REVENUES - Principal Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Disaggregation of revenue
Net sales	$ 3,938.4	$ 3,958.1	$ 3,852.1	$ 3,571.6	$ 3,671.2	$ 3,669.3	$ 3,580.6	$ 3,266.7	$ 15,320.2	$ 14,187.8	$ 12,733.1
Product and equipment sales
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Net sales									12,316.8	11,446.2	10,153.3
Service and lease sales
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Net sales									$ 3,003.4	$ 2,741.6	$ 2,579.8
Warewashing Products | Product concentration | Consolidated net sales
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Percentage of consolidated sales									12.00%	12.00%	10.00%
Corporate | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales									$ 69.0	$ 123.7	$ 137.9
Corporate | Service and lease sales
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Net sales										0.1	1.2
Global Industrial | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales									6,331.0	5,937.0	5,372.4
Global Industrial | Service and lease sales
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Net sales									890.8	868.0	865.5
Global Industrial | Operating segment
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Net sales									7,221.8	6,805.0	6,237.9
Global Industrial | Operating segment | United States
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Net sales									3,059.3	2,945.1	2,603.1
Global Industrial | Operating segment | Europe
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Net sales									1,496.6	1,373.6	1,367.1
Global Industrial | Operating segment | Asia Pacific
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Net sales									880.0	830.1	802.5
Global Industrial | Operating segment | Latin America
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Net sales									737.2	621.7	551.5
Global Industrial | Operating segment | Greater China
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Net sales									391.4	419.3	394.9
Global Industrial | Operating segment | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales									452.1	419.4	344.4
Global Industrial | Operating segment | Canada
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Net sales									205.2	195.8	174.4
Global Institutional and Specialty | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales									4,087.4	3,655.3	3,276.3
Global Institutional and Specialty | Service and lease sales
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Net sales									911.8	776.8	690.5
Global Institutional and Specialty | Operating segment
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Net sales									4,999.2	4,432.1	3,966.8
Global Institutional and Specialty | Operating segment | United States
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Net sales									3,454.2	3,050.0	2,721.8
Global Institutional and Specialty | Operating segment | Europe
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Net sales									681.9	624.0	558.0
Global Institutional and Specialty | Operating segment | Asia Pacific
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Net sales									231.2	212.6	201.2
Global Institutional and Specialty | Operating segment | Latin America
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Net sales									188.3	162.3	135.0
Global Institutional and Specialty | Operating segment | Greater China
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Net sales									158.5	134.7	143.1
Global Institutional and Specialty | Operating segment | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales									67.0	54.6	44.2
Global Institutional and Specialty | Operating segment | Canada
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Net sales									218.1	193.9	163.5
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales									1,476.3	1,398.3	1,068.8
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Service and lease sales
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Net sales									109.7	112.2	112.8
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Operating segment
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Net sales									1,586.0	1,510.5	1,181.6
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Operating segment | United States
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Net sales									647.7	612.5	443.8
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Operating segment | Europe
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Net sales									735.0	688.8	625.3
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Operating segment | Asia Pacific
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Net sales									95.3	92.8	65.2
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Operating segment | Latin America
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Net sales									25.5	24.7	5.5
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Operating segment | Greater China
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Net sales									51.2	61.0	10.1
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Operating segment | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales									24.8	25.0	25.4
Global Healthcare and Life Sciences | Operating segment | Canada
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Net sales									6.5	5.7	6.3
Other | Product and equipment sales
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Net sales									353.1	331.9	297.9
Other | Service and lease sales
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Net sales									1,091.1	984.5	909.8
Other | Operating segment
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Net sales									1,444.2	1,316.4	1,207.7
Other | Operating segment | United States
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Net sales									898.6	816.0	719.9
Other | Operating segment | Europe
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Net sales									301.7	272.7	264.9
Other | Operating segment | Asia Pacific
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Net sales									85.9	76.1	72.4
Other | Operating segment | Latin America
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Net sales									57.6	51.9	50.3
Other | Operating segment | Greater China
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Net sales									69.2	68.6	69.2
Other | Operating segment | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales									9.0	10.3	11.6
Other | Operating segment | Canada
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Net sales									22.2	20.8	19.4
Corporate | Operating segment
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Net sales									69.0	123.8	139.1
Corporate | Operating segment | United States
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Net sales									55.6	107.5	98.1
Corporate | Operating segment | Europe
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Net sales									3.0	3.0	3.9
Corporate | Operating segment | Asia Pacific
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Net sales									3.7	4.1	5.5
Corporate | Operating segment | Latin America
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Net sales									5.6	7.3	24.6
Corporate | Operating segment | Greater China
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Net sales										0.1	2.3
Corporate | Operating segment | India, Middle East and Africa
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Net sales										0.3	3.4
Corporate | Operating segment | Canada
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Net sales									$ 1.1	$ 1.5	$ 1.3