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Stock Repurchase Program - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 9 Months Ended 208 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 24, 2015
May 09, 2015
May 10, 2014
May 09, 2015
Jun. 17, 2015
Mar. 23, 2015
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items]            
Stock repurchased cumulative, shares   1,376,933us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares   138,300,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares    
Purchase of treasury stock   $ 840,918,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock $ 911,537,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock $ 14,872,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock    
Increase in authorization of stock repurchase, value 750,000,000azo_IncreaseInAmountAuthorizedUnderStockRepurchaseProgram          
Stock repurchase authorized amended value 15,650,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1         14,900,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
Remaining value authorized for share repurchases   778,300,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1   778,300,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1    
Treasury stock acquired repurchase authorization   From January 1, 1998 to May 9, 2015 the Company has repurchased a total of 138.3 million shares at an aggregate cost of $14.872 billion, including 1,376,933 shares of its common stock at an aggregate cost of $840.9 million during thirty-six week period ended May 9, 2015. On March 24, 2015, the Board voted to increase the authorization by $750 million to raise the cumulative share repurchase authorization from $14.9 billion to $15.65 billion. Considering the cumulative repurchases as of May 9, 2015 the Company had $778.3 million remaining under the Board’s authorization to repurchase its common stock.        
Share of treasury stock retired   2,100,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesRetired 3,200,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesRetired      
Subsequent Event [Member]            
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items]            
Stock repurchased cumulative, shares         453,006us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares
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Repurchased shares of common stock at an aggregate cost         308,500,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredCostMethod
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Retained Deficit [Member]            
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items]            
Treasury stock retired, cost method   (1,050,000,000)us-gaap_TreasuryStockRetiredCostMethodAmount
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(1,220,000,000)us-gaap_TreasuryStockRetiredCostMethodAmount
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Additional Paid-In Capital [Member]            
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items]            
Treasury stock retired, cost method   $ (57,400,000)us-gaap_TreasuryStockRetiredCostMethodAmount
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$ (74,000,000)us-gaap_TreasuryStockRetiredCostMethodAmount
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