XML 60 R43.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.19.1

Pro Forma Effect of Businesses Acquired (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Business Acquisition
Revenue, as reported	$ 3,100,303	$ 2,720,764
Income from continuing operations	99,063
Less: net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest	1,015	(197)
Net income	99,063	152,763
All Completed Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition
Acquisition Related Costs, Net of Tax	224	1,526
Pro Forma [Member]
Business Acquisition
Revenue, as reported	3,106,283	3,253,303
Income from continuing operations	102,691	155,896
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Excluding Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	101,676	155,565
Pro Forma [Member] | Stahlgruber [Member]
Business Acquisition
Revenue, as reported	0	489,534
Income from continuing operations	3,074	1,273
Pro Forma [Member] | All 2019 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition
Revenue, as reported	5,980
Pro Forma [Member] | All 2019 and 2018 acquisitions excluding Stahlgruber [Member]
Business Acquisition
Revenue, as reported		43,005
Income from continuing operations	330	334
Business Acquisition Pro Forma Net Income attributable to noncontrolling interest	$ 0	$ 528

X

- Definition

Acquisition-related expenses, including closing costs and advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional fees, net of tax.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	lkq_AcquisitionRelatedCostsNetofTax
Namespace Prefix:	lkq_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Business Acquisition Pro Forma Net Income attributable to noncontrolling interest

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	lkq_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaNetIncomeattributabletononcontrollinginterest
Namespace Prefix:	lkq_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Excluding Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	lkq_IncomeLossfromContinuingOperationsNetofTaxExcludingPortionAttributabletoNoncontrollingInterest
Namespace Prefix:	lkq_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Amount after tax of income (loss) from continuing operations including portion attributable to the noncontrolling interest.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 19
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96868048&loc=SL4569616-111683

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Amount of Net Income (Loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 55
-Paragraph 4J
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84234705&loc=SL4591551-111686

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (a)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84161450&loc=SL4573702-111684

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

The consolidated profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, including the portion attributable to the noncontrolling interest.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 55
-Paragraph 4K
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84234705&loc=SL4591552-111686

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 19
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96868048&loc=SL4569616-111683

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84161450&loc=SL4573702-111684

Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 55
-Paragraph 4J
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84234705&loc=SL4591551-111686

Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (a)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84161450&loc=SL4573702-111684

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

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.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis=lkq_AllCompletedAcquisitionsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis=us-gaap_ProFormaMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis=lkq_StahlgruberMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis=lkq_All2019AcquisitionsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis=lkq_All2019and2018acquisitionsexcludingStahlgruberMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: