REVENUES - Principal Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales	$ 4,005.2	$ 3,998.5	$ 3,985.8	$ 3,751.9	$ 3,938.4	$ 3,958.1	$ 3,852.1	$ 3,571.6	$ 15,741.4	$ 15,320.2	$ 14,187.8
Allowance for expected return of products	$ 53.0				$ 72.0				53.0	72.0	59.0
Product and equipment sales
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									12,473.6	12,316.8	11,446.2
Service and lease sales
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									$ 3,267.8	$ 3,003.4	$ 2,741.6
Warewashing Products | Product concentration | Consolidated net sales
Disaggregation of revenue
Percentage of consolidated sales									12.00%	12.00%	12.00%
Corporate | Product and equipment sales
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales										$ 42.5	$ 89.1
Operating segment
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									$ 15,873.0	15,375.5	14,192.8
Global Industrial
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									7,777.2	7,626.5	7,197.1
Global Industrial | United States
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									3,320.7	3,232.5	3,129.2
Global Industrial | Europe
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									1,593.7	1,573.0	1,433.9
Global Industrial | Asia Pacific
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									948.9	947.4	888.8
Global Industrial | Latin America
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									810.5	772.5	656.2
Global Industrial | Greater China
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									400.4	407.0	435.8
Global Industrial | India, Middle East and Africa
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									493.0	491.8	459.3
Global Industrial | Canada
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									210.0	202.3	193.9
Global Industrial | Product and equipment sales
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									6,810.8	6,710.8	6,303.9
Global Industrial | Service and lease sales
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									966.4	915.7	893.2
Global Industrial | Operating segment
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									5,413.9	5,014.6	4,433.2
Global Institutional and Specialty
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									5,382.6	4,999.2	4,432.1
Global Institutional and Specialty | United States
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									3,713.5	3,410.5	3,008.1
Global Institutional and Specialty | Europe
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									706.4	682.3	624.4
Global Institutional and Specialty | Asia Pacific
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									249.7	238.8	220.9
Global Institutional and Specialty | Latin America
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									201.6	197.8	169.2
Global Institutional and Specialty | Greater China
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									177.5	161.0	138.3
Global Institutional and Specialty | India, Middle East and Africa
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									84.5	77.8	66.2
Global Institutional and Specialty | Canada
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									249.4	231.0	205.0
Global Institutional and Specialty | Product and equipment sales
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									4,362.2	4,087.3	3,655.1
Global Institutional and Specialty | Service and lease sales
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									1,020.4	911.9	777.0
Global Institutional and Specialty | Operating segment
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									1,434.1	1,607.5	1,534.3
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									1,418.8	1,586.0	1,510.5
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | United States
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									465.8	633.6	600.7
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Europe
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									705.5	719.2	675.6
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Asia Pacific
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									111.3	103.9	100.4
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Latin America
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									29.1	35.5	32.9
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Greater China
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									59.0	56.4	65.6
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | India, Middle East and Africa
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									40.6	29.6	29.0
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Canada
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									7.5	7.8	6.3
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Product and equipment sales
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									1,300.6	1,476.2	1,398.1
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Service and lease sales
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									118.2	109.8	112.4
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Operating segment
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									1,167.8	1,070.2	963.5
Global Pest Elimination
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									1,162.8	1,066.0	959.0
Global Pest Elimination | United States
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									805.6	733.6	650.3
Global Pest Elimination | Europe
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									187.5	171.0	154.7
Global Pest Elimination | Asia Pacific
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									32.1	28.7	27.9
Global Pest Elimination | Latin America
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									58.7	57.5	51.8
Global Pest Elimination | Greater China
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									60.0	57.4	56.8
Global Pest Elimination | India, Middle East and Africa
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									7.1	6.9	8.1
Global Pest Elimination | Canada
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									11.8	10.9	9.4
Global Pest Elimination | Service and lease sales
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									1,162.8	1,066.0	959.0
Global Pest Elimination | Operating segment
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales									$ 7,857.2	7,640.5	7,172.6
Corporate
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales										42.5	89.1
Corporate | United States
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales										38.4	84.0
Corporate | Europe
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales										2.7	2.7
Corporate | Asia Pacific
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales										0.2	0.3
Corporate | Latin America
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales										1.1	1.6
Corporate | Canada
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales										0.1	0.5
Corporate | Operating segment
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales										$ 42.7	$ 89.2