Note 1 - Basis of Presentation	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements
Basis of Accounting [Text Block]	1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and with the instructions to Form 10-K and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Crawford United Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “Company”). Significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the financial statements. During the year ended December 31, 2022, there have been no changes to the Company's significant accounting policies.

The entire disclosure for the basis of accounting, or basis of presentation, used to prepare the financial statements (for example, US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Other Comprehensive Basis of Accounting, IFRS).

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369

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