Currently only Taipei and Kaohsiung still have state-run pawnshops. As a result of the financial crisis, about 30 private pawnshops have gone out of business in Taipei City, but there has been no adverse impact on business at the state-run facility.
目前北高兩市是全台「唯二」仍保有公營當舖的地區，受到金融風暴重創，北市去年迄今至少倒了 30 家民營當舖，公營當舖的業績則不受影響。