Nature of Business	12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Nature of Business	1. Nature of Business Urban Outfitters, Inc. (the “Company” or “Urban Outfitters”), which was founded in 1970, was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1976. The principal business activity of the Company is the operation of a general consumer product retail and wholesale business selling to customers through various channels including retail locations, websites, catalogs and mobile applications. As of January 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company operated 620 and 613 stores, respectively. Stores located in the United States totaled 522 as of January 31, 2019 and 520 as of January 31, 2018. Operations in Europe and Canada included 63 stores and 35 stores as of January 31, 2019, respectively, and 57 stores and 36 stores as of January 31, 2018, respectively. In addition, the Company’s Wholesale segment sold and distributed apparel and home goods to approximately 2,200 department and specialty stores worldwide, digital businesses and to the Company’s Retail segment.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99393423&loc=d3e5967-108592

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134479

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