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Upbound Group acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Upbound Group bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Acima Holdings, LLC
Word for word“Acima Holdings, LLC (“Acima Holdings”) (as defined in Note B to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K), which we acquired in February 2021 and certain locations previously operating under our Acceptance Now brand, generally offers consumers, who do not qualify for traditional financing, the lease-to-own transaction through staffed or unstaffed kiosks located within third-party retailer's locations, or other virtual options.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionFebruary 2021—
one lease-to-own store location and customer accounts
Word for word“During 2023, we acquired one lease-to-own store location and customer accounts for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $39 thousand.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionDuring 2023approximately $39 thousand
Merchants Preferred
Word for word“In recent years, we accelerated our virtual growth strategy through the acquisition of Merchants Preferred, launch of our Preferred Lease offering, and acquisition of Acima Holdings, with a focus towards executing on large market opportunities through national and regional retail partners.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition——
Brigit
Word for word“On January 31, 2025, we completed the acquisition of Brigit, a holistic financial health technology company that has helped millions of Americans budget better, access their earned wages before their regularly scheduled payday, build their credit through savings, protect themselves from identity theft, and find ways to earn and save money.” 10-K for 2024
agreed acquisitionOn January 31, 2025—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31$3.1 million$1.4 million
2017-12-31$2.5 million$1.2 million
2018-12-31$2 million$169,000
2019-12-31$28.9 million$13.7 million
2020-12-31$700,000$0
2021-12-31$1.27 billion$241.8 million
2022-12-31$995,000$0
2023-12-31$39,000$0
2024-12-31$1.4 million$439,000
2025-12-31$278.9 million$198 million

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Upbound Group’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-23. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.