Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 TruGreen	Sep. 30, 2012 TruGreen	Sep. 30, 2013 TruGreen	Sep. 30, 2012 TruGreen	Dec. 31, 2012 TruGreen	Jun. 30, 2013 Trade names TruGreen	Sep. 30, 2012 Trade names TruGreen	Jun. 30, 2013 Trade names TruGreen	Sep. 30, 2013 Trade names TruGreen	Sep. 30, 2012 Trade names TruGreen	Jun. 30, 2013 Goodwill TruGreen
Intangible Assets
Non-cash goodwill impairment charge	$ 0	$ 417,453,000		$ 417,500,000	$ 794,200,000	$ 417,453,000	$ 794,200,000
Estimated fair value of goodwill				0					351,000,000		351,000,000
Non-cash trade name impairment charge	0								255,800,000	51,000,000		255,800,000	118,700,000
Goodwill	2,015,489,000	2,015,489,000	2,412,251,000			0		417,069,000
Trailing period over which segment performance significantly declined						12 months
Change in discount rate used for impairment assessment of indefinite-lived intangible assets (as a percent)											1.00%			1.00%
Additional trade name impairment charge recorded on one percent increase of discount rate									$ 57,400,000