Segments Segments - Revenue by source and segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Lease Revenues and Fees	$ 870,067	$ 743,622
Retail Sales	8,516	8,778
Non-Retail Sales	53,230	69,327
Franchise Royalties and Fees	12,862	14,201
Interest and Fees on Loans Receivable	9,542	8,201
Other	592	425
Total	954,809	844,554
Operating Segments \| Progressive Leasing
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Lease Revenues and Fees	486,517	366,115
Retail Sales	0	0
Non-Retail Sales	0	0
Franchise Royalties and Fees	0	0
Interest and Fees on Loans Receivable	0	0
Other	0	0
Total	486,517	366,115
Operating Segments \| Aaron's Business
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Lease Revenues and Fees	383,550	377,507
Retail Sales	8,516	8,778
Non-Retail Sales	53,230	69,327
Franchise Royalties and Fees	12,862	14,201
Interest and Fees on Loans Receivable	0	0
Other	592	425
Total	458,750	470,238
Operating Segments \| DAMI
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Lease Revenues and Fees	0	0
Retail Sales	0	0
Non-Retail Sales	0	0
Franchise Royalties and Fees	0	0
Interest and Fees on Loans Receivable	9,542	8,201
Other	0	0
Total	9,542	8,201
Leases
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer	4,000	800
Transferred over Time \| Franchise Royalties and Fees
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer	$ 10,200	$ 13,200

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Revenue earned during the period from consideration (often a percentage of the franchisee's sales) received for the right to operate a business using the entity's name, merchandise, services, methodologies, promotional support, marketing, and supplies.

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The aggregate interest and fee income generated by: (1) loans the Entity has positive intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future, or until maturity or payoff, including commercial and consumer loans, whether domestic or foreign, which may consist of: (a) industrial and agricultural; (b) real estate; and (c) real estate construction loans; (d) trade financing; (e) lease financing; (f) home equity lines-of-credit; (g) automobile and other vehicle loans; and (h) credit card and other revolving-type loans and (2) loans and leases held-for-sale which may include mortgage loans, direct financing, and sales-type leases.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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