---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-006699"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMA"
cik: "0001585389"
company_name: "SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:12:32.065819+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartStop Self Storage reports slight dip in same-store occupancy and rental rates YoY

## Summary
- Physical occupancy 92.1% at Dec 31, 2025 vs 92.3% a year earlier.
- Monthly web rate $0.91 vs $0.97; monthly move-in rate $0.88 vs $0.94.
- Monthly in-place rate unchanged at $1.63.
- Metrics cover same-store stabilized properties, excluding four assets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-006699
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMA
- cik: 0001585389
- company_name: SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585389/000119312526006699/0001193125-26-006699-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585389/000119312526006699/ck0001585389-20260108.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-006699.txt

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