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Securities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Investment
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Investment Security Gains (Losses), net $ (4,300,000)us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesGainLoss [1] $ (1,500,000)us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesGainLoss [1] $ (1,700,000)us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesGainLoss [1]
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings 4,200,000ntrs_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesRecognizedInEarnings 0ntrs_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesRecognizedInEarnings 3,300,000ntrs_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesRecognizedInEarnings
Gross proceeds from sale of securities 851,800,000ntrs_ProceedsFromSalesOfInvestmentSecurities 500,000,000ntrs_ProceedsFromSalesOfInvestmentSecurities 2,700,000,000ntrs_ProceedsFromSalesOfInvestmentSecurities
Gross realized securities gains 2,800,000ntrs_GrossRealizedInvestmentGains 800,000ntrs_GrossRealizedInvestmentGains 23,500,000ntrs_GrossRealizedInvestmentGains
Gross realized securities losses 2,900,000ntrs_GrossRealizedInvestmentLosses 2,300,000ntrs_GrossRealizedInvestmentLosses 21,900,000ntrs_GrossRealizedInvestmentLosses
Number of securities in an unrealized loss position 515ntrs_NumberOfSecuritiesUnrealizedLossesPosition    
Total Fair Value 10,410,800,000ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue 10,250,000,000ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue  
Total Unrealized Losses 87,600,000ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses 180,400,000ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses  
U.S. Government Sponsored Agency      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Total Unrealized Losses 41,600,000ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses
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Others | Community Reinvestment Act CRA      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Total Unrealized Losses 20,300,000ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses
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Auction Rate Securities      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings     1,600,000ntrs_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesRecognizedInEarnings
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Total Unrealized Losses 800,000ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses
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Corporate Debt      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Total Unrealized Losses 19,500,000ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses
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Percent of corporate debt portfolio 40.00%ntrs_PercentageOfCorporateDebtPortfolio
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Non-Agency RMBS      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings     1,700,000ntrs_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesRecognizedInEarnings
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Non-Agency RMBS | Financing Receivable, Current | Lower Limit      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Expected loss on subprime, Alt-A, prime and 2nd lien portfolios developed using default roll rate 5.00%ntrs_DefaultRollRatesForExpectedLoss
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Non-Agency RMBS | Financing Receivable, Current | Upper Limit      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Expected loss on subprime, Alt-A, prime and 2nd lien portfolios developed using default roll rate 30.00%ntrs_DefaultRollRatesForExpectedLoss
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Non-Agency RMBS | Financing Receivable, 30 to 59 Days Past Due      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Expected loss on subprime, Alt-A, prime and 2nd lien portfolios developed using default roll rate 30.00%ntrs_DefaultRollRatesForExpectedLoss
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Non-Agency RMBS | Financing Receivable, 60 to 89 Days Past Due      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Expected loss on subprime, Alt-A, prime and 2nd lien portfolios developed using default roll rate 80.00%ntrs_DefaultRollRatesForExpectedLoss
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Non-Agency RMBS | Financing Receivable, 90 Days and Greater Past Due      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Expected loss on subprime, Alt-A, prime and 2nd lien portfolios developed using default roll rate 90.00%ntrs_DefaultRollRatesForExpectedLoss
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Non-Agency RMBS | Other Real Estate Owned and Loans in Foreclosure      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Expected loss on subprime, Alt-A, prime and 2nd lien portfolios developed using default roll rate 100.00%ntrs_DefaultRollRatesForExpectedLoss
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Residential Mortgage-Backed      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Total Unrealized Losses $ 500,000ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses
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Number of securities in an unrealized loss position for more than 12 months 1ntrs_NumberOfSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionMoreThanTwelveMonths
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Other Asset-Backed | Floating Rate Securities      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Percentage of "other asset-backed" securities rated triple-A 100.00%ntrs_PercentageOfTotalSecuritiesRated
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Credit Rating AAA    
Other Asset-Backed | Floating Rate Securities | Upper Limit      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Average life 5 years    
[1] Changes in Other-Than-Temporary-Impairment (OTTI) Losses $ (4.9 ) $ - $ (2.7 ) Noncredit-related OTTI Losses Recorded in (Reclassified from) OCI 0.7 - (0.6 ) Other Security Gains (Losses), net (0.1 ) (1.5 ) 1.6