Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
Net revenue	$ 7,354,611	$ 4,887,478
Costs of revenue	5,272,060	3,382,160
Gross profit on revenue	2,082,551	1,505,318
Selling, general and administrative expenses	1,955,697	1,490,700
Operating income	126,854	14,618
Other expense	(2,641)	(66,278)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	124,213	(51,660)
State income tax expense	58,389	44,300
Net income (loss)	65,824	(95,960)
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		19,217
Net income (loss) attributable to Timios National Corporation stockholders	65,824	(115,177)
Less preferred dividends and other beneficial conversion features associated with preferred stock issuance		(3,681)
Income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	$ 65,824	$ (118,858)
Income (loss) per common share attributable to Timios National Corporation stockholders - basic and diluted
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.03	$ (1.09)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ (1.09)
Weighted average shares outstanding -
Basic (in shares)	2,294,321	108,983
Diluted (in shares)	10,960,988	108,983