Acquisitions - Schedule of Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation (Details) - Clean Holdco, Inc. $ in Thousands	Aug. 26, 2023 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Receivables	$ 8,301
Inventories	632
Rental merchandise in service	8,535
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	762
Property, plant and equipment	31,497
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	3,517
Goodwill and intangible assets	257,833
Accounts payable	(2,011)
Accrued liabilities	(5,767)
Operating lease liabilities, current	(1,510)
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent	(2,657)
Total purchase price	$ 299,132

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