Abstract: A commodity rental apparatus includes an input unit, a containing unit, and a return unit. The input unit selects a predetermined commodity and inputs commodity rental information. The containing unit has a commodity containing column having a data carrier, reads an identification number of a commodity selected by a commodity number input by a user via an antenna arranged at the column, and specifies a commodity. Furthermore, the specified commodity is carried from the containing column to the commodity pick-up unit, so that the user can picks it up. The return unit reads rental information recorded on the data carrier of the commodity returned through a return hole via an antenna arranged in the vicinity of the return hole, accepts the commodity, and contains it in a stocker to which it is conveyed by a predetermined convey mechanism.