Item 2. Properties
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
We lease our pawn store locations, which are located throughout our geographic areas of operations. See “Part I, Item 1 — Business — Segment and Geographic Information.” Our pawn stores are typically located in a freestanding building or occupy all or part of a retail strip center with contiguous parking. A portion of the store interior is designed for retail operations, with merchandise displayed for sale by category. Distinctive exterior design and attractive in-store signage provide an appealing atmosphere to customers. W e maintain or reimburse our landlords for maintaining property and general liability insurance for each of our stores. Our stores are open six or seven days a w eek.
Leases for our U.S. locations generally have initial terms ranging from three to ten years and typically allow for renewals in increments of three-to-five years. Our primary corporate office is located in Austin, Texas and is leased through March 2029 with escalating rent payments annually and includes two five-year extension options at the end of the lease term. Our locations in Latin America are generally leased on three-to-five year terms.
Our existing leases expire on various dates through fiscal 2039, with a small number of leases on month-to-month terms. All leases provide for specified periodic rental payments at market rates. Most leases require us to maintain the property and pay the cost of insurance and taxes. We believe the termination of any one of our leases would not have a material adverse effect on our operations. Our strategy generally is to lease rather than own space for our stores. On an ongoing basis, we may close or consolidate under-performing store locations.
As of September 30, 2024, we had a total of 1,279 stores, 542 of which are located in the U.S., with 46% located in Texas, 17% in Florida and the remainder spread across 17 other states. We also have 565 locations in Mexico, 133 in Guatemala, 18 in El Salvador and 21 in Honduras.
In addition to our store leases, we lease approximately 108,000 square feet of corporate office space in Austin, Texas (70,742 square feet of which is being subleased or made available for sublease to other tenants). We lease other corporate office space in Mexico (8,600 square feet), Guatemala (3,500 square feet), El Salvador (4,500 square feet) and Honduras (1,200 square feet).
For additional information about store locations, see “Part I, Item 1 — Business — Segment and Geographic Information.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
See Note 11: Contingencies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in “Part II, Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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