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Summary of Senior Notes Outstanding (Parenthetical) (Detail)
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Fixed Rate Corporate Senior Notes 3.45 Percent Due November 2020    
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]    
Notes issued at a discount 0.117%ntrs_DebtInstrumentIssuanceDiscountRate
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= ntrs_FixedRateCorporateSeniorNotesThreePointFourFivePercentDueNovemberTwentyTwentyMember
0.117%ntrs_DebtInstrumentIssuanceDiscountRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ntrs_FixedRateCorporateSeniorNotesThreePointFourFivePercentDueNovemberTwentyTwentyMember
Fixed Rate Corporate Senior Notes 3.38 Percent Due August 2021    
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]    
Notes issued at a discount 0.437%ntrs_DebtInstrumentIssuanceDiscountRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ntrs_FixedRateCorporateSeniorNotesThreePointThreeEightPercentDueAugustTwentyTwentyOneMember
0.437%ntrs_DebtInstrumentIssuanceDiscountRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ntrs_FixedRateCorporateSeniorNotesThreePointThreeEightPercentDueAugustTwentyTwentyOneMember
Fixed Rate Corporate Senior Notes 2.38 Percent Due August 2022    
Debt Outstanding [Line Items]    
Notes issued at a discount 0.283%ntrs_DebtInstrumentIssuanceDiscountRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ntrs_FixedRateCorporateSeniorNotesTwoPointThreeEightPercentDueAugustTwentyTwentyTwoMember
0.283%ntrs_DebtInstrumentIssuanceDiscountRate
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ntrs_FixedRateCorporateSeniorNotesTwoPointThreeEightPercentDueAugustTwentyTwentyTwoMember