Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands					10 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 17, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 20, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 05, 2020 USD ($) store	Aug. 13, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) store	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Working capital adjustment				$ 900
Description of goodwill recognized							consists of the excess of the net purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired
Goodwill							$ 241,774	$ 0
Proceeds from sale of assets							4	14,477	$ 69,717
On rent					$ 1,173,024	$ 762,886	1,173,024	762,886	697,270
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net					308,098	141,641	308,098	141,641
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of property assets							(353)	(18,215)	23,537
Accrued liabilities					362,708	320,583	362,708	320,583
Deferred tax liability					113,943	176,410	113,943	176,410
Allowance for doubtful accounts					8,479	8,047	8,479	8,047	5,601	$ 4,883
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss					134,857	98,050	134,857	98,050
Total revenues							4,583,451	2,814,191	2,669,852
Net earnings							134,940	208,115	173,546
Operating Expenses							1,954,473	1,434,816	1,390,212
Deferred tax asset					68,391	33,782	68,391	33,782
Goodwill					289,750	70,217	289,750	70,217	70,217
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life				10 years
Post purchase price allocation adjustments							(22,241)	0
Pro Forma
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Operating Expenses							16,000	356,800
Rent-A-Center Business [Member]
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Total purchase price							278	700	504
Rental merchandise					248	523	$ 248	$ 523	$ 353
Number of stores acquired remaining open | store							1	0	0
Number of stores acquired that were merged with existing stores | store							0	2	4
Number of transactions | store							1	2	4
Goodwill							$ 0	$ 0	$ 66
On rent					477,901	444,945	477,901	444,945	411,482
Total revenues							2,037,849	1,852,641	1,800,486
Goodwill					1,500		1,500
Rent-A-Center Business [Member] | Customer relationships [Member]
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Acquisition amounts allocated to finite-lived intangible assets							30	177	$ 85
CALIFORNIA
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of stores in California [Line Items] | store			99
Proceeds from sale of assets			$ 16,000
On rent			30,000
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net			800
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of property assets			$ 16,600
Merchants Preferred [Member]
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Common stock consideration				701,918 shares of our common stock
Common stock price | $ / shares				$ 27.31
Aggregate purchase price				$ 46,400
Description of acquired entity				a nationwide provider of virtual lease-to-own services
Total purchase price				$ 28,000
Receivables				1,813
Prepaid expenses and other assets				154
Rental merchandise				17,904
Software				4,300
Right of use operating leases				404
Other intangible assets				8,900
Lease liabilities				487
Net identifiable assets acquired				46,391
Goodwill				$ 13,403
Acquired entity				Merchants Preferred
Acima Holdings
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Common stock price | $ / shares	$ 51.14
Aggregate purchase price	$ 1,394,192	$ 1,400,000
Description of acquired entity	Acima Holdings is a platform offering customers virtual lease-to-own solutions at the point-of-sale via web and mobile technology.
Total purchase price	$ 1,273,263
Receivables	25,255
Prepaid expenses and other assets	700
Rental merchandise	340,575
Right of use operating leases	9,136
Other intangible assets	520,000
Goodwill	219,530
Lease liabilities	(9,689)
Net identifiable assets acquired	$ (1,394,192)
Description of goodwill recognized	which consists of the excess of the net purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired. Goodwill represents expected cost and revenue synergies and other benefits expected to result within our retail partner business from the acquisition of Acima Holdings.
Acquisition related expenses	$ 23,700
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned	120,929
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment	171,455
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets	1,315,210
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable	16,023
Accrued liabilities	11,716
Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Assets	(116,410)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities	$ (78,982)
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares | shares	10,779,923
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 34,700
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	61,600
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue							4,778,055	4,071,990
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Net Income (Loss)							178,103	$ 66,352
Total revenues					1,495,746	1,116,430
Net earnings					$ 119,183	$ 196,088
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments Related to Previous Period							17,100
Deferred tax asset	28,559
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Inventory							14,300
Goodwill	$ 219,500
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	8 years
Post purchase price allocation adjustments							$ (22,200)
Acima Holdings | Software and Software Development Costs
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment	$ 170,000
Acima Holdings | Share-based Payment Arrangement
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares | shares	2,683,328
Acima Holdings | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned	$ 414,100
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares | shares	8,096,595
Acima Holdings | Contract-Based Intangible Assets
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Other intangible assets	$ 380,000
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	10 years
Acima Holdings | Customer Contracts
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Other intangible assets	$ 60,000
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	1 year
Acima Holdings | Trade Names
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Other intangible assets	$ 40,000
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	7 years
Acima Holdings | Non-compete agreements [Member]
Acquisitions and Divestitures [Line Items]
Other intangible assets	$ 40,000
Acquired intangible assets weighted average useful life	3 years