| Cover Page | Nov. 20, 2019 |
| Cover page. | |
| Document Type | 8-K/A |
| Document Period End Date | Nov. 20, 2019 |
| Entity Registrant Name | LOWES COMPANIES INC |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | NC |
| Entity File Number | 1-7898 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 56-0578072 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 1000 Lowe’s Blvd. |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Mooresville, |
| Entity Address, State or Province | NC |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 28117 |
| City Area Code | (704) |
| Local Phone Number | 758-1000 |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre-commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Common Stock, par value $0.50 per share |
| Trading Symbol | LOW |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0000060667 |
| Amendment Flag | true |
| Amendment Description | This Form 8-K/A is being filed solely for the purpose of correcting a typographical error in the dates associated with the Non-GAAP Financial Measures reconciliation between the Company’s GAAP and non-GAAP financial results for diluted earnings per share and adjusted diluted earnings per share that was included in the press release filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the original Form 8-K. The date in the second “Three Months Ended” column of the reconciliation table is hereby corrected from November 2, 2019 in the original Form 8-K to November 2, 2018 in this Form 8-K/A. No other changes were made to the originally filed Form 8-K, and no other changes have been made to the exhibits to the originally filed Form 8-K. |
