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Nature of Business - Additional Information (Detail) | 12 Months Ended |
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Jan. 31, 2015 Store | Jan. 31, 2014 Store
Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |
Number of stores for operations | 546 us-gaap_NumberOfStores | 511 us-gaap_NumberOfStores
Number of department and specialty retailers distributed and sold apparel to | 1,600 urbn_NumberOfApparelSoldAndDistributed |
United States |  |
Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |
Number of stores for operations | 464 us-gaap_NumberOfStores / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US | 442 us-gaap_NumberOfStores / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US
Europe |  |
Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |
Number of stores for operations | 50 us-gaap_NumberOfStores / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember | 44 us-gaap_NumberOfStores / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = us-gaap_EuropeMember
Canada |  |
Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |
Number of stores for operations | 32 us-gaap_NumberOfStores / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA | 25 us-gaap_NumberOfStores / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_CA

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