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Rent-A-Center is an American public furniture and electronics rent-to-own company based in Plano, Texas. The company was incorporated in 1986 and as of 2011 operates approximately 3,074 company-owned stores in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico, accounting for 35% of the rent-to-own market in the United States based on store count.
Rent-A-Center's operations include 26 retail installment stores called Get It Now; 13 Home Choice stores in Minnesota; 31 rent-to-own stores in Canada that go by Rent-A-Centre and Better Living; and approximately 1,300 Acceptance Now kiosks housed within retail partner stores throughout the United States. Its subsidiary, ColorTyme Inc., is a national franchiser which has 216 stores in 33 states. The company also offers Rent-A-Center Corporate Leasing, which offers short-term rental solutions for businesses that have a need for corporate housing, insurance housing, events, trade shows and home staging.
In 2010, Fortune Magazine listed Rent-A-Center at number 684 on the Fortune 1000 list of the largest U.S. corporations, based on a composite ranking of revenues, profits, assets market value and other measures.
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