Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]
Consolidation	The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for interim periods and do not include all of the information and note disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for complete financial statements. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should therefore be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes for Dover Corporation ("Dover" or the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 13, 2026. The year-end consolidated balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements.
Basis of Accounting	The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying disclosures. Although these estimates are based on management’s knowledge of current events and expectations about actions that the Company may undertake in the future, actual results may differ from those estimates. Our interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited but reflect all adjustments of a normal, recurring nature that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of results for these interim periods. The results of operations of any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the full year.
Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Standards	Recently Issued Accounting Standards In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income (Subtopic 220-40): Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, which expands disclosures of specific expense categories at interim and annual reporting periods. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company’s disclosures. In May 2026, the FASB issued ASU No. 2026-02, Environmental Credits and Environmental Credit Obligations (Topic 818), which provides specific guidelines for the recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure requirements of environmental credits and environmental credit obligations. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company's disclosures. Recently Adopted Accounting Standard In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which expands the disclosures required in an entity’s income tax rate reconciliation table and requires disclosure of income taxes paid both in U.S. and foreign jurisdictions. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted the guidance during the fourth quarter of 2025. In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-05, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets, which provides entities the option of a practical expedient in the estimation of credit losses. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted the guidance as of January 1, 2026. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements. See Note 7 — Credit Losses for further details. In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which changes the requirements for when entities may begin capitalizing costs for internal-use software. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. The Company adopted the guidance on January 1, 2026. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2026

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for interim periods and do not include all of the information and note disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for complete financial statements. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should therefore be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes for Dover Corporation ("Dover" or the "Company") for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 13, 2026. The year-end consolidated balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements.

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying disclosures. Although these estimates are based on management’s knowledge of current events and expectations about actions that the Company may undertake in the future, actual results may differ from those estimates. Our interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited but reflect all adjustments of a normal, recurring nature that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of results for these interim periods. The results of operations of any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the full year.

Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Standards

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income (Subtopic 220-40): Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, which expands disclosures of specific expense categories at interim and annual reporting periods. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company’s disclosures.

In May 2026, the FASB issued ASU No. 2026-02, Environmental Credits and Environmental Credit Obligations (Topic 818), which provides specific guidelines for the recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure requirements of environmental credits and environmental credit obligations. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company's disclosures.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standard

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which expands the disclosures required in an entity’s income tax rate reconciliation table and requires disclosure of income taxes paid both in U.S. and foreign jurisdictions. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted the guidance during the fourth quarter of 2025.

In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-05, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets, which provides entities the option of a practical expedient in the estimation of credit losses. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted the guidance as of January 1, 2026. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements. See Note 7 — Credit Losses for further details.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which changes the requirements for when entities may begin capitalizing costs for internal-use software. The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. The Company adopted the guidance on January 1, 2026. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.