Capital Structure - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Apr. 16, 2010	Dec. 31, 2013	Oct. 07, 2013	Oct. 07, 2013 Common Class B	Apr. 30, 2010 Common Class B	Dec. 31, 2013 Common Class B	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Class B	Apr. 30, 2010 Class A Preferred Units	Apr. 16, 2010 Class A Preferred Units	Dec. 31, 2013 Class A Preferred Units	Dec. 31, 2012 Class A Preferred Units	Mar. 21, 2014 Common Class A Subsequent Event	Dec. 31, 2013 RMCO, LLC	Oct. 07, 2013 RMCO, LLC	Dec. 31, 2012 RMCO, LLC Class A Preferred Units	Dec. 31, 2013 RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.	Oct. 07, 2013 RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership percentage						30.00%
Units exchanged for ownership interest					847,500			37,500
Issuance of redeemable preferred units									112,500
Proceeds from issuance of redeemable preferred stock	$ 30,000,000
Sale of preferred units									37,500
Proceeds from sale of preferred stock	10,000,000
Preferred Units, authorized										0	150,000				150,000
Preferred units, issued										0	150,000				150,000
Preferred Units, outstanding										0	150,000				150,000
Preferred units, redemption date		Apr. 16, 2014
Preferred units, redemption rate													10.00%
Preferred units, liquidation preference value			49,850,000							0	49,500,000			49,850,000
Redemption of common membership units price per common stock														3,750,000			3,452,900
Redemption of common membership units amount less underwriting discount														$ 76,931,250			$ 70,836,244
Common stock, shares authorized							900,000
Common stock reserved for issuance under a unit option plan							52,500
Options granted to certain employees				31,500
Common stock, shares outstanding							847,500
Outstanding and unexercised options to acquire common stock																787,500
Dividend declared												$ 0.0625