SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. engages in the business of investing in self-storage facilities. The company is headquartered in Ladera Ranch, California and currently employs 560 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2020-10-27. The firm is focused on the acquisition, ownership and operation of self-storage properties located primarily within the top 100 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) throughout the United States and Canada. Its segments include self storage operations and the Managed REIT Platform business. The Company, through its subsidiary, SmartStop REIT Advisors, LLC, also sponsors other self-storage programs. The company owns or manages a portfolio of approximately 218 operating properties in 23 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada, comprising 156,400 units and 17.6 million rentable square feet. The firm and its affiliates own or manage 39 operating self-storage properties in Canada, which total approximately 33,600 units and 3.4 million rentable square feet.