Net Increase (Decrease) in branches.

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Net Increase (Decrease) in Stores

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New stores opened.

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Number of company operated stores.

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Number of foreign Joint Ventures.

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Number of net new stores.

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Number of stores closed.

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Number of subsidiaries in Foreign Countries.

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Percent of assets of consolidated foreign subsidiaries to company's assets.

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Percent of sales of one group Including Inter segment transfers represented Products sold through other stores group.

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Reportable segment information.

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Amount of income (loss) from continuing operations before deduction of income tax expense (benefit) and income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest, and addition of income (loss) from equity method investments.

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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Reportable Segment Information - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) branch store segment foreign_country joint_venture	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) store
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of reportable operating segments \| segment	4
Revenues \| $	$ 11,856,000	$ 11,339,000	$ 11,130,000
Segment profit \| $	1,595,233	1,548,966	1,258,226
Long lived assets \| $	3,125,222	3,132,981	3,139,272
Identifiable assets \| $	$ 6,752,521	$ 5,778,937	$ 5,699,333
Percent of assets of consolidated foreign subsidiaries to Company's assets	18.30%	20.30%	23.90%
Non-US [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
Revenues \| $	$ 1,722,246	$ 1,788,955	$ 2,203,804
Segment profit \| $	60,059	75,773	115,629
Long lived assets \| $	477,889	497,528	551,364
Identifiable assets \| $	$ 1,233,666	$ 1,172,064	$ 1,359,991
Paint Stores Group [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of company-operated stores	4,180
Number of net new stores	94	83	95
New stores opened	109
Number of stores closed	15
Revenues \| $	$ 7,790,000	$ 7,209,000	$ 6,852,000
Paint Stores Group [Member] \| United States of America [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
New stores opened	86
Number of stores closed	9
Paint Stores Group [Member] \| Canada [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
New stores opened	21
Number of stores closed	6
Paint Stores Group [Member] \| Aruba [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
New stores opened	1
Paint Stores Group [Member] \| Barbados [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
New stores opened	1
Consumer Group [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
Percent of sales of one group including intersegment transfers represented products sold through other stores group	64.00%
Revenues \| $	$ 1,585,000	1,578,000	1,421,000
Global Finishes Group [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of company-operated stores \| branch	288
New stores opened \| branch	5
Number of stores closed \| branch	13
Net increase (decrease) in branches \| branch	(8)
Number of subsidiaries in foreign countries \| foreign_country	34
Revenues \| $	$ 1,889,000	$ 1,916,000	$ 2,081,000
Global Finishes Group [Member] \| United States of America [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
New stores opened \| branch	3
Number of stores closed \| branch	10
Global Finishes Group [Member] \| Chile [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of stores closed \| branch	1
Global Finishes Group [Member] \| Canada [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
New stores opened \| branch	2
Number of stores closed \| branch	2
Latin America Coatings Group [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of company-operated stores	339
New stores opened	49
Number of stores closed	1
Number of subsidiaries in foreign countries \| foreign_country	9
Net increase in stores	48
Number of foreign joint ventures \| joint_venture	4
Latin America Coatings Group [Member] \| South America [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
New stores opened	31
Latin America Coatings Group [Member] \| Mexico [Member]
Reportable Segment Information (Textual) [Abstract]
New stores opened	18