Acquisitions - Schedule of Pro Forma Information (Details) - Precision Acquisition - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 2,531,820	$ 2,640,396
Net income attributable to Belden stockholders	$ 202,947	$ 232,713
Diluted income from continuing operations per share attributable to Belden common stockholders (in usd per share)	$ 4.91	$ 5.43

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.

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