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Note 13 - Purchases and Sale of Interests in Subsidiaries (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Aug. 31, 2014
Assets and Merchandising Teams of Unilink [Member] \| Year One [Member]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability	$ 187,415
Assets and Merchandising Teams of Unilink [Member] \| Year Two [Member]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability	$ 187,415
Assets and Merchandising Teams of Unilink [Member] \| Unilink [Member] \| SPAR Shanghai [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	20.00%
Assets and Merchandising Teams of Unilink [Member] \| Unilink [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 1,100,000
Assets and Merchandising Teams of Unilink [Member] \| Shanghai Wedone Marketing Consulting Co. Ltd [Member] \| SPAR Shanghai [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	29.00%
Assets and Merchandising Teams of Unilink [Member] \| Assets and Merchandising Teams of Unilink [Member]
Majority Interest Ownership Percentage By Parent	51.00%
Assets and Merchandising Teams of Unilink [Member] \| Investor in Shanghai [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	49.00%
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Carrying Amount	$ 720,262
Assets and Merchandising Teams of Unilink [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill			$ 1,469,922
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life			10 years
Assets and Merchandising Teams of Unilink [Member]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability	374,830
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	374,830
Total Purchase Price	1,460,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	749,660
Minimum Operating Earnings That Must Be Contributed By Acquiree	$ 235,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Amount of Contingent Consideration, Liability		$ (187,415)
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Current		187,415
Annual Operating Earnings Trigger		$ 585,000
Threshold Percentage Of Operating Earnings Over Minimum Contribution		50.00%
SPAR Shanghai [Member]
Majority Interest Ownership Percentage By Parent	51.00%			51.00%
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability		$ 290,000	$ 617,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			$ 375,000