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Goodwill (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of goodwill [Abstract] |
Goodwill [Table text block] | Philips Group Goodwill in millions of EUR 2016 - 2017
| 2016 | 2017
Balance as of January 1: |  |
Cost | 10,704 | 11,151
Impairments | ( 2,181) | ( 2,253)
Book value | 8,523 | 8,898
Changes in book value: |  |
Acquisitions | 140 | 1,548
Divestments and transfers to assets classified as held for sale | ( 13) | ( 1,878)
Translation differences and other | 248 | ( 836)
Balance as of December 31: |  |
Cost | 11,151 | 9,074
Impairments | ( 2,253) | ( 1,343)
Book value | 8,898 | 7,731
Goodwill allocated to the cash-generating units [Text block] | Philips Group Goodwill allocated to the cash-generating units in millions of EUR 2016 - 2017
| 2016 | 2017
Image-Guided Therapy | 1,106 | 2,242
Patient Care & Monitoring Solutions | 1,506 | 1,349
Sleep & Respiratory Care | 1,958 | 1,819
Professional | 1,671 |
Other (units carrying a non-significant goodwill balance) | 2,657 | 2,321
Book value | 8,898 | 7,731
Key assumptions and sensitivity analysis [Text block] | Philips Group Key assumptions in % 2017
| compound sales growth rate 1 ) |
| initial forecast period | extra-polation period 2 ) | used to calculate terminal value 3 ) | pre-tax discount rates
Image-Guided Therapy | 5.3 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 10.9
Patient Care & Monitoring Solutions | 3.8 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 12.3
Sleep & Respiratory Care | 7.2 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 12.1
1) Compound sales growth rate is the annualized steady growth rate over the forecast period 2) Also referred to later in the text as compound long-term sales growth rate 3) The historical long-term growth rate is only applied to the first year after the 5 year extrapolation period, after which no further growth is assumed for the terminal value calculation Philips Group Key assumptions in % 2016
| compound sales growth rate 1 ) |
| initial forecast period | extra-polation period 2 ) | used to calculate terminal value 3 ) | pre-tax discount rates
Image-Guided Therapy | 7.1 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 12.1
Patient Care & Monitoring Solutions | 6.4 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 14.3
Sleep & Respiratory Care | 6.8 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 12.6
Professional | 5.0 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 13.9
1) Compound sales growth rate is the annualized steady growth rate over the forecast period 2) Also referred to later in the text as compound long-term sales growth rate 3) The historical long-term growth rate is only applied to the first year after the 5 year extrapolation period, after which no further growth is assumed for the terminal value calculation

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