Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2016
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 652.7	$ 313.6
Short-term investments	64.1	39.9
Trade receivables, less allowances for doubtful accounts of $50.4 and $31.7, respectively	835.9	413.9
Inventories	737.7	369.3
Deferred income taxes	0.0	168.8
Prepaid expenses	60.7	23.6
Refundable income taxes	85.2	18.0
Current assets held for sale	0.0	148.2
Other current assets	183.3	148.3
Total current assets	2,619.6	1,643.6
Securities and other investments	94.7	85.2
Property, plant and equipment, net	387.0	175.3
Goodwill	998.3	161.5
Deferred income taxes	309.5	65.3
Finance lease receivables	25.2	36.5
Intangible assets, net	772.9	67.5
Other assets	63.1	7.5
Total assets	5,270.3	2,242.4
Current liabilities
Notes payable	106.9	32.0
Accounts payable	560.5	281.7
Deferred revenue	404.2	229.2
Payroll and other benefits liabilities	172.5	76.5
Current liabilities held for sale	0.0	49.4
Other current liabilities	580.4	287.0
Total current liabilities	1,824.5	955.8
Long-term debt	1,691.4	606.2
Pensions and other benefits	279.4	195.6
Post-retirement and other benefits	17.8	18.7
Deferred income taxes	300.6	1.9
Other liabilities	87.7	28.7
Commitments and contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interests	44.1	0.0
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated shareholders' equity
Preferred shares, no par value, 1,000,000 authorized shares, none issued	0.0	0.0
Common shares, $1.25 par value, 125,000,000 authorized shares, (89,924,378 and 79,696,694 issued shares, 75,144,784 and 65,001,602 outstanding shares, respectively)	112.4	99.6
Additional capital	720.0	430.8
Retained earnings	662.7	760.3
Treasury shares, at cost (14,779,597 and 14,695,092 shares, respectively)	(562.4)	(560.2)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(341.3)	(318.1)
Total Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated shareholders' equity	591.4	412.4
Noncontrolling interests	433.4	23.1
Total equity	1,024.8	435.5
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity	5,270.3	2,242.4
Customer Relationships [Member]
Current assets
Intangible assets, net	596.3	1.5
Other intangibles
Current assets
Intangible assets, net	40.1	21.6
Other Intangible Assets Including Indefinite Lived [Member]
Current assets
Intangible assets, net	$ 176.6	$ 66.0