EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We have issued our reports, dated February 25, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting included in the Annual Report of Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said reports in the following Registration Statements of Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Subsidiaries:

File    Effective

Form Type   Number         Date      

Form S-8    333-62582     06/08/2001

Form S-8    33-98800    11/21/1996

Form S-8    333-53471    05/22/1998

Form S-8    333-66645    11/02/1998

Form S-8    333-40958    07/07/2007

Form S-8    333-32296    03/13/2000

Form S-8    333-136615    08/14/2006

Form S-8    333-139792    01/04/2007

Form S-8    333-145121    08/03/2007

Form S-8    333-171926    01/28/2011

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Dallas, Texas

February 25, 2013