Employee Benefit Plans	12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2019
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]
Employee Benefit Plans	Employee Benefit Plans The accounting guidance on defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans requires full recognition of the funded status of defined benefit and other postretirement plans on the balance sheet as an asset or a liability. The guidance also requires that unrecognized prior service costs/credits, gains/losses, and transition obligations/assets be recorded in AOCI, thus not changing the income statement recognition rules for such plans. The Company provides postretirement medical benefits (the “Plan”) for eligible regular full and part-time domestic employees (including spouses) who retired prior to January 1, 2016, as outlined by the Plan. The Plan is unfunded, and the liability, unrecognized gain, and associated income statement impact are immaterial for purposes of disclosure. The liability is recorded in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets as of July 31, 2019 and 2018. The unrecognized gain is reported as a component of AOCI. The Company sponsors statutory defined benefit pension plans that are primarily unfunded and provide an income benefit upon termination or retirement for certain of its international employees. As of July 31, 2019 and 2018, the accumulated pension obligation related to these plans was $5,314 and $5,383, respectively. As of July 31, 2019 and 2018, pre-tax amounts recognized in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets were losses of $329 and $194, respectively. The net periodic benefit cost for these plans was $418, $341, and $665 during the years ended July 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company also has two deferred compensation plans, the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan and the Director Deferred Compensation Plan which allow for compensation to be deferred into either the Company's Class A Nonvoting Common Stock or in other investment funds. Neither plan allows funds to be transferred between the Company's Class A Nonvoting Common Stock and the other investment funds. The Company also has an additional non-qualified deferred compensation plan, the Brady Restoration Plan, which allows an equivalent benefit to the Matched 401(k) Plan and the Funded Retirement Plan for executives' income exceeding the IRS limits of participation in a qualified 401(k) plan. At July 31, 2019 and 2018, $15,744 and $14,383, respectively, of deferred compensation was included in "Other liabilities" in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company has retirement and profit-sharing plans covering substantially all full-time domestic employees and certain employees of its foreign subsidiaries. Contributions to the plans are determined annually or quarterly, according to the respective plan, based on income of the respective companies and employee contributions. Accrued retirement and profit-sharing contributions of $3,342 and $3,844 were included in "Other current liabilities" on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets as of July 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The amounts charged to expense for these retirement and profit sharing plans were $14,158, $14,395, and $13,750 during the years ended July 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Employee Benefit Plans

The accounting guidance on defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans requires full recognition of the funded status of defined benefit and other postretirement plans on the balance sheet as an asset or a liability. The guidance also requires that unrecognized prior service costs/credits, gains/losses, and transition obligations/assets be recorded in AOCI, thus not changing the income statement recognition rules for such plans.

The Company provides postretirement medical benefits (the “Plan”) for eligible regular full and part-time domestic employees (including spouses) who retired prior to January 1, 2016, as outlined by the Plan. The Plan is unfunded, and the liability, unrecognized gain, and associated income statement impact are immaterial for purposes of disclosure. The liability is recorded in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets as of July 31, 2019 and 2018. The unrecognized gain is reported as a component of AOCI.

The Company sponsors statutory defined benefit pension plans that are primarily unfunded and provide an income benefit upon termination or retirement for certain of its international employees. As of July 31, 2019 and 2018, the accumulated pension obligation related to these plans was $5,314 and $5,383, respectively. As of July 31, 2019 and 2018, pre-tax amounts recognized in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets were losses of $329 and $194, respectively. The net periodic benefit cost for these plans was $418, $341, and $665 during the years ended July 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

The Company also has two deferred compensation plans, the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan and the Director Deferred Compensation Plan which allow for compensation to be deferred into either the Company's Class A Nonvoting Common Stock or in other investment funds. Neither plan allows funds to be transferred between the Company's Class A Nonvoting Common Stock and the other investment funds. The Company also has an additional non-qualified deferred compensation plan, the Brady Restoration Plan, which allows an equivalent benefit to the Matched 401(k) Plan and the Funded Retirement Plan for executives' income exceeding the IRS limits of participation in a qualified 401(k) plan. At July 31, 2019 and 2018, $15,744 and $14,383, respectively, of deferred compensation was included in "Other liabilities" in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company has retirement and profit-sharing plans covering substantially all full-time domestic employees and certain employees of its foreign subsidiaries. Contributions to the plans are determined annually or quarterly, according to the respective plan, based on income of the respective companies and employee contributions. Accrued retirement and profit-sharing contributions of $3,342 and $3,844 were included in "Other current liabilities" on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets as of July 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The amounts charged to expense for these retirement and profit sharing plans were $14,158, $14,395, and $13,750 during the years ended July 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.