Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (a) Nature of Business Five Below, Inc. (collectively with its wholly owned subsidiary as the "Company") is a specialty value retailer offering merchandise targeted at the teen and pre-teen demographic. The Company offers an edited assortment of products, priced at $5 and below. The Company’s edited assortment of products includes select brands and licensed merchandise. The Company believes its merchandise is readily available, and that there are a number of potential vendors that could be utilized, if necessary, under approximately the same terms the Company is currently receiving; thus, it is not dependent on a single vendor or a group of vendors. The Company is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and, as of October 31, 2015 , operated in 27 states that include Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, West Virginia, North Carolina, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Maine, Alabama, Kentucky, Kansas, Florida, South Carolina, and Mississippi. As of October 31, 2015 and November 1, 2014 , the Company operated 434 stores and 365 stores, respectively, each operating under the name “Five Below.” (b) Fiscal Year The Company operates on a 52/53-week fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to January 31. References to "fiscal year 2015" or "fiscal 2015" refer to the period from February 1, 2015 to January 30, 2016 and consists of a 52-week fiscal year. References to “fiscal year 2014” or “fiscal 2014” refer to the period from February 2, 2014 to January 31, 2015 and consists of a 52-week fiscal year. References to “fiscal year 2013” or “fiscal 2013” refer to the period from February 3, 2013 to February 1, 2014 and consists of a 52-week fiscal year. The fiscal quarters ended October 31, 2015 and November 1, 2014 refer to the thirteen weeks ended as of those dates. The year-to-date periods ended October 31, 2015 and November 1, 2014 refer to the thirty-nine weeks ended as of those dates. (c) Basis of Presentation The consolidated balance sheets as of October 31, 2015 and November 1, 2014 , the consolidated statements of operations for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended October 31, 2015 and November 1, 2014 , the consolidated statement of shareholders’ equity for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 31, 2015 and the consolidated statements of cash flows for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 31, 2015 and November 1, 2014 have been prepared by the Company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim reporting and are unaudited. In the opinion of management, the aforementioned financial statements include all known adjustments (which consist primarily of normal, recurring accruals, estimates and assumptions that impact the financial statements) necessary to present fairly the financial position at the balance sheet dates and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods ended October 31, 2015 and November 1, 2014 . The balance sheet as of January 31, 2015 , presented herein, has been derived from the audited balance sheet included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2014 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2015 and referred to herein as the “Annual Report,” but does not include all annual disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015 and footnotes thereto included in the Annual Report. The consolidated results of operations for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended October 31, 2015 and November 1, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the consolidated operating results for the year ending January 30, 2016 or any other period. The Company's business is seasonal and as a result, the Company's net sales fluctuate from quarter to quarter. Net sales are usually highest in the fourth fiscal quarter due to the year-end holiday season. Use of Estimates The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the carrying amount of property and equipment, valuation allowances for inventories, income taxes and share-based compensation expense. (e) Fair Value of Financial Instruments Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified using the following hierarchy, which is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation at the measurement date: Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2: Inputs, other than Level 1, that are either directly or indirectly observable. Level 3: Unobservable inputs developed using the Company’s estimates and assumptions which reflect those that market participants would use. The classification of fair value measurements within the hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the measurement. The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash equivalents, accounts payable, and borrowings, if any, under a line of credit. The Company believes that: (1) the carrying value of cash equivalents and accounts payable are representative of their respective fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments; and (2) the carrying value of the borrowings, if any, under the line of credit approximates fair value because the line of credit’s interest rates vary with market interest rates. The Company considers the inputs utilized to determine the fair value of any of the borrowings, if any, under the line of credit to be Level 2 inputs. As of October 31, 2015 , January 31, 2015 , and November 1, 2014 , the Company had cash equivalents of $4.6 million , $43.1 million and $3.4 million , respectively. The Company’s cash equivalents consist of credit and debit card receivables, money market funds, certificates of deposit, and short-term municipal bonds. Fair value for cash equivalents was determined based on Level 1 inputs. |