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Compensation - Activity Associated with Limited Partnership Units Awarded to BGC Employees (Detail) - LPUs [Member] - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of Units, Redeemed	4,193	700
BGC Holdings LPUs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of Units, Redeemed	4,001	521
Newmark Holdings LPUs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of Units, Redeemed	192	179

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Share-based compensation arrangement by share based payment award non option equity instrument redeemed.

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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.

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