| Cover Page - USD ($) $ in Billions | 12 Months Ended | | |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | Feb. 09, 2024 | Jun. 30, 2023 |
| Document Information [Line Items] | | | |
| Document Type | 10-K/A | | |
| Document Annual Report | true | | |
| Document Period End Date | Dec. 31, 2023 | | |
| Current Fiscal Year End Date | --12-31 | | |
| Document Transition Report | false | | |
| Entity File Number | 001-14965 | | |
| Entity Registrant Name | The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | DE | | |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 13-4019460 | | |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 200 West Street | | |
| Entity Address, City or Town | New York | | |
| Entity Address, State or Province | NY | | |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 10282 | | |
| City Area Code | 212 | | |
| Local Phone Number | 902-1000 | | |
| Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer | No | | |
| Entity Voluntary Filers | No | | |
| Entity Current Reporting Status | Yes | | |
| Entity Interactive Data Current | Yes | | |
| Entity Filer Category | Large Accelerated Filer | | |
| Entity Small Business | false | | |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false | | |
| ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag | true | | |
| Document Financial Statement Error Correction | true | | |
| Entity Shell Company | false | | |
| Entity Public Float | | | $ 106.2 |
| Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding | | 325,562,747 | |
| Documents Incorporated by Reference | Portions of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.’s Proxy Statement for its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K in response to Part III, Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14. | | |
| Amendment Flag | true | | |
| Document Fiscal Year Focus | 2023 | | |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0000886982 | | |
| Document Fiscal Period Focus | FY | | |
| Document Financial Statement Restatement Recovery Analysis [Flag] | false | | |
| Amendment Description | Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (Original Form 10‑K) was filed with versions of Exhibits 31.1 and 32.1 that referred to a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 instead of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. The certifications physically signed by our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer correctly referred to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (Amendment) to our Original Form 10-K, filed on February 23, 2024, is being filed for the purpose of correcting the references to a quarterly period on Form 10-Q instead of an annual period on Form 10-K in Exhibits 31.1 and 32.1, adding the symbol “†” next to Exhibit 10.32 and updating the cross reference in the description of Exhibit 3.2.This Amendment does not amend or otherwise update any other information in the Original Form 10-K and does not reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of the Original Form 10-K. | | |
| Common stock, par value $.01 per share | | | |
| Document Information [Line Items] | | | |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Common stock, par value $.01 per share | | |
| Trading Symbol | GS | | |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE | | |
| Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A | | | |
| Document Information [Line Items] | | | |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share | | |
| Trading Symbol | GS PRA | | |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE | | |
| Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C | | | |
| Document Information [Line Items] | | | |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share | | |
| Trading Symbol | GS PRC | | |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE | | |
| Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D | | | |
| Document Information [Line Items] | | | |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share | | |
| Trading Symbol | GS PRD | | |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE | | |
| Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of 6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series K | | | |
| Document Information [Line Items] | | | |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Depositary Shares, Each Representing 1/1,000th Interest in a Share | | |
| Trading Symbol | GS PRK | | |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE | | |
| 5.793% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Normal Automatic Preferred Enhanced Capital Securities of Goldman Sachs Capital II | | | |
| Document Information [Line Items] | | | |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Normal Automatic Preferred Enhanced Capital Securities of Goldman Sachs Capital II | | |
| Trading Symbol | GS/43PE | | |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE | | |
| Floating Rate Normal Automatic Preferred Enhanced Capital Securities of Goldman Sachs Capital III | | | |
| Document Information [Line Items] | | | |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Normal Automatic Preferred Enhanced Capital Securities of Goldman Sachs Capital III | | |
| Trading Symbol | GS/43PF | | |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE | | |
| Medium-Term Notes, Series F, Callable Fixed and Floating Rate Notes due March 2031 of GS Finance Corp. | | | |
| Document Information [Line Items] | | | |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Medium-Term Notes | | |
| Trading Symbol | GS/31B | | |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE | | |
| Medium-Term Notes, Series F, Callable Fixed and Floating Rate Notes due May 2031 of GS Finance Corp. | | | |
| Document Information [Line Items] | | | |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Medium-Term Notes | | |
| Trading Symbol | GS/31X | | |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE | | |
