Note 17 - Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	17. Subsequent Events As of October 30, 2013, SGRP and certain of its domestic subsidiaries (as borrowers) entered into the Fifth Agreement of Amendment to Revolving Loan and Security Agreement And Other Documents (the "Fifth Amendment") with Sterling National Bank ("Sterling") as Agent and Lender, a copy of which is attached to this Quarterly Report as Exhibit 10.1. The Fifth Amendment adds SPAR Canada, Inc., SPAR Canada Company ("SCC"), and SPAR Wings & Ink Company ("SWI") as borrowers under the Sterling Credit Facility. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements - Credit Facilities: Sterling Credit Facility, above. As a result, the receivables of the Company's Canadian subsidiaries, SCC and SWI, are now included in the Company's borrowing base and pledged to Sterling and advances are available to those Canadian borrowers under the Sterling Credit Facility. SCC has retired its existing credit facility with the Royal Bank of Canada and replaced it by becoming a borrower under the Sterling Credit Facility.

Note 17 - Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

17. Subsequent Events

As of October 30, 2013, SGRP and certain of its domestic subsidiaries (as borrowers) entered into the Fifth Agreement of Amendment to Revolving Loan and Security Agreement And Other Documents (the "Fifth Amendment") with Sterling National Bank ("Sterling") as Agent and Lender, a copy of which is attached to this Quarterly Report as Exhibit 10.1. The Fifth Amendment adds SPAR Canada, Inc., SPAR Canada Company ("SCC"), and SPAR Wings & Ink Company ("SWI") as borrowers under the Sterling Credit Facility. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements - Credit Facilities: Sterling Credit Facility, above. As a result, the receivables of the Company's Canadian subsidiaries, SCC and SWI, are now included in the Company's borrowing base and pledged to Sterling and advances are available to those Canadian borrowers under the Sterling Credit Facility. SCC has retired its existing credit facility with the Royal Bank of Canada and replaced it by becoming a borrower under the Sterling Credit Facility.