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Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]                      
Net sales $ 1,578,929us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 1,569,757us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 1,517,375us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 1,312,800us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 1,421,641us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 1,486,459us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 1,468,119us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 1,282,922us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 5,978,861us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 5,659,141us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 5,413,281us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Gross margin 292,613us-gaap_GrossProfit 294,535us-gaap_GrossProfit 281,942us-gaap_GrossProfit 249,457us-gaap_GrossProfit 266,696us-gaap_GrossProfit 277,663us-gaap_GrossProfit 263,965us-gaap_GrossProfit 235,832us-gaap_GrossProfit 1,118,547us-gaap_GrossProfit 1,044,156us-gaap_GrossProfit 1,018,362us-gaap_GrossProfit
Net income attributable to the Company $ 16,599us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 30,464us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 29,044us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 11,321us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 22,593us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 28,633us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 21,891us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 7,946us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 87,428us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 81,063us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 86,291us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net income attributable to the Company per share of common stock (usd per share) $ 1.05us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 1.93us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 1.83us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.71us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 1.42us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 1.80us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 1.37us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.50us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 5.52us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 5.09us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 5.40us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Common stock dividend declared, percent                   2.50%graybar_CommonStockDividendDeclaredPercent 20.00%graybar_CommonStockDividendDeclaredPercent
Average common shares outstanding by quarter         15,493,506us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 15,507,191us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 15,577,599us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 15,634,284us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 15,847,690us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 15,935,751us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 15,969,060us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted