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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2020-01-24</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001728951</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES REALTY TRUST, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EPRT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001801339</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Earnshaw Timothy J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>902 CARNEGIE CENTER BLVD.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 520</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PRINCETON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08540</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SVP &amp; Chief Accounting Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>24369</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 5,767 shares of common stock; 9,032 shares of restricted common stock that vest ratably on June 25, 2020 and June 25, 2021; 1,647 shares of restricted common stock that vest ratably on January 8, 2021 and January 8, 2022; and 7,923 restricted stock units that vest ratably on January 8, 2021, January 8, 2022, January 8, 2023 and January 8, 2024. In each case vesting is subject to the reporting person's continued employment by the Issuer through the applicable vesting date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Hillary P. Hai, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-01-29</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
