Description
Aaron's is an American lease-to-own retailer. The company focuses on leases and retail sales of furniture, electronics, appliances, and computers. The company sells through the company-operated and franchised stores, e-commerce platform (Aarons.com) and national retail partners using virtual lease-to-own technology Progressive Leasing.
History
Aaron Rents, Inc. was founded by R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr. in 1955.
In September 2008, Aaron's announced the sale of its Corporate Furnishings division to CORT Business Services, part of Berkshire Hathaway. Aaron's Corporate Furnishings division, which operated 47 stores, recorded revenues of approximately $99 million in 2007.
As of December 31, 2016, Aaron's had 1,864 stores located in 28 states and the District of Columbia and Canada. In addition, they had 699 independently-owned franchised stores in 46 states and Canada.
On July 29, 2020, Aaron’s Holdings Company, Inc. announced plans to split into two companies: PROG Holdings, Inc. and The Aaron’s Company, Inc. PROG Holdings, with the ticker symbol "PRG" NYSE: PRG), remains in the S&P Midcap 400 stock index but its Global Industry Classification Standard was changed to "Consumer Finance". The Aaron's Company continues to trade under the ticker symbol "AAN" (NYSE: AAN) but was moved into the S&P Smallcap 600.
