Upbound Group, Inc. Opens Rent-A-Center Franchise Store in Harlan, Kentucky

Published: 2025-05-23 10:05:45 ET UPBD

Published on 05/23/2025 at 10:05

Upbound Group, Inc. has announced the opening of a new Rent-A-Center franchise store in Harlan, Kentucky. The new Rent-A-Center store is located at 168 Village Center Rd., Suite 163, and is open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 9 a.m.-6p.m. on Saturdays. To celebrate the addition of the new Rent-A-Center location, area residents are invited to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening celebration with store staff, company leaders and members of the Harlan County Chamber of Commerce on May 30, at 12:30 p.m. During the event, the public will have the opportunity to shop the store's merchandise.

Additionally, a donation will be presented from the store to Christ's Hands, Inc., a local organization that provides aid to those in Harlan County with food insecurity. The Harlan Rent-A-Center store will also holdprize drawings at the grand opening to win an Ashley Furniture recliner chair and a Sony PlayStation 5. To enter the drawings, simply visit the store during the grand opening event; no purchase is necessary. The new Rent- A-Center store in Harlan is operated by Raintree, a major Rent-A-Center franchisee based in Lexington, Kentucky.

Raintree-franchised Rent-A-Center stores serve customers throughout Kentucky and Virginia. Rent-A-Center helps elevate financial opportunity for all by leasing high-quality furniture, appliances, electronics and other durable goods to customers on a lease-to-own basis through its stores, the rentacenter.com website and the Rent-A-Center mobile app. There are currently approximately 2,300 company-owned and franchise Rent-A-Center locations throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico.