Metro by metro
The leading self storage facility chains in every Ohio metro area
Tracked self storage facility chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Extra Space Storage leads in 4 metro areas, iStorage in 1 metro area, and Storage Rentals of America in 1 metro area. 5 chains lead at least one metro area. Against their share in Ohio as a whole, Storage Rentals of America stands out in 3 metro areas, CubeSmart Self Storage in 1 metro area, and iStorage in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Storage Rentals of America
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Dayton, OH 2.2× · Akron, OH 6.2× · Toledo, OH 3.1×
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CubeSmart Self Storage
Relative #1 in Cleveland, OH, 1.8× its share in Ohio
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iStorage
Relative #1 in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (OH part), 2.2× its share in Ohio
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Prestige Storage
Relative #1 in Columbus, OH, 3.5× its share in Ohio
Not enough tracked stores: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH (OH part) · Lima, OH · Mansfield, OH · Sandusky, OH · Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH (OH part) · Wheeling, WV-OH (OH part) · Youngstown-Warren, OH
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Canton-Massillon, OH · Springfield, OH
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Extra Space Storage
#1 in 4 metro areas
Columbus, OH · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (OH part) · Cleveland, OH · Springfield, OH
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iStorage
#1 in Canton-Massillon, OH
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Lock-It-Up Self Storage
#1 in Toledo, OH
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Storage Inns of America
#1 in Dayton, OH
Not enough tracked stores: Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH (OH part) · Lima, OH · Mansfield, OH · Sandusky, OH · Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH (OH part) · Wheeling, WV-OH (OH part) · Youngstown-Warren, OH
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked self storage facility chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Ohio compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Ohio as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Ohio and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Ohio is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Ohio. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked self storage facility chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Cardinal Self Storage and SmartStop Self Storage sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Cardinal Self Storage | ▲1 | +19.3% |
| 2 | SmartStop Self Storage | ▲1 | +18.5% |
| 3 | Storage Sense | ▲5 | +16.7% |
| 4 | JustStorage | ▲4 | +13.2% |
| 5 | Redi Storage | ▲1 | +9.4% |
| 6 | Prestige Storage | - | +6.6% |
| 7 | Cherokee Self Storage | ▲4 | +6.4% |
| 8 | Storage Inns of America | - | +5.6% |
| 9 | Space Shop Self Storage | ▲2 | -0.0% |
| 10 | Extra Space Storage | - | -0.3% |
| 11 | Compass Self Storage | ▲1 | -0.9% |
| 12 | Storage King USA | ▼1 | -10.4% |
| 13 | Go Store It Self Storage | ▼1 | -10.6% |
| 14 | SpareBox Storage | - | -11.0% |
| 15 | Storage Rentals of America | - | -11.4% |
- Extra Space Storage
- CubeSmart Self Storage
- Public Storage
- iStorage
- Storage Rentals of America
- Prestige Storage
- SpareBox Storage
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
548 tracked store locations in Ohio. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 239 of the 548 stores (44%); 172 of the 211 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked other stores here are self storage facilities, the same share as across the United States.
- Extra Space Storage (86)
- CubeSmart Self Storage (57)
- Public Storage (51)
- iStorage (15)
- Storage Rentals of America (30)
- Prestige Storage (11)
- SpareBox Storage (7)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Extra Space Storage 86
- 2 CubeSmart Self Storage 57
- 3 Public Storage 51
- 4 Storage Rentals of America 30
- 5 iStorage 15
- 6 Prestige Storage 11
- 7 SpareBox Storage 7
- 8 Circle Storage 6
- 9 Storage Inns of America 6
- 10 Store Space Self Storage 6
- 11 Space Shop Self Storage 6
- 12 Mini Mall Storage 6
- 13 SecurCare Self Storage 5
- 14 Storage Sense 5
- 15 Storage King USA 5
- 16 Valley Storage Co 5
- 17 SmartStop Self Storage 5
- 18 JustStorage 4
- 19 Cherokee Self Storage 4
- 20 Go Store It Self Storage 4
- 21 National Storage 4
- 22 Compass Self Storage 4
- 23 Storage of America 4
- 24 Secure EZ Storage 3
- 25 KO Storage 3
- 26 Redi Storage 3
- 27 MyPlace Self Storage 3
- 28 Lock-It-Up Self Storage 3
- 29 Cardinal Self Storage 3
- 30 Storage Plus 3
- 31 Premier Storage 2
- 32 Tri-Village Self Storage 2
- 33 Advantage Self Storage 2
- 34 Security Self Storage 2
- 35 Stor All Self Storage 2
- 36 Key Storage 2
- 37 DVR Storage 1
- 38 Chestnut Mini Storage 1
- 39 Harborview Self Storage 1
- 40 Twinsburg Self Storage 1
- 41 Security Self-Storage 1
- 42 North Xenia Self-Storage 1
- 43 79 Mini Storage 1
- 44 Storage 1
- 45 Holliday's Mini Storage 1
- 46 Spring Grove Self Storage 1
- 47 WEStore LLC 1
- 48 Route 36 Self Storage 1
- 49 All Purpose Storage 1
- 50 Si Mini Storage 1
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