Acquisitions - Schedule of Businesses by Reportable Operating Segment and All Other (Details) - Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions - business	12 Months Ended
May 31, 2024	May 31, 2023
Uniform rental and facility services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired	7	4
First Aid and Safety Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired	1	6
All Other
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired	8	9

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147479907/805-20-50-5

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