Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business	Description of Business Description of Business Driven Brands Holdings Inc. is a Delaware corporation (collectively with its subsidiaries, “Driven Brands” or the “Company”) and is the largest automotive services company in North America with a growing and highly-franchised base of over 4,200 franchised and company-operated locations across 49 states in the U.S. and Canada. The Company has a portfolio of well-known brands, including Take 5 Oil Change®, Meineke Car Care Centers®, MAACO®, CARSTAR®, AutoGlassNow®, 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 the Company’s pre-IPO shareholders. The Company previously entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement which provides the Company’s 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 tax receivable agreement payable of $56 million and $23 million as of December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively, and a non-current tax receivable agreement payable of $73 million and $111 million as of December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. No payments were made in the year ended December 27, 2025. We made payments of approximately $38 million under the Tax Receivable Agreement in the year ended December 28, 2024. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, we made payments of approximately $21 million.

Description of Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2025

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Driven Brands Holdings Inc. is a Delaware corporation (collectively with its subsidiaries, “Driven Brands” or the “Company”) and is the largest automotive services company in North America with a growing and highly-franchised base of over 4,200 franchised and company-operated locations across 49 states in the U.S. and Canada. The Company has a portfolio of well-known brands, including Take 5 Oil Change®, Meineke Car Care Centers®, MAACO®, CARSTAR®, AutoGlassNow®, 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 the Company’s pre-IPO shareholders. The Company previously entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement which provides the Company’s 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 tax receivable agreement payable of $56 million and $23 million as of December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively, and a non-current tax receivable agreement payable of $73 million and $111 million as of December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. No payments were made in the year ended December 27, 2025. We made payments of approximately $38 million under the Tax Receivable Agreement in the year ended December 28, 2024. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, we made payments of approximately $21 million.