---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-203382"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMA"
cik: "0001585389"
company_name: "SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T06:37:34.549364+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartStop Self Storage REIT reports August same-store occupancy at 92.7%; rates mixed

## Summary
- Physical occupancy of same-store portfolio 92.7% at Aug 31, 2025 vs 92.4% a year earlier.
- Monthly web rates held at $1.04 per square foot (vs $1.03 Aug 2024).
- Monthly move-in rates declined to $0.93 per sq ft from $0.97 in Aug 2024.
- Monthly in-place rates rose to $1.66 per sq ft from $1.64 year-over-year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-203382
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMA
- cik: 0001585389
- company_name: SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585389/000119312525203382/0001193125-25-203382-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585389/000119312525203382/ck0001585389-20250915.htm

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