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FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended							12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2014		Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Proceeds on sale of investment								$ (1,688,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromInvestments	$ 68,000us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromInvestments	$ 105,000us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromInvestments
Loss on sale of investments								100,000us-gaap_LossOnSaleOfInvestments
Impairment expense	117,600,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	[1]	0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	[1]	0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	[1]	117,569,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Maximum [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Estimated future cash flows, discount rate (in hundredths)	13.50%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember							15.90%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember
Minimum [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Estimated future cash flows, discount rate (in hundredths)	10.00%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember							13.50%us-gaap_FairValueInputsDiscountRate / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember
Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair value at beginning of period						1,837,000us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member		1,837,000us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member	2,413,000us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member
Investment during period								0dxpe_InvestmentsMadeDuringPeriodAtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member	68,000dxpe_InvestmentsMadeDuringPeriodAtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income								(149,000)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodBeforeTax / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member	(644,000)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodBeforeTax / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member
Proceeds on sale of investment								(1,688,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromInvestments / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member
Fair value at end of period	0us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member							0us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member	1,837,000us-gaap_InvestmentsFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member
Payment for investment								$ 1,700,000us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromLongtermInvestments / us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis = us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member
[1] During the fourth quarter of 2014, DXP finalized its purchase accounting for customer relationships for the acquisition of B27 and amortized the customer relationships on an accelerated basis. The revision increased amortization expense by $1.0 million per quarter.

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