Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Revenue and Operating Profit from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

					Revenues				Operating Profit (Loss)
					Years Ended December 31,				Years Ended December 31,
(In millions)					2014	2013	2012		2014	2013	2012
Reportable Segments:
	U.S.			$	727.8	707.5	706.7	$	22.8	12.8	32.0
	France				517.4	517.6	511.4		39.4	44.5	39.7
	Mexico				388.2	423.9	395.0		9.6	26.9	17.7
	Brazil				364.1	354.4	363.6		34.2	41.1	39.9
	Canada				179.7	191.4	187.5		12.8	10.5	9.3
		Largest 5 Markets			2,177.2	2,194.8	2,164.2		118.8	135.8	138.6
	Latin America				592.4	854.2	744.4		90.6	136.2	90.0
	EMEA				556.3	540.6	503.1		52.5	47.0	45.3
	Asia				139.8	134.2	125.9		23.1	21.0	14.8
		Global Markets			1,288.5	1,529.0	1,373.4		166.2	204.2	150.1
		Payment Services			96.6	54.8	40.0		(4.9)	1.0	1.2
			Total reportable segments		3,562.3	3,778.6	3,577.6		280.1	341.0	289.9
Reconciling Items:
	Corporate items:
		General, administrative and other expenses			-	-	-		(108.8)	(116.4)	(87.4)
		Reconciliation of segment policies to GAAP			-	-	-		(2.3)	2.7	4.5
	Other items not allocated to segments:
		FX devaluation in Venezuela			-	-	-		(142.7)	(14.6)	-
		U.S. retirement plans (see note 3)			-	-	-		(73.1)	(52.9)	(56.2)
		2014 Reorganization and Restructuring			-	-	-		(21.8)	-	-
		Acquisitions and dispositions			-	-	-		49.4	5.8	14.6
		Mexican settlement losses (see note 3)			-	-	-		(5.9)	(2.4)	(3.2)
		Share-based compensation adj. (see note 17)			-	-	-		(2.4)	-	-
Total				$	3,562.3	3,778.6	3,577.6	$	(27.5)	163.2	162.2

Schedule of Capital Expenditures, Depreciation and Amortization by Segment [Table Text Block]

				Years Ended December 31,
(In millions)				2014	2013	2012
Capital Expenditures by Business Segment
U.S.			$	31.1	42.4	39.0
France				17.9	13.8	15.8
Mexico				13.3	24.5	27.4
Brazil				14.7	13.2	12.4
Canada				6.4	9.6	9.1
	Largest 5 Markets			83.4	103.5	103.7
Latin America				22.4	26.8	37.3
EMEA				9.2	8.9	9.8
Asia				3.6	2.4	4.4
	Global Markets			35.2	38.1	51.5
	Payment Services			0.8	1.5	1.8
		Segments		119.4	143.1	157.0
	Corporate items			16.7	29.8	13.9
Total			$	136.1	172.9	170.9
Depreciation and Amortization by Business Segment
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment:
	U.S.		$	49.8	49.1	45.6
	France			19.3	22.1	20.6
	Mexico			19.6	19.2	14.3
	Brazil			8.8	9.0	8.7
	Canada			8.5	8.3	9.0
		Largest 5 Markets		106.0	107.7	98.2
	Latin America			21.9	22.5	21.1
	EMEA			13.6	16.9	12.5
	Asia			3.2	3.7	3.6
		Global Markets		38.7	43.1	37.2
		Payment Services		2.2	2.2	1.3
	Segments			146.9	153.0	136.7
		Corporate items		9.5	6.4	4.5
		Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment		156.4	159.4	141.2
Amortization of intangible assets:
	U.S.			-	0.2	0.3
	France			0.3	0.4	0.3
	Brazil			1.4	1.7	2.1
		Largest 5 Markets		1.7	2.3	2.7
	Latin America			0.3	0.4	0.4
	EMEA			1.1	1.2	2.3
	Asia			0.9	1.0	1.1
		Global Markets		2.3	2.6	3.8
		Payment Services		1.5	1.5	0.7
	Amortization of intangible assets			5.5	6.4	7.2
Total			$	161.9	165.8	148.4

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

				December 31,
(In millions)				2014	2013	2012
Assets held by Segment
U.S.			$	327.4	330.0	345.2
France				244.7	246.6	244.1
Mexico				258.9	285.1	269.3
Brazil				165.0	165.8	165.7
Canada				92.3	96.5	120.4
	Largest 5 Markets			1,088.3	1,124.0	1,144.7
Latin America				296.0	521.1	418.0
EMEA				308.0	382.8	433.9
Asia				109.2	115.1	148.3
	Global Markets			713.2	1,019.0	1,000.2
	Payment Services			63.7	72.0	27.9
		Segments		1,865.2	2,215.0	2,172.8
	Corporate items			327.0	283.0	381.1
Total			$	2,192.2	2,498.0	2,553.9

Schedule of Long Lived Assets By Geographical Areas [TableTextBlock]

Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Area(a)
Non-U.S.:
	France	$	75.7	88.5	94.3
	Mexico		114.4	136.8	133.7
	Brazil		47.9	47.6	47.9
	Canada		47.9	50.7	68.4
	Other		175.5	216.3	240.0
	Subtotal		461.4	539.9	584.3
U.S.			208.1	218.8	209.5
Total		$	669.5	758.7	793.8

Schedule of Revenues By Geographical Areas [TableTextBlock]

			Years Ended December 31,
(In millions)			2014	2013	2012
Revenues by Geographic Area(a)
Outside the U.S.:
	France	$	517.4	542.5	535.5
	Mexico		388.5	424.1	395.0
	Brazil		442.3	392.0	388.3
	Canada		179.7	191.4	187.5
	Other		1,305.8	1,521.1	1,364.6
	Subtotal		2,833.7	3,071.1	2,870.9
U.S.			728.6	707.5	706.7
Total		$	3,562.3	3,778.6	3,577.6

(a)Revenues are recorded in the country where service is initiated or performed. No single customer represents more than 10% of total revenue. Geographic disclosures of country revenues include the Payments Services segment in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and the U.S

Schedule of Net Assets Outside the U.S. [TableTextBlock]

		December 31,
(In millions)		2014	2013	2012
Net assets outside the U.S.
France	$	96.3	110.8	79.2
Other EMEA countries		146.1	180.6	192.9
Mexico		88.4	101.2	131.5
Brazil		111.1	105.2	103.1
Other Latin America countries		182.4	273.0	203.6
Asian countries		69.2	72.7	89.1
Canada		53.4	69.3	43.2
Total	$	746.9	912.8	842.6

Schedule Of Financial Information About Equity Affiliates Held By Segments [Table Text Block]

(In millions)			2014	2013	2012
Information about Unconsolidated Equity Affiliates held by Global Markets – Asia Segment:
	Carrying value of investments at December 31	$	2.7	2.3	1.8
	Undistributed earnings at December 31		1.1	0.8	0.4
	Share of earnings included in Brink's consolidated earnings during the year		0.5	0.7	0.2
Brink’s sold an equity investment in a CIT business in Peru in 2014. This investment is not allocated to segments. The carrying value was $13.5 million at December 31, 2013, and $13.8 million at December 31, 2012. The equity earnings from this investment were $3.8 million in 2014, $6.1 million in 2013 and $5.8 million in 2012.