Description of Business	6 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2026
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 4,300 franchised and company-operated locations across 49 states in the U.S. and Canada. The Company has a portfolio of highly recognized 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 divest. 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 $30 million and $56 million as of June 27, 2026 and December 27, 2025, respectively, and a non-current tax receivable agreement payable of $79 million and $73 million as of June 27, 2026 and December 27, 2025, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company made payments of approximately $22 million under the Tax Receivable Agreement in the six months ended June 27, 2026. No payments were made in the six months ended June 28, 2025.

Description of Business

6 Months Ended

Jun. 27, 2026

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 4,300 franchised and company-operated locations across 49 states in the U.S. and Canada. The Company has a portfolio of highly recognized 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 divest. 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 $30 million and $56 million as of June 27, 2026 and December 27, 2025, respectively, and a non-current tax receivable agreement payable of $79 million and $73 million as of June 27, 2026 and December 27, 2025, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company made payments of approximately $22 million under the Tax Receivable Agreement in the six months ended June 27, 2026. No payments were made in the six months ended June 28, 2025.