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 780 RAC Acceptance 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.
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| NASDAQ symbol: | RCII |
| Headquarters: | Plano, Texas |
| Annual revenue: | $2,884,170,000 |
| Net income: | $139,620,000 |
| Operating income: | $824,000,000 |
| Market cap: | $970,000,000 |
| Industries: | Furniture, Rental shop, Equipment Rental and Leasing, NEC |