Let In and Sn be the symmetric inverse semigroup and the symmetric group on a finite chain Xn = {1,. .. , n} , respectively. Also let In,r = {α ∈ In : |im(α)| ≤ r} for 1 ≤ r ≤ n − 1. For any α ∈ In , if α = α 2 = α 4 then α is called a quasi-idempotent. In this paper, we show that the quasi-idempotent rank of In,r (both as a semigroup and as an inverse semigroup) is n 2 if r = 2 , and n r + 1 if r ≥ 3. The quasi-idempotent rank of In,1 is n (as a semigroup) and n − 1 (as an inverse semigroup).