Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 450,430us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 406,344us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Cost of sales	325,629us-gaap_CostOfRevenue	292,244us-gaap_CostOfRevenue
Gross profit	124,801us-gaap_GrossProfit	114,100us-gaap_GrossProfit
Selling and administrative expenses	109,202	105,454
Operating income	15,599us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	8,646us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense, net	1,995us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNet	1,933us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNet
Income before income taxes and equity earnings	13,604	6,713
Provision for income taxes	5,292us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	2,604us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Equity earnings in unconsolidated investments	121	79
Net income	8,433us-gaap_ProfitLoss	4,188us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	(14)	0
Net income attributable to Pool Corporation	$ 8,419us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 4,188us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.19us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 0.09us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.19us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 0.09us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares outstanding: [Abstract]
Basic (in shares)	43,601	45,178
Diluted (in shares)	44,756	46,375
Cash dividends declared per common share	$ 0.22	$ 0.19

Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770