EX-23.1 6 a2016exhibit231kpmgconsent.htm EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Rent-A-Center, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements listed below of Rent-A-Center, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) of our reports dated March 1, 2017, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, and all related financial statement schedules in the December 31, 2016 annual report on Form 10-K of the Company.

| Form Type |  | File Number |  | Effective Date |
| Form S-8 |  | 333-53471 |  | 05/22/1998 |
| Form S-8 |  | 333-66645 |  | 11/02/1998 |
| Form S-8 |  | 333-32296 |  | 03/13/2000 |
| Form S-8 |  | 333-62582 |  | 06/08/2001 |
| Form S-8 |  | 333-136615 |  | 08/14/2006 |
| Form S-8 |  | 333-139792 |  | 01/04/2007 |
| Form S-8 |  | 333-40958 |  | 07/07/2007 |
| Form S-8 |  | 333-145121 |  | 08/03/2007 |
| Form S-8 |  | 333-171926 |  | 01/28/2011 |
| Form S-8 |  | 333-211859 |  | 06/06/2016 |

/s/ KPMG LLP
Dallas, Texas
March 1, 2017