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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2020-02-07</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001581164</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Extended Stay America, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>STAY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001802656</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Kuenne Michael L.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>11525 N. COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHARLOTTE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>28277</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>See Remarks</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Paired Shares</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>9037</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each Paired Share is comprised of one share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Extended Stay America, Inc. and one share of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of ESH Hospitality, Inc., which shares are paired and traded as a single unit.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This amount includes 2,653 Paired Shares subject to awards of time-vesting restricted stock units. Subject to the reporting person's continued employment with the issuer through the applicable vesting date, 330 of these restricted stock units are scheduled to vest on February 21, 2020; 1,051 are scheduled to vest in equal installments on February 23, 2020 and February 23, 2021; and 1,272 are scheduled to vest in equal installments on February 7, 2021 and February 7, 2022. Vested restricted stock units will be settled in Paired Shares on the March 15th next following the applicable vesting date (or, in any year when the 15th of March falls on a non-business day, the business day immediately prior to such date).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Mr. Kuenne is the Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Experience Officer of Extended Stay America, Inc.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Christopher Dekle, Attorney-in-Fact for Michael L. Kuenne</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-02-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
