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title: "Rent-A-Center Recognized on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 List for 2019"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/e1eec4b4-06b7-4356-bc45-cce42bc66d2e
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/rent-a-center-recognized-on-entrepreneur-magazines-franchise-500-list-for-2019-2708904
category: "Specialty retail"
industry: "Retail"
segment: "Specialty retail"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2019-01-15T22:17:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:33:31.327Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/c8486faeeb1d6a8ea15c1b165882593b5045.jpg
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# Rent-A-Center Recognized on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 List for 2019

**TL;DR:** Rent-A-Center has been named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 List, recognizing its financial strength and growth. The company has nearly 3,000 locations across three countries and controls an estimated 35 percent of the U.S. rent-to-own market.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-01-15. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/rent-a-center-recognized-on-entrepreneur-magazines-franchise-500-list-for-2019-2708904).*

## Story

Rent-A-Center has been has been named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 List, coming in at no. 200. Now in its 40th year, the Franchise 500 ranking evaluates brands across five key pillars: financial strength and stability, size and growth, brand strength, support, and costs and fees.

Rent-A-Center long ago made a name for itself as the leader in the rent-to-own segment of the retail industry. With nearly 3,000 locations across three countries and in control of an estimated 35 percent of the entire rent-to-own market space in the U.S., Rent-A-Center continues taking steps to bolster its position as the leader in the industry. Learn more about franchising with Rent-A-Center at

The current initial investment for Rent-A-Center franchisees is $355,392 to $582,430, with a franchise fee of $35,000.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise growth (topic)
- Retail (sector)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- franchise ranking (topic)
- financial strength (topic)
- Rent-A-Center (company)
- rent-to-own (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/rent-a-center-recognized-on-entrepreneur-magazines-franchise-500-list-for-2019-2708904). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/e1eec4b4-06b7-4356-bc45-cce42bc66d2e).