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Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Description of Business	Dec. 31, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business	Description of Business Lawson Products, Inc. (“Lawson” or the “Company”) is a North American distributor of products and services to the industrial, commercial, institutional and government maintenance, repair and operations (“MRO”) marketplace.