Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Description of Business	1. Description of Business FleetCor Technologies Inc. and its subsidiaries (the Company) is a leading independent global provider of fuel cards and workforce payment products and services to businesses, commercial fleets, major oil companies, petroleum marketers and government entities in countries throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The Company’s payment programs enable its customers to better manage and control employee spending and provide card-accepting merchants with a high volume customer base that can increase their sales and customer loyalty. The Company provides payment products and services in a variety of combinations to create customized payment solutions for customers and partners. The Company sells these products and services directly and indirectly through partners with whom it has strategic relationships, such as major oil companies and petroleum marketers. The Company refers to these major oil companies and petroleum marketers as “partners.” The Company provides customers with various card products that typically function like a charge card to purchase fuel, lodging, food, toll road fees and related products and services at participating locations. The Company’s payment programs enable businesses to better manage and control employee spending and provide card-accepting merchants with a high volume customer base that can increase their sales and customer loyalty. In order to deliver payment programs and services and process transactions, the Company owns and operates proprietary “closed-loop” networks through which the Company electronically connects to merchants and captures, analyzes and reports customized information. The Company also uses third-party networks to deliver its payment programs and services in order to broaden its card acceptance and use. To support the payment products, the Company also provides a range of services, such as issuing and processing, as well as specialized information services that provide customers with value-added functionality and data. Customers can use this data to track important business productivity metrics, combat fraud and employee misuse, streamline expense administration and lower overall workforce and fleet operating costs. The Company’s reportable segments, North America and International, reflect the Company’s global organization. Within these segments, services are provided to commercial fleets, major oil companies, and petroleum marketers. In North America, the Company primarily sells a fuel card product, as well as a fleet telematics offering, which allows customers to track the location of mobile workers in field based businesses, primarily to small and mid-sized fleets. The Company also provides lodging and transportation management services in North America. In its International segment, the Company provides small and mid-sized fleets with fuel cards to control and manage spending. Additionally, the Company provides a similar fuel product in its International segment to over-the-road trucking fleets, shipping fleets and other operators of heavily industrialized equipment, that when utilized at the fueling site and by the vehicle, significantly reduces the likelihood of unauthorized and fraudulent transactions and allows fleet owners to monitor and control fuel consumption. The Company also provides a vehicle maintenance service offering in its International segment that helps fleet customers to better manage their vehicle maintenance, service, and repair needs. Furthermore, the Company also provides prepaid fuel, transportation, toll and food vouchers and cards internationally that may be used as a form of payment in restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, public transportation and toll roads. In 2013, the Company processed approximately 328 million transactions on its proprietary networks and third-party networks.

1. Description of Business

FleetCor Technologies Inc. and its subsidiaries (the Company) is a leading independent global provider of fuel cards and workforce payment products and services to businesses, commercial fleets, major oil companies, petroleum marketers and government entities in countries throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The Company’s payment programs enable its customers to better manage and control employee spending and provide card-accepting merchants with a high volume customer base that can increase their sales and customer loyalty.

The Company provides payment products and services in a variety of combinations to create customized payment solutions for customers and partners. The Company sells these products and services directly and indirectly through partners with whom it has strategic relationships, such as major oil companies and petroleum marketers. The Company refers to these major oil companies and petroleum marketers as “partners.” The Company provides customers with various card products that typically function like a charge card to purchase fuel, lodging, food, toll road fees and related products and services at participating locations. The Company’s payment programs enable businesses to better manage and control employee spending and provide card-accepting merchants with a high volume customer base that can increase their sales and customer loyalty.

In order to deliver payment programs and services and process transactions, the Company owns and operates proprietary “closed-loop” networks through which the Company electronically connects to merchants and captures, analyzes and reports customized information. The Company also uses third-party networks to deliver its payment programs and services in order to broaden its card acceptance and use. To support the payment products, the Company also provides a range of services, such as issuing and processing, as well as specialized information services that provide customers with value-added functionality and data. Customers can use this data to track important business productivity metrics, combat fraud and employee misuse, streamline expense administration and lower overall workforce and fleet operating costs.

The Company’s reportable segments, North America and International, reflect the Company’s global organization. Within these segments, services are provided to commercial fleets, major oil companies, and petroleum marketers. In North America, the Company primarily sells a fuel card product, as well as a fleet telematics offering, which allows customers to track the location of mobile workers in field based businesses, primarily to small and mid-sized fleets. The Company also provides lodging and transportation management services in North America. In its International segment, the Company provides small and mid-sized fleets with fuel cards to control and manage spending. Additionally, the Company provides a similar fuel product in its International segment to over-the-road trucking fleets, shipping fleets and other operators of heavily industrialized equipment, that when utilized at the fueling site and by the vehicle, significantly reduces the likelihood of unauthorized and fraudulent transactions and allows fleet owners to monitor and control fuel consumption. The Company also provides a vehicle maintenance service offering in its International segment that helps fleet customers to better manage their vehicle maintenance, service, and repair needs. Furthermore, the Company also provides prepaid fuel, transportation, toll and food vouchers and cards internationally that may be used as a form of payment in restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, public transportation and toll roads.

In 2013, the Company processed approximately 328 million transactions on its proprietary networks and third-party networks.