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Schedule of Revenue by Geographic Area (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Revenue	$ 1,773,912us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 1,625,777us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
United States
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Revenue	1,194,944us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US	1,107,870us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US
United Kingdom
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Revenue	343,607us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_GB	316,946us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_GB
Other countries
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets
Revenue	$ 235,361us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = lkq_OtherCountriesMember	$ 200,961us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = lkq_OtherCountriesMember

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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