Related Parties	12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2019
Related Parties [Abstract]
Related Parties	Note 11. Related Parties On October 11, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors elected Mr. Gregory A. Sandfort as a director of WD-40 Company. Mr. Sandfort is the Chief Executive Officer of Tractor Supply Company (“Tractor Supply”), which is a WD-40 Company customer that acquires products from the Company in the ordinary course of business. The consolidated financial statements include sales to Tractor Supply of $1.9 million for fiscal year 2019 and $1.4 million and $1.2 million for fiscal years 2018 and 2017, respectively. Accounts receivable from Tractor Supply were $0.3 million as of August 31, 2019 and $0.5 million as of August 31, 2018.

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745

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