Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Details 4)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Details 4) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2011
Dec. 31, 2010
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 $ 0.5    
Participant's contribution to the plan, eligible for employer's matching contribution of fifty cents 1    
Maximum percentage of participant contributions eligible for employer contribution match towards defined contribution plan 6.00%    
Company contributions to defined contribution plan 7,700,000 7,000,000 7,000,000
Percentage of Rollins, Inc. Common Stock to plan assets 32.50% 35.50% 35.10%
Administrative fees paid 53,000 42,000 52,000
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan      
Maximum percentage of base salary to be deferred 50.00%    
Maximum percentage of annual bonus to be deferred 85.00%    
Minimum deferral amount per plan year 2,000    
Maximum discretionary contributions by employer 245,000    
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 41    
Life insurance policies, net face value 36,600,000    
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies 11,200,000 9,800,000  
Total expense/(income) related to deferred compensation 338,000 218,000 130,000
Deferred compensation assets 11,300,000 10,100,000  
Deferred compensation liability 11,100,000 9,800,000  
Estimated future life insurance payments      
2012 840,000    
2013 1,306,000    
2014 1,348,000    
2015 1,588,000    
2016 1,517,000    
Total $ 6,599,000