According to the Taipei Pawnshop Association, some 80 percent of Taipei's nearly 250 pawnshops are owned by retired servicemen or government workers, their average age around sixty.
台北市當鋪公會的統計資料顯示，台北市近二百五十家民營當鋪中，百分之八十由退役（休）軍公職人員經營，他們的平均年齡在六十歲左右。