REVENUES - Principal Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Disaggregation of revenue
Lease billing suspension									$ 38.0
Net sales	$ 3,671.2	$ 3,669.3	$ 3,580.6	$ 3,266.7	$ 3,364.6	$ 3,320.8	$ 3,162.7	$ 2,885.0		$ 14,187.8	$ 12,733.1	$ 11,790.2
Product and equipment sales
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Net sales										11,446.2	10,153.3	9,466.6
Service and lease sales
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Net sales										$ 2,741.6	$ 2,579.8	$ 2,323.6
Warewashing Products | Product concentration | Consolidated net sales
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Percentage of consolidated sales										12.00%	10.00%	11.00%
Corporate
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Net sales										$ 123.8	$ 139.2	$ 100.0
Corporate | U.S. Pension.
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Net sales										107.5	98.2	75.2
Corporate | Europe
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Net sales										3.0	3.9	4.8
Corporate | Asia Pacific
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Net sales										4.1	5.5	2.8
Corporate | Latin America
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Net sales										7.3	24.6	13.1
Corporate | Greater China
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Net sales										0.1	2.3	0.9
Corporate | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales										0.3	3.4	2.5
Corporate | Canada
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Net sales										1.5	1.3	0.7
Corporate | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales										123.7	138.0	99.7
Corporate | Service and lease sales
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Net sales										0.1	1.2	0.3
Global Industrial
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Net sales										6,805.0	6,237.8	5,870.8
Global Industrial | U.S. Pension.
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Net sales										2,945.1	2,603.0	2,564.3
Global Industrial | Europe
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Net sales										1,373.6	1,367.1	1,262.6
Global Industrial | Asia Pacific
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Net sales										830.1	802.5	747.2
Global Industrial | Latin America
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Net sales										621.7	551.5	491.7
Global Industrial | Greater China
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Net sales										419.3	394.9	333.0
Global Industrial | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales										419.4	344.4	314.1
Global Industrial | Canada
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Net sales										195.8	174.4	157.9
Global Industrial | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales										5,937.0	5,372.0	5,052.3
Global Industrial | Service and lease sales
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Net sales										868.0	865.8	818.5
Global Institutional and Specialty
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Net sales										4,421.9	3,955.9	3,553.2
Global Institutional and Specialty | U.S. Pension.
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Net sales										3,050.0	2,721.8	2,400.4
Global Institutional and Specialty | Europe
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Net sales										624.0	557.9	510.3
Global Institutional and Specialty | Asia Pacific
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Net sales										212.6	201.2	203.9
Global Institutional and Specialty | Latin America
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Net sales										162.3	135.0	128.3
Global Institutional and Specialty | Greater China
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Net sales										124.5	132.3	114.9
Global Institutional and Specialty | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales										54.6	44.2	39.8
Global Institutional and Specialty | Canada
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Net sales										193.9	163.5	155.6
Global Institutional and Specialty | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales										3,645.1	3,265.5	2,968.7
Global Institutional and Specialty | Service and lease sales
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Net sales										776.8	690.4	584.5
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences
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Net sales										1,510.5	1,181.6	1,181.9
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | U.S. Pension.
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Net sales										612.5	442.3	432.6
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Europe
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Net sales										688.8	647.2	643.6
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Asia Pacific
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Net sales										92.8	59.6	69.8
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Latin America
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Net sales										24.7	1.8	6.1
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Greater China
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Net sales										61.0	6.3	3.6
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales										25.0	18.1	19.8
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Canada
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Net sales										5.7	6.3	6.4
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales										1,398.3	1,068.9	1,071.4
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Service and lease sales
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Net sales										112.2	112.7	110.5
Other
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Net sales										1,326.6	1,218.6	1,084.3
Other | U.S. Pension.
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Net sales										816.0	719.9	645.7
Other | Europe
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Net sales										272.7	264.9	228.8
Other | Asia Pacific
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Net sales										76.1	72.4	64.8
Other | Latin America
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Net sales										51.9	50.4	50.3
Other | Greater China
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Net sales										78.8	80.0	63.4
Other | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales										10.3	11.6	14.4
Other | Canada
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Net sales										20.8	19.4	16.9
Other | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales										342.1	308.9	274.5
Other | Service and lease sales
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Net sales										$ 984.5	$ 909.7	$ 809.8