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Debt - Preferred Equity Certificates and Capital Lease Obligations (Details)	3 Months Ended			0 Months Ended				0 Months Ended							0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Preferred Equity Certificate [Member]	Jul. 01, 2013 Cabot Acquisition [Member] Common Class A [Member]	Jul. 01, 2013 Cabot Holdings [Member] Common Class A [Member] J C Flowers And Company Limited Liability Company [Member]	Jul. 01, 2013 Cabot Acquisition [Member]	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member]	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Acquisition [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Acquisition [Member] GBP (£)	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Acquisition [Member] Common Class E [Member]	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Acquisition [Member] E Bridge Preferred Equity Certificates [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Acquisition [Member] E Bridge Preferred Equity Certificates [Member] GBP (£)	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Acquisition [Member] E Preferred Equity Certificates [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Acquisition [Member] E Preferred Equity Certificates [Member] GBP (£)	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Holdings [Member] Common Class J [Member] J C Flowers And Company Limited Liability Company [Member]	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Holdings [Member] J Bridge PECs [Member] J C Flowers And Company Limited Liability Company [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Holdings [Member] J Bridge PECs [Member] J C Flowers And Company Limited Liability Company [Member] GBP (£)	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Holdings [Member] J Preferred Equity Certificates [Member] J C Flowers And Company Limited Liability Company [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Holdings [Member] J Preferred Equity Certificates [Member] J C Flowers And Company Limited Liability Company [Member] GBP (£)	Jul. 01, 2013 Janus Holdings [Member] Cabot Credit Management [Member]
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Equity certificates with a face value																		146,500,000ecpg_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedFinancialLiabilitiesStillHeldByMinorityInterest / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ecpg_JanusHoldingsMember / us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsAxis = ecpg_CabotHoldingsMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = ecpg_JPreferredEquityCertificatesMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ecpg_JCFlowersAndCompanyLimitedLiabilityCompanyMember	96,343,515ecpg_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedFinancialLiabilitiesStillHeldByMinorityInterest / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = ecpg_JanusHoldingsMember / us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsAxis = ecpg_CabotHoldingsMember / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = ecpg_JPreferredEquityCertificatesMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = ecpg_JCFlowersAndCompanyLimitedLiabilityCompanyMember
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Debt instrument, stated interest rate (percent)			12.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = ecpg_PreferredEquityCertificateMember
Preferred equity certificates	204,019,000ecpg_PreferredEquityCertificates	208,312,000ecpg_PreferredEquityCertificates
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