SmartStop Self Storage REIT ^{Filed, US Offering, Removed, NYSE: SMA}

We are a premier owner and operator of self storage facilities in the United States and Canada. We are internally managed and have built a fully integrated, technology-enabled, data-driven, and scalable platform that is positioned for growth. We operate an institutional-quality portfolio of self storage properties that are located primarily within top metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs, throughout the United States and within top census metropolitan areas, or CMAs, in Canada, including the Greater Toronto Area, or GTA. According to the Inside Self Storage Top-Operators List for 2024, we are the tenth largest owner and operator of self storage properties in the United States and according to Colliers, the largest in the GTA based on rentable square footage. As of September 30, 2024, we owned or managed 202 operating stores across 22 states and three provinces in Canada, comprising approximately 143,190 units and 16.1 million net rentable square feet.