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Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Cash Fees, Limit

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Potential Number Of Shares, Limit

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Options, Potential Number Of Shares, Limit

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Stock Plan Offering Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Market Value Discount, Percent

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Annual Employee Subscription Amount

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Share-based Payment Arrangement, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vesting, Number of Annual Installments

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Expected term of award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock and Stock-Based Compensation Plans - Narrative (Details)		7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 27, 2019 USD ($) shares	Jul. 31, 2019	Dec. 29, 2019 USD ($) installment $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized expense			$ 8,500,000
Weighted average term of unrecognized expense			1 year 8 months 12 days
Performance-based Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			3 years
Fair value of shares vested during year			$ 100,000
Restricted Stock Units and Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value of shares vested during year			$ 1,300,000
Number of equal annual installments \| installment			3
Restricted Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			1 year
Fair value of shares vested during year			$ 200,000
Number of equal annual installments \| installment			4
Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			3 years
Grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 13.76
Stock price at date of grant (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 46.97
Option term			10 years
Risk-free interest rate			1.88%
Volatility based on peer public companies			26.00%
Term of compensation award			6 years
Dividend yield			0.00%
Service Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total intrinsic value of service options			$ 2,800,000
ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Offering periods for ESPP			1 month
Discount from fair value			15.00%
Participant's annual contribution limit			$ 25,000
ESPP \| Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of common shares reserved and available for awards (in shares) \| shares			989,496
Maximum number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP (in shares) \| shares			1,000,000
ESPP \| KAR
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Offering periods for ESPP		1 month
Discount from fair value		15.00%
2019 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of common shares reserved and available for awards (in shares) \| shares			4,897,256
Aggregate awards granted limit, options (in shares) \| shares	1,000,000
Aggregate awards granted limit, restricted shares (in shares) \| shares	500,000
Cash-based award limit	$ 5,000,000
Cash fees received limit	$ 750,000