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The amount of cash paid per share of common stock owned in a business combination.

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Percentage of remaining units ownership interest for which it entered into a put/call agreement with one of the minority unitholders.

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Equity award exchange ratio in a business combinations.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of additional interests in business.

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Percentage of non controlling interest classified as equity.

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of liabilities incurred by the acquirer as part of consideration transferred in a business combination.

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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions					12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 20, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 22, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 03, 2023 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain on remeasurement of investment upon acquisition					$ 0.0	$ 1.4	$ 0.0
Boom and Bucket Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price	$ 10.0
Weighted average amortization period	3 years
IAA
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price		$ 6,646.1
Weighted average amortization period		13 years 4 months 24 days
Cash consideration per share (usd per share) \| $ / shares			$ 12.80
Shares issued per share			0.5252
Purchase consideration		$ 1,714.2	$ 1,700.0
Common stock consideration (in shares) \| shares			70,300,000
Assumption of net debt			$ 1,200.0
Equity award exchange ratio		0.763139
IAA \| 2021 Notes
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Assumption of net debt			$ 500.0
Redemption price percentage			102.75%
VeriTread
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase price				$ 32.4
Weighted average amortization period				5 years 10 months 24 days
Purchase consideration				$ 28.1
Number of shares acquired \| shares				1,056,338
Cash consideration for additional interest investment				$ 3.0
Aggregate holdings of issued and outstanding shares				75.00%
Prior holdings of issued and outstanding shares				11.00%
Equity interest, fair value				$ 4.3
Gain on remeasurement of investment upon acquisition				$ 1.4
Remaining units ownership interest, percentage				21.00%
Non-controlling interest classified as equity, percentage				4.00%
VeriTread \| Existing stockholders
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase consideration				$ 25.1
Number of shares acquired \| shares				8,889,766