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Segments - Net Sales by Segment (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014	Jun. 28, 2014	Mar. 29, 2014	Dec. 28, 2013	Sep. 28, 2013	Jun. 29, 2013	Mar. 30, 2013	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 857.4us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 806.3us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 826.5us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 787.5us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 797.5us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 753.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 764.1us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 741.7us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 3,277.7us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 3,056.5us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 2,937.9us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Financial services revenue	59.4us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	53.6us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	51.7us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	50.2us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	47.4us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	45.1us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	44.5us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	44.0us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	214.9us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	181.0us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	161.3us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue
Total revenues									3,492.6us-gaap_Revenues	3,237.5us-gaap_Revenues	3,099.2us-gaap_Revenues
Operating earnings									684.7us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	586.2us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	516.4us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense									(52.9)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(56.1)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(55.8)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other income (expense) - net									(0.9)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(3.9)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(0.4)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Earnings before income taxes and equity earnings									630.9us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	526.2us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	460.2us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									3,725.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember	3,459.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember	3,315.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
Operating earnings									782.0us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember	689.5us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember	616.1us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember
Operating Segments [Member] | Commercial & Industrial Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									1,174.8us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_CommercialAndIndustrialGroupMember	1,091.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_CommercialAndIndustrialGroupMember	1,125.9us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_CommercialAndIndustrialGroupMember
Operating earnings									158.6us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_CommercialAndIndustrialGroupMember	137.3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_CommercialAndIndustrialGroupMember	127.3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_CommercialAndIndustrialGroupMember
Operating Segments [Member] | Snap-on Tools Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									1,455.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_ToolsGroupMember	1,358.4us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_ToolsGroupMember	1,272.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_ToolsGroupMember
Operating earnings									223.1us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_ToolsGroupMember	194.6us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_ToolsGroupMember	176.4us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_ToolsGroupMember
Operating Segments [Member] | Repair Systems & Information Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									1,095.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_RepairSystemsAndInformationGroupMember	1,009.6us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_RepairSystemsAndInformationGroupMember	917.1us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_RepairSystemsAndInformationGroupMember
Operating earnings									251.2us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_RepairSystemsAndInformationGroupMember	231.9us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_RepairSystemsAndInformationGroupMember	205.7us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_RepairSystemsAndInformationGroupMember
Operating Segments [Member] | Financial Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating earnings									149.1us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_FinancialServicesMember	125.7us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_FinancialServicesMember	106.7us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sna_FinancialServicesMember
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									(447.5)us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember	(402.5)us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember	(377.1)us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember
Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating earnings									$ (97.3)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember	$ (103.3)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember	$ (99.7)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember

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