Revenue Recognition (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of revenue

The following table presents disaggregated revenue by major product and service categories:໿

(in thousands)	For the Three Months Ended June 30,				For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
CAG segment revenue:
CAG Diagnostics recurring revenue:	$	510,254	$	477,431	$	998,179	$	921,222
IDEXX VetLab consumables	196,061		175,159		384,774		342,370
Rapid assay products	64,658		68,605		122,088		123,036
Reference laboratory diagnostic and consulting services	228,816		213,892		449,077		416,550
CAG Diagnostics services and accessories	20,719		19,775		42,240		39,266
CAG Diagnostics capital - instruments	18,871		31,526		42,704		60,275
Veterinary software, services and diagnostic imaging systems	36,975		38,392		77,213		74,770
CAG segment revenue	566,100		547,349		1,118,096		1,056,267
Water segment revenue	28,116		34,764		62,265		65,074
LPD segment revenue	32,244		33,104		66,398		64,610
Other segment revenue	11,132		4,886		17,169		10,208
Total revenue	$	637,592	$	620,103	$	1,263,928	$	1,196,159

Revenue by principal geographic area, based on customers’ domiciles, was as follows:໿

(in thousands)	For the Three Months Ended June 30,				For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
United States	$	405,998	$	388,875	$	802,781	$	747,163
Europe, the Middle East and Africa	123,969		124,840		253,735		246,586
Asia Pacific Region	71,750		64,033		135,262		124,108
Canada	25,357		27,654		49,604		50,878
Latin America	10,518		14,701		22,546		27,424
Total	$	637,592	$	620,103	$	1,263,928	$	1,196,159