EXHIBIT 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We have issued our reports, dated February 27, 2012, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting included in the Annual Report of Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 1) for the year ended December 31, 2011. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said reports in the following Registration Statements of Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Subsidiaries:
Form Type | File Number | Effective Date | ||
Form S-3 | 333-162203 | 09/29/2009 | ||
Form S-8 | 333-62582 | 06/08/2001 | ||
Form S-8 | 33-98800 | 11/21/1996 | ||
Form S-8 | 333-53471 | 05/22/2008 | ||
Form S-8 | 333-66645 | 11/02/1998 | ||
Form S-8 | 333-40958 | 07/07/2007 | ||
Form S-8 | 333-32296 | 03/13/2000 | ||
Form S-8 | 333-136615 | 08/14/2006 | ||
Form S-8 | 333-139792 | 01/04/2007 | ||
Form S-8 | 333-145121 | 08/03/2007 | ||
Form S-8 | 333-171926 | 01/28/2011 |
/s/ Grant Thornton LLP
Dallas, Texas
April 20, 2012