Document and Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Aug. 07, 2015
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Document type	10-Q
Document period end date	Jun. 30, 2015
Amendment flag	false
Entity registrant name	VWR Corporation
Entity central index key	0001412232
Current fiscal year end date	--12-31
Entity filer category	Non-accelerated Filer
Document fiscal year focus	2015
Document fiscal period focus	Q2
Entity common stock, shares outstanding		131,358,700