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Schedule I - SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.’s Condensed Financial Statements - Notes to Condensed Parent Company Only Financial Statements (Details) - USD ($)				12 Months Ended
	May 16, 2016	May 02, 2016	Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 29, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Oct. 20, 2022	Dec. 23, 2013
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Share repurchase program, authorized amount						$ 400,000,000.0
Deferred tax assets, transaction costs				$ 3,300,000	$ 3,200,000
Deferred tax asset balance related to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act				400,000
Parent Company
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Equity interest issued, percentage of outstanding stock							40.00%
Share repurchase program, authorized amount						$ 400,000,000.0
CD&R \| Parent Company
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Transaction expenses			$ 9,800,000
Transaction expenses not deductible for tax purposes			3,700,000
Tax deductible transaction expenses			6,100,000
Deferred tax assets, transaction costs			$ 2,200,000
Amortized transaction costs				400,000	400,000
Amount of deferred tax assets amortized				$ 0.0	$ 100,000
Common stock \| CD&R
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Equity interest issued, percentage of outstanding stock							40.00%
Common stock \| IPO \| Parent Company
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Shares of common stock issued as a result of conversion of stock (in shares)	25,303,164
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock \| Parent Company
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Equity interest issued, percentage of outstanding stock							60.00%
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock \| CD&R
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Equity interest issued, percentage of outstanding stock							60.00%
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock \| CD&R \| Parent Company
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Special cash dividend		$ 112,400,000
SiteOne Landscape Supply Holding, LLC
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership of subsidiaries				100.00%
SiteOne Landscape Supply Holding, LLC \| Parent Company
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership of subsidiaries				100.00%

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SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. 10-K