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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 10, 2026
USD ($)
$ / shares
Aug. 29, 2026
USD ($)
segment
$ / shares
Aug. 30, 2025
USD ($)
$ / shares
Aug. 31, 2024
USD ($)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Number of reporting segments | segment   3    
Short-term investments   $ 0 $ 5,672,000  
Foreign currency forward contracts   $ 0 79,000  
Percentage of revenues derived from route servicing fees   86.00%    
Percentage of revenues excluding route servicing fees   14.00%    
Estimated service lives of rental merchandise, minimum   6 months    
Estimated service lives of rental merchandise, maximum   36 months    
Impairment of goodwill and definite-lived intangible assets   $ 0 0 $ 0
Weighted average useful life   12 years 10 months 24 days    
Capitalized costs   $ 73,800,000 45,300,000  
Discount rate   5.22%    
Inflation rate   3.00%    
Estimated impact of inflation per year   3.00%    
Advertising costs   $ 6,800,000 $ 7,700,000 $ 5,300,000
Share based payment arrangement, expense   $ 0    
Conversion of Class B Common Stock into Common Stock        
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Conversion ratio   1    
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) | Certain Share-based Awards Granted During Fiscal 2026, 2025 and 2024 to Non-employee Directors | Non-Employee Directors        
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Expiration period   8 years    
Minimum        
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Discount period, lower range   20 years    
Remaining lives   1 year    
Credit adjusted risk-free rate   4.75%    
Maximum        
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Discount period, upper range   30 years    
Remaining lives   18 years    
Credit adjusted risk-free rate   7.50%    
Customer contracts        
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Weighted average useful life   14 years 4 months 24 days    
Other intangible assets        
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Weighted average useful life   8 years 6 months    
Cintas Corporation        
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Business combination, right to receive cash upon conversion of stock | $ / shares $ 155.00      
Business combination, potential termination fee payment $ 213,300,000      
Business combination, potential termination fee payment by acquirer $ 350,000,000.0      
Cintas Corporation | Common Stock        
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Business combination, conversion ratio 0.7720      
Common Stock        
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares $ 0.10 $ 0.10 $ 0.10  
Class B Common Stock        
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares $ 0.10 $ 0.10 $ 0.10