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Segments - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
segments
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Apr. 14, 2014
retail_location
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Number of operating segments 5us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments      
Financial Advisory and Legal Costs $ 0aan_FinancialAdvisoryandLegalExpenses $ 872aan_FinancialAdvisoryandLegalExpenses    
Progressive-Related Transaction Costs 0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts 803us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts    
Approximate percentage of segment revenue charged as an allocation of corporate overhead 5.00%aan_PercentageOfSegmentRevenueChargedAsAllocationOfCorporateOverhead   5.00%aan_PercentageOfSegmentRevenueChargedAsAllocationOfCorporateOverhead  
Progressive Finance Holdings, LLC        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Number of retail locations (over 15,000)       15,000us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= aan_ProgressiveFinanceHoldingsLLCMember
Progressive-Related Transaction Costs   803us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= aan_ProgressiveFinanceHoldingsLLCMember		    
Other Segments        
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]        
Financial Advisory and Legal Costs 872aan_FinancialAdvisoryandLegalExpenses
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_AllOtherSegmentsMember		      
Progressive-Related Transaction Costs $ 803us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_AllOtherSegmentsMember