General and Basis of Presentation (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) state item	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) state item	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2016 subsidiary $ / shares	Jun. 28, 2016
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Number of U.S. states in which ATMs are located | state	50		50
Number of ATMs under branding contracts with financial institutions	20,000		20,000
Number of financial institutions participating in branding contracts	500		500
Number of ATMs participating in surcharge free network			55,000
Depreciation and accretion expenses related to ATMs and ATM-related assets | $	$ 22,180	$ 17,933	$ 66,488	$ 54,290
Amortization of intangible assets | $	14,996	9,175	45,423	28,129
Total depreciation, accretion and amortization of intangible assets expenses excluded from cost of ATM operating revenues and Gross profit | $	$ 37,176	$ 27,108	$ 111,911	$ 82,419
Number of subsidiaries involved in Redomicile Transaction | subsidiary					1
Number of common shares issued for each ordinary share of predecessor entity						1
Ordinary shares, nominal value | $ / shares					$ 0.01
Minimum [Member]
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Number of ATMs operated by entity			238,000
Number of financial institutions participating in surcharge free network			1,300
U.S. [Member]
General And Basis Of Presentation1 [Line Items]
Number of ATMs operated by entity			187,000
United Kingdom And Ireland
General And Basis Of Presentation1 [Line Items]
Number of ATMs operated by entity			22,400
Canada [Member]
General And Basis Of Presentation1 [Line Items]
Number of ATMs operated by entity			12,500
Australia And New Zealand
General And Basis Of Presentation1 [Line Items]
Number of ATMs operated by entity			10,700
South Africa
General And Basis Of Presentation1 [Line Items]
Number of ATMs operated by entity			2,800
Germany, Poland And Spain
General And Basis Of Presentation1 [Line Items]
Number of ATMs operated by entity			1,600
Mexico [Member]
General And Basis Of Presentation1 [Line Items]
Number of ATMs operated by entity			1,000
Cardtronics Mexico
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Ownership in subsidiary, as a percent	95.70%		95.70%