SmartStop functions as a self-managed Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), boasting an internal team of roughly 390 experienced self-storage professionals dedicated to advancing the SmartStop® Self Storage brand. Furthermore, through its subsidiary SmartStop REIT Advisors, LLC, the company also backs various other self-storage endeavors, including the public non-traded REIT Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc., alongside additional private investment programs. SmartStop holds the distinction of being the tenth-largest self-storage entity in the U.