.7589	0.7589	0.7589
Current Asset U.S.$										$ 743
Current (Liability) U.S.$										0
Net Fair Value in U.S.$										743
Fair value hedges | Conversion of US Dollar to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.7589	0.7637		0.7589	0.7589	0.7589	0.7589	0.7589						0.7637	0.7637	0.7637	0.7637	0.7637
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 0										$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(448)										(4,785)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					$ (448)										$ (4,785)
Fair value hedges | Conversion of Pound to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	1.2475			1.2475	1.2475	1.2475	1.2475	1.2475
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(12,538)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					$ (12,538)
Fair value hedges | Conversion of Canadian Dollar to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.7105			0.7105	0.7105	0.7105	0.7105	0.7105
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(19,571)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					$ (19,571)
Fair value hedges | Conversion of Euro to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Blended Contract Rate	0.8902	0.8858		0.8902	0.8902	0.8902	0.8902	0.8902						0.8858	0.8858	0.8858	0.8858	0.8858
Current Asset U.S.$					$ 0										$ 0
Current (Liability) U.S.$					(1,033)										(2,208)
Net Fair Value in U.S.$					(1,033)										(2,208)
Fair value hedges | Pay | Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | zł			zł 45,000
Fair value hedges | Pay | Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | zł	zł 65,000	zł 64,000
Fair value hedges | Pay | Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount												$ 50,000					$ 40,000
Fair value hedges | Pay | Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount							$ 110,000
Fair value hedges | Pay | Conversion of US Dollar to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount										72,475
Fair value hedges | Pay | Conversion of US Dollar to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount					72,475										72,020
Fair value hedges | Pay | Conversion of Pound to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £				£ 200,000
Fair value hedges | Pay | Conversion of Canadian Dollar to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount								$ 550,000
Fair value hedges | Pay | Conversion of Euro to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | €						€ 60,000										€ 55,950
Fair value hedges | Receive | Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £									£ 8,930
Fair value hedges | Receive | Conversion of Zloty to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £				12,780										£ 13,055
Fair value hedges | Receive | Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount										$ 33,911					$ 28,249
Fair value hedges | Receive | Conversion of Australian Dollar to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount					70,802
Fair value hedges | Receive | Conversion of US Dollar to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | Prepaid Exp
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £									£ 55,000
Fair value hedges | Receive | Conversion of US Dollar to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £				55,000										55,000
Fair value hedges | Receive | Conversion of Pound to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount					249,499
Fair value hedges | Receive | Conversion of Canadian Dollar to US Dollar | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount					$ 390,766
Fair value hedges | Receive | Conversion of Euro to Pound | Intercompany balances, primarily debt and related interest: | (Accrued Exp)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative notional amount | £				£ 53,412										£ 49,560

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