Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Revenue:
Equipment sales		$ 157,649	$ 173,143	$ 479,248	$ 485,145
Supplies		58,296	61,306	188,342	198,631
Software		99,600	89,087	264,131	257,760
Rentals		95,901	102,747	291,770	309,706
Financing		81,184	87,883	250,582	276,915
Support services		120,479	123,954	354,625	383,632
Business services		229,711	200,911	672,133	607,717
Total revenue		842,820	839,031	2,500,831	2,519,506
Costs and expenses:
Cost of equipment sales		85,647	86,147	232,398	235,741
Cost of supplies		18,827	20,348	60,207	60,662
Cost of software		25,713	25,698	75,816	79,496
Cost of rentals		20,818	16,041	63,056	54,951
Financing interest expense		12,629	12,965	38,446	41,375
Cost of support services		70,688	74,799	217,232	224,790
Cost of business services		166,984	140,989	470,890	417,357
Selling, general and administrative		304,398	300,983	908,169	916,981
Research and development		32,057	28,680	96,871	89,761
Restructuring charges and asset impairments, net		1,493	16,494	30,502	49,503
Interest expense, net		28,601	22,294	81,877	62,394
Total costs and expenses		767,855	745,438	2,275,464	2,233,011
Income before income taxes		74,965	93,593	225,367	286,495
Provision for income taxes		17,607	23,197	53,975	93,615
Income from continuing operations		57,358	70,396	171,392	192,880
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		0	(291)	0	(1,951)
Net income		57,358	70,105	171,392	190,929
Less: Preferred stock dividends attributable to noncontrolling interests		0	4,593	0	13,781
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc.		57,358	65,512	171,392	177,148
Amounts attributable to common stockholders:
Net income from continuing operations		57,358	65,803	171,392	179,099
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		0	(291)	0	(1,951)
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc.		$ 57,358	$ 65,512	$ 171,392	$ 177,148
Basic earnings per share attributable to common stockholders
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	[1]	$ 0.31	$ 0.35	$ 0.92	$ 0.95
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	[1]	0.00	0.00	0.00	(0.01)
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc. (in dollars per share)	[1]	0.31	0.35	0.92	0.94
Diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	[1]	0.31	0.35	0.92	0.94
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	[1]	0.00	0.00	0.00	(0.01)
Net income attributable to Pitney Bowes Inc. (in dollars per share)	[1]	0.31	0.35	0.92	0.93
Dividends declared per share of common stock (in dollars per share)		$ 0.1875	$ 0.1875	$ 0.5625	$ 0.5625

[1] The sum of the earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals due to rounding.