Revenue Recognition (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 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 September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
CAG segment revenue:
CAG Diagnostics recurring revenue:	$	567,416	$	460,974	$	1,565,595	$	1,382,196
IDEXX VetLab consumables	218,605		177,276		603,379		519,646
Rapid assay products	70,593		58,930		192,681		181,966
Reference laboratory diagnostic and consulting services	254,223		204,919		703,300		621,469
CAG Diagnostics services and accessories	23,995		19,849		66,235		59,115
CAG Diagnostics capital - instruments	29,336		32,608		72,040		92,883
Veterinary software, services and diagnostic imaging systems	41,265		39,548		118,478		114,318
CAG segment revenue	638,017		533,130		1,756,113		1,589,397
Water segment revenue	33,272		34,906		95,537		99,980
LPD segment revenue	36,971		31,370		103,369		95,980
Other segment revenue	13,529		5,897		30,698		16,105
Total revenue	$	721,789	$	605,303	$	1,985,717	$	1,801,462

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

(in thousands)	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
United States	$	454,836	$	380,184	$	1,257,617	$	1,127,347
Europe, the Middle East and Africa	147,193		122,050		400,928		368,636
Asia Pacific Region	77,401		64,648		212,663		188,756
Canada	28,710		24,334		78,314		75,212
Latin America	13,649		14,087		36,195		41,511
Total	$	721,789	$	605,303	$	1,985,717	$	1,801,462