Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 683,746	$ 655,925	$ 1,385,685	$ 1,352,619
Gross profit	399,532	408,071	819,710	832,937
Operating profit	53,635	129,829	102,510	147,178
Depreciation and amortization	14,348	15,121	29,261	30,894
Capital expenditures	5,599	2,580	14,750	5,088
Rental merchandise on rent, net	645,522		645,522		$ 697,270
Rental merchandise held for rent, net	91,647		91,647		138,418
Assets	1,576,628		1,576,628		1,582,798
Rent-A-Center Business [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	459,192	451,096	914,157	925,153
Gross profit	316,047	313,871	633,605	638,511
Operating profit	85,132	64,925	153,075	118,236
Depreciation and amortization	4,876	5,110	9,833	10,582
Capital expenditures	3,504	907	4,484	1,465
Rental merchandise on rent, net	399,647		399,647		411,482
Rental merchandise held for rent, net	85,680		85,680		131,086
Assets	866,198		866,198		953,151
Preferred Lease [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	191,243	176,389	407,370	372,911
Gross profit	71,391	80,380	159,706	166,708
Operating profit	6,233	22,734	24,455	44,247
Depreciation and amortization	474	313	1,001	661
Capital expenditures	2	54	86	101
Rental merchandise on rent, net	232,373		232,373		268,845
Rental merchandise held for rent, net	1,508		1,508		1,254
Assets	321,883		321,883		357,859
Mexico [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	10,611	13,551	24,157	26,896
Gross profit	7,432	9,411	16,960	18,680
Operating profit	1,052	1,474	2,019	2,693
Depreciation and amortization	95	95	188	235
Capital expenditures	52	27	89	30
Rental merchandise on rent, net	13,502		13,502		16,943
Rental merchandise held for rent, net	4,459		4,459		6,078
Assets	29,056		29,056		33,707
Franchising [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	22,700	14,889	40,001	27,659
Gross profit	4,662	4,409	9,439	9,038
Operating profit	3,029	1,803	5,548	3,581
Depreciation and amortization	10	9	13	39
Assets	14,344		14,344		11,095
Total Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit	95,446	90,936	185,097	168,757
Depreciation and amortization	5,455	5,527	11,035	11,517
Capital expenditures	3,558	988	4,659	1,596
Assets	1,231,481		1,231,481		1,355,812
Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating profit	(41,811)	38,893	(82,587)	(21,579)
Depreciation and amortization	8,893	9,594	18,226	19,377
Capital expenditures	2,041	$ 1,592	10,091	$ 3,492
Assets	$ 345,147		$ 345,147		$ 226,986