Borrowings and Bank Deposits (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings	[1]	$ 46,495	$ 70,714
Long-term borrowings	[1]	180,011	199,182
Non Recourse Borrowings Of Consolidated Securitization Entities	[1]	16,225	19,369
Bank deposits	[1]	48,656	43,841
Total borrowings and bank deposits		291,387	333,106
Non U.S.
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Bank deposits		8,108	8,905
Intersegment [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		(1,146)	(863)
Long-term borrowings		(67)	(45)
Commercial Paper [Member] | US
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		9,811	22,019
Commercial Paper [Member] | Non U.S.
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		3,103	2,993
Current Portion Of Long Term Borrowings [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Non Recourse Borrowings Of Consolidated Securitization Entities		1,934	3,377
Certificate Of Deposit Distributed With Maturities Greater Than One Year [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Bank deposits		15,990	14,500
GE
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings	[1],[2]	4,761	3,872
Long-term borrowings	[1],[2]	15,895	12,468
Non Recourse Borrowings Of Consolidated Securitization Entities	[1],[2]	0	0
Bank deposits	[1],[2]	0	0
GE | Commercial Paper [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		1,000	500
GE | Payable to Banks
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		472	343
Long-term borrowings		27	5
GE | Current Portion Of Long Term Borrowings [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		2,092	2,068
GE | Other Short Term Borrowing [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		1,197	961
GE | Senior Notes [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		15,510	11,945
GE | Other Long Term Borrowing [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		358	518
GECC
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings	[1]	42,880	67,705
Long-term borrowings	[1]	164,183	186,759
Non Recourse Borrowings Of Consolidated Securitization Entities	[1]	16,225	19,369
Bank deposits	[1]	48,656	43,841
Funding secured by real estate, aircraft and other collateral		4,969	4,835
Non-recourse to GECC		1,216	1,183
GECC | Guaranteed investment contracts [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings and long-term borrowings		431	439
GECC | Commercial Paper [Member] | Financial Guarantee
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		12,914
GECC | Current Portion Of Long Term Borrowings [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		29,679	36,995
GECC | Current Portion Of Long Term Borrowings [Member] | Financial Guarantee
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		28,373
GECC | GE Interest Plus notes [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		0	5,467
GECC | Other Short Term Borrowing [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings		287	231
GECC | Senior unsecured notes [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		144,935	162,194
GECC | Senior unsecured notes [Member] | Financial Guarantee
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		131,230
GECC | Subordinated notes [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		4,715	4,804
GECC | Subordinated notes [Member] | Financial Guarantee
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		3,971
GECC | Subordinated debentures
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		6,782	7,085
GECC | Subordinated debentures | Financial Guarantee
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		6,782
GECC | Other Long Term Borrowing [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		7,751	12,676
GECC | Other Long Term Borrowing [Member] | Financial Guarantee
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		400
Synchrony [Member] | Subordinated notes [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		5,589	3,594
Synchrony [Member] | Other Long Term Borrowing [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings		$ 4,651	$ 8,245

[1] Amounts may not add due to rounding.

[2] (a) Represents the adding together of all affiliated companies except General Electric Capital Corporation (GECC or Financial Services), which is presented on a one-line basis. See Note 1.