Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Details Narrative 2)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Details Narrative 2) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Defined Contribution 401(k) Plan      
Requisite service period for full-time employees to participate in contribution plan 3 months    
Period of service after which the non-full time employees are eligible to participate in defined contribution plan 1 year    
Requisite service hours for non full-time employees to participate in contribution plan 1000 hours    
Employer's matching contribution on each dollar for the first 6 percent of participant's contribution $ 0.50rol_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionOnDollarForMaximumPercentOfParticipantsContribution    
Participant's contribution to the plan, eligible for employer's matching contribution of fifty cents 1rol_DefinedContributionPlanEmployeeContributionEligibleForMatchingContributionOfFiftyCents    
Maximum percentage of participant contributions eligible for employer contribution match towards defined contribution plan 6.00%rol_DefinedContributionPlanMaximumPercentageOfParticipantsContributionEligibleForEmployerContributionMatch    
Company contributions to defined contribution plan 8,500,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized 8,200,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized 7,700,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
Percentage of Rollins, Inc. Common Stock to plan assets 29.30%rol_PercentageOfEmployersCommonStockToTotalPlanAssets 34.90%rol_PercentageOfEmployersCommonStockToTotalPlanAssets 32.50%rol_PercentageOfEmployersCommonStockToTotalPlanAssets
Administrative fees paid 51,000rol_DefinedContributionPlanAdministrativeFeesPaid 54,000rol_DefinedContributionPlanAdministrativeFeesPaid 53,000rol_DefinedContributionPlanAdministrativeFeesPaid
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan      
Maximum percentage of base salary to be deferred 50.00%rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualMaximumPercentageDeferralOfEmployeesBaseSalary    
Maximum percentage of annual bonus to be deferred 85.00%rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualMaximumPercentageDeferralOfEmployeesAnnualBonus    
Minimum deferral amount per plan year 2,000rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualMinimumDeferralAmountPerPlanYear    
Maximum discretionary contributions by employer 245,000rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualMaximumEmployerContribution    
Period of restoration contributions to be made by employer 5 years    
Employees full years of vested service on June 30,2005 to qualify for Pension Plan Benefit Restoration Contributions 5 years    
Number of life insurance policies 70rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualNumberOfLifeInsurancePolicies    
Life insurance policies, net face value 42,400,000rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualLifeInsuranceFaceValueNet    
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies 12,700,000us-gaap_CashSurrenderValueOfLifeInsurance 11,500,000us-gaap_CashSurrenderValueOfLifeInsurance  
Total expense/(income) related to deferred compensation 207,000us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense 159,000us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense 338,000us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense
Deferred compensation assets 13,700,000us-gaap_DeferredCompensationPlanAssets 13,700,000us-gaap_DeferredCompensationPlanAssets  
Deferred compensation liability 13,700,000us-gaap_DeferredCompensationLiabilityCurrentAndNoncurrent 12,800,000us-gaap_DeferredCompensationLiabilityCurrentAndNoncurrent  
Estimated future life insurance payments      
2015 227,000rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEstimatedFutureBenefitPaymentsInYearOne    
2016 1,294,000rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEstimatedFutureBenefitPaymentsInYearTwo    
2017 1,680,000rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEstimatedFutureBenefitPaymentsInYearThree    
2018 1,644,000rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEstimatedFutureBenefitPaymentsInYearFour    
2019 1,739,000rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEstimatedFutureBenefitPaymentsInYearFive    
Total $ 6,584,000rol_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualEstimatedFutureBenefitPayments