Climb Global Solutions Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- New Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Industry, Segment and Geographic Information (Details)

v2.4.1.9

Industry, Segment and Geographic Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 item	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Industry, Segment and Geographic Information
Number of reportable operating segments	2us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Segment reporting information
Revenue	$ 92,691us-gaap_Revenues	$ 71,730us-gaap_Revenues
Gross Profit	6,356us-gaap_GrossProfit	5,538us-gaap_GrossProfit
Direct Costs	2,371us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts	2,025us-gaap_DirectOperatingCosts
Segment Income	3,985	3,513
General and administrative	2,095us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	2,020us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Interest, net	98	123
Foreign currency translation (loss)	(1)	(12)
Income before provision for income taxes	1,987	1,604
Total Assets	88,761us-gaap_Assets		94,981us-gaap_Assets
Segment Total
Segment reporting information
Total Assets	65,126		69,933
Corporate Assets
Segment reporting information
Total Assets	23,635		25,048
Lifeboat Distribution
Segment reporting information
Revenue	82,945	59,259
Gross Profit	5,234	4,116
Direct Costs	1,777	1,231
Segment Income	3,457	2,885
Total Assets	41,134		39,780
TechXtend
Segment reporting information
Revenue	9,746	12,471
Gross Profit	1,122	1,422
Direct Costs	594	794
Segment Income	528	628
Total Assets	$ 23,992		$ 30,153

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