Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 264,776	$ 134,680
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization	205,671	187,548
Stock-based compensation	22,540	11,046
Amortization included in interest expense	4,405	4,467
Gain on disposition of assets and investments	(1,922)	(4,823)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	21,604	25,235
Equity in earnings of investee	(1,141)	0
Deferred tax expense (benefit)	1,178	(1,870)
Provision for doubtful accounts	2,711	9,442
(Increase) decrease in:
Receivables	(24,475)	19,253
Prepaid expenses	(1,953)	1,002
Other assets	(444)	2,110
(Decrease) increase in:
Trade accounts payable	(69)	(186)
Accrued expenses	3,610	(11,597)
Operating lease liabilities	(22,560)	625
Other liabilities	14,303	(15,475)
Net cash provided by operating activities	488,234	361,457
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions	(107,593)	(28,747)
Capital expenditures	(71,513)	(44,633)
Payment for investments in equity securities	(30,000)	0
Proceeds from disposition of assets and investments	5,761	5,699
Decrease in notes receivable	107	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(203,238)	(67,681)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash used for purchase of treasury stock	(5,787)	(10,124)
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	16,050	7,740
Principal payments on long-term debt	(282)	(273)
Borrowings on long-term debt	0	8,750
Principal payments on financing leases	(998)	0
Payments on revolving credit facility	(25,000)	(805,000)
Proceeds received from revolving credit facility	25,000	725,000
Redemption of senior notes and senior subordinated notes	(668,688)	(1,058,596)
Proceeds received from note offering	550,000	1,549,250
Proceeds received from accounts receivable securitization program	120,000	122,500
Payments on accounts receivable securitization program	(67,500)	(175,000)
Proceeds received from senior credit facility term loans	0	598,500
Payments on senior credit facility term loans	0	(978,097)
Debt issuance costs	(8,662)	(32,667)
Distributions to non-controlling interest	(82)	(1,475)
Dividends/distributions	(253,190)	(201,772)
Net cash used in financing activities	(319,139)	(251,264)
Effect of exchange rate changes in cash and cash equivalents	143	(72)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(34,000)	42,440
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	121,569	26,188
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	87,569	68,628
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	87,729	115,999
Cash paid for foreign, state and federal income taxes	7,231	3,558
Payment for investments in equity securities	(30,000)	0
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	265,473	135,046
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization	205,671	187,548
Stock-based compensation	22,540	11,046
Amortization included in interest expense	4,405	4,467
Gain on disposition of assets and investments	(1,922)	(4,823)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	21,604	25,235
Equity in earnings of investee	(1,141)	0
Deferred tax expense (benefit)	1,178	(1,870)
Provision for doubtful accounts	2,711	9,442
(Increase) decrease in:
Receivables	(24,475)	19,253
Prepaid expenses	(1,953)	1,002
Other assets	(444)	2,110
(Decrease) increase in:
Trade accounts payable	(69)	(186)
Accrued expenses	3,610	(11,597)
Operating lease liabilities	(22,560)	625
Other liabilities	(3,930)	(44,865)
Net cash provided by operating activities	470,698	332,433
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions	(107,593)	(28,747)
Capital expenditures	(71,513)	(44,633)
Payment for investments in equity securities	(30,000)	0
Proceeds from disposition of assets and investments	5,761	5,699
Net cash used in investing activities	(203,238)	(67,681)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt	(282)	(273)
Borrowings on long-term debt	0	8,750
Principal payments on financing leases	(998)	0
Payments on revolving credit facility	(25,000)	(805,000)
Proceeds received from revolving credit facility	25,000	725,000
Redemption of senior notes and senior subordinated notes	(668,688)	(1,058,596)
Proceeds received from note offering	550,000	1,549,250
Proceeds received from accounts receivable securitization program	120,000	122,500
Payments on accounts receivable securitization program	(67,500)	(175,000)
Proceeds received from senior credit facility term loans	0	598,500
Payments on senior credit facility term loans	0	(978,097)
Debt issuance costs	(8,662)	(32,667)
Distributions to non-controlling interest	(82)	(1,475)
Contributions from (to) parent	33,312	36,492
Dividends To From Parent	(258,703)	(211,624)
Net cash used in financing activities	(301,603)	(222,240)
Effect of exchange rate changes in cash and cash equivalents	143	(72)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(34,000)	42,440
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	121,069	25,688
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	87,069	68,128
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	87,729	115,999
Cash paid for foreign, state and federal income taxes	7,231	3,558
Payment for investments in equity securities	(30,000)	0
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization	205,671	187,548
Gain on disposition of assets and investments	(1,922)	(4,823)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	21,604	25,235
Equity in earnings of investee	1,141
(Decrease) increase in:
Net cash provided by operating activities	470,698	332,433
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions	(107,593)	(28,747)
Capital expenditures	(71,513)	(44,633)
Payment for investments in equity securities	(30,000)
Proceeds from disposition of assets and investments	5,761	5,699
Decrease in notes receivable	107
Net cash used in investing activities	(203,238)	(67,681)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt	(282)	(273)
Borrowings on long-term debt		8,750
Principal payments on financing leases	(998)
Payments on revolving credit facility	(25,000)	(805,000)
Proceeds received from revolving credit facility	25,000
Redemption of senior notes and senior subordinated notes	(668,688)	(1,058,596)
Proceeds received from note offering	550,000	1,549,250
Proceeds received from accounts receivable securitization program	120,000	122,500
Payments on accounts receivable securitization program	(67,500)	(175,000)
Proceeds received from senior credit facility term loans		598,500
Payments on senior credit facility term loans		(978,097)
Debt issuance costs	(8,662)	(32,667)
Distributions to non-controlling interest	(82)	(1,475)
Contributions from (to) parent	33,312	36,492
Dividends To From Parent	(258,703)	(211,624)
Net cash used in financing activities	(301,603)	(222,240)
Effect of exchange rate changes in cash and cash equivalents	143	(72)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(34,000)	42,440
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	121,069	25,688
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	87,069	68,128
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Payment for investments in equity securities	(30,000)
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES | Reportable Legal Entities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Payment for investments in equity securities	0
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Payment for investments in equity securities	0
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES | Eliminations
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization	0	0
Gain on disposition of assets and investments	0	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0
Equity in earnings of investee	0
(Decrease) increase in:
Net cash provided by operating activities	(467,049)	(419,181)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions	0	0
Capital expenditures	0	0
Proceeds from disposition of assets and investments	0	0
Decrease in notes receivable	0
Net cash used in investing activities	54,078	87,131
Cash flows from financing activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt	0	0
Borrowings on long-term debt		0
Principal payments on financing leases	0
Payments on revolving credit facility	0	0
Proceeds received from revolving credit facility	0
Redemption of senior notes and senior subordinated notes	0	0
Proceeds received from note offering	0	0
Proceeds received from accounts receivable securitization program	0	0
Payments on accounts receivable securitization program	0	0
Proceeds received from senior credit facility term loans		0
Payments on senior credit facility term loans		0
Debt issuance costs	0	0
Distributions to non-controlling interest	0	0
Contributions from (to) parent	(107,593)	(29,324)
Dividends To From Parent	467,049	419,181
Net cash used in financing activities	412,971	332,050
Effect of exchange rate changes in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	0	0
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES | Lamar Media | Reportable Legal Entities
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization	0	0
Gain on disposition of assets and investments	0	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt	21,604	25,235
Equity in earnings of investee	0
(Decrease) increase in:
Net cash provided by operating activities	380,225	310,395
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions	0	577
Capital expenditures	0	0
Payment for investments in equity securities	0
Proceeds from disposition of assets and investments	0	0
Decrease in notes receivable	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(54,078)	(86,554)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt	0	0
Borrowings on long-term debt		0
Principal payments on financing leases	0
Payments on revolving credit facility	(25,000)	(805,000)
Proceeds received from revolving credit facility	25,000
Redemption of senior notes and senior subordinated notes	(668,688)	(1,058,596)
Proceeds received from note offering	550,000	1,549,250
Proceeds received from accounts receivable securitization program	0	0
Payments on accounts receivable securitization program	0	0
Proceeds received from senior credit facility term loans		598,500
Payments on senior credit facility term loans		(978,097)
Debt issuance costs	(8,224)	(32,667)
Distributions to non-controlling interest	0	0
Contributions from (to) parent	33,312	36,492
Dividends To From Parent	(258,703)	(211,624)
Net cash used in financing activities	(352,303)	(176,742)
Effect of exchange rate changes in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(26,156)	47,099
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	110,588	13,185
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	84,432	60,284
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Payment for investments in equity securities	0
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES | Guarantor Subsidiaries | Reportable Legal Entities
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization	202,660	186,201
Gain on disposition of assets and investments	(1,774)	(4,878)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0
Equity in earnings of investee	1,141
(Decrease) increase in:
Net cash provided by operating activities	584,251	436,270
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions	(107,593)	(29,324)
Capital expenditures	(67,767)	(42,792)
Payment for investments in equity securities	(30,000)
Proceeds from disposition of assets and investments	5,761	5,699
Decrease in notes receivable	107
Net cash used in investing activities	(199,492)	(66,417)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt	(282)	(273)
Borrowings on long-term debt		8,750
Principal payments on financing leases	(998)
Payments on revolving credit facility	0	0
Proceeds received from revolving credit facility	0
Redemption of senior notes and senior subordinated notes	0	0
Proceeds received from note offering	0	0
Proceeds received from accounts receivable securitization program	0	0
Payments on accounts receivable securitization program	0	0
Proceeds received from senior credit facility term loans		0
Payments on senior credit facility term loans		0
Debt issuance costs	0	0
Distributions to non-controlling interest	0	0
Contributions from (to) parent	107,593	29,324
Dividends To From Parent	(467,049)	(419,181)
Net cash used in financing activities	(384,855)	(377,269)
Effect of exchange rate changes in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(96)	(7,416)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	1,732	8,278
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	1,636	862
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Payment for investments in equity securities	(30,000)
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Reportable Legal Entities
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation and amortization	3,011	1,347
Gain on disposition of assets and investments	(148)	55
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0
Equity in earnings of investee	0
(Decrease) increase in:
Net cash provided by operating activities	(26,729)	4,949
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions	0	0
Capital expenditures	(3,746)	(1,841)
Payment for investments in equity securities	0
Proceeds from disposition of assets and investments	0	0
Decrease in notes receivable	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(3,746)	(1,841)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt	0	0
Borrowings on long-term debt		0
Principal payments on financing leases	0
Payments on revolving credit facility	0	0
Proceeds received from revolving credit facility	0
Redemption of senior notes and senior subordinated notes	0	0
Proceeds received from note offering	0	0
Proceeds received from accounts receivable securitization program	120,000	122,500
Payments on accounts receivable securitization program	(67,500)	(175,000)
Proceeds received from senior credit facility term loans		0
Payments on senior credit facility term loans		0
Debt issuance costs	(438)	0
Distributions to non-controlling interest	(82)	(1,475)
Contributions from (to) parent	0	0
Dividends To From Parent	0	0
Net cash used in financing activities	22,584	(279)
Effect of exchange rate changes in cash and cash equivalents	143	(72)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(7,748)	2,757
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	8,749	4,225
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	1,001	$ 6,982
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Payment for investments in equity securities	$ 0