Description of Business	6 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business	Description of Business Description of Business Driven Brands Holdings Inc. together with its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation and is the parent holding company of Driven Brands, Inc. and Shine Holdco (UK) Limited (collectively, “Driven Brands”). Driven Brands is the largest automotive services company in North America with a growing and highly-franchised base of approximately 4,800 franchised, independently-operated, and company-operated locations across 49 states in the U.S. and 13 other countries. The Company has a portfolio of highly recognized brands, including Take 5 Oil Change®, Meineke Car Care Centers®, MAACO®, CARSTAR®, AutoGlassNow®, IMO®, and 1-800-Radiator & A/C® that compete in the automotive services industry. Tax Receivable Agreement The Company expects to be able to utilize certain tax benefits which are related to periods prior to the effective date of the Company’s IPO and are attributed to our pre-IPO shareholders. The Company previously entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement which provides our pre-IPO shareholders with the right to receive payment of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. and Canadian federal, state, local, and provincial income tax that the Company will actually realize or divests. The Tax Receivable Agreement was effective as of the date of the Company’s IPO. The Company recorded a current income tax receivable liability of $23 million as of June 28, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively, and a non-current income tax receivable liability of $111 million as of June 28, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. We made payments of approximately $38 million under the Tax Receivable Agreement in the six months ended June 29, 2024. No payments were made during the six months ended June 28, 2025.

Description of Business

6 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2025

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Driven Brands Holdings Inc. together with its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation and is the parent holding company of Driven Brands, Inc. and Shine Holdco (UK) Limited (collectively, “Driven Brands”). Driven Brands is the largest automotive services company in North America with a growing and highly-franchised base of approximately 4,800 franchised, independently-operated, and company-operated locations across 49 states in the U.S. and 13 other countries. The Company has a portfolio of highly recognized brands, including Take 5 Oil Change®, Meineke Car Care Centers®, MAACO®, CARSTAR®, AutoGlassNow®, IMO®, and 1-800-Radiator & A/C® that compete in the automotive services industry.

Tax Receivable Agreement

The Company expects to be able to utilize certain tax benefits which are related to periods prior to the effective date of the Company’s IPO and are attributed to our pre-IPO shareholders. The Company previously entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement which provides our pre-IPO shareholders with the right to receive payment of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. and Canadian federal, state, local, and provincial income tax that the Company will actually realize or divests. The Tax Receivable Agreement was effective as of the date of the Company’s IPO. The Company recorded a current income tax receivable liability of $23 million as of June 28, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively, and a non-current income tax receivable liability of $111 million as of June 28, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. We made payments of approximately $38 million under the Tax Receivable Agreement in the six months ended June 29, 2024. No payments were made during the six months ended June 28, 2025.