Driven Brands Holdings Inc.

Overview

Driven Brands is the largest automotive services company in North America with a diversified, multi-brand platform. The company operates on a 52- or 53-week fiscal year; fiscal years 2025, 2024, and 2023 ended on December 27, 2025; December 28, 2024; and December 30, 2023, respectively. Its network offers routine maintenance (for example, oil changes) and paint, collision, glass, and general repair services.

Brand portfolio and segments

Take 5

• Take 5 Oil Change segment: 1,342 locations as of December 27, 2025.
• Breakdown: 530 franchised locations and 812 company-operated locations.

Franchise Brands

• Brands: Meineke Car Care Center, MAACO, CARSTAR, ABRA, Fix Auto, 1-800 Radiator & A/C, Uniban, and ATI (Automotive Training Institute).
• Total locations within Franchise Brands: 2,699 as of December 27, 2025.
• Meineke: 780 franchised locations.
• Collision network (CARSTAR, ABRA, Fix Auto): 1,077 locations, almost all franchised, as of December 27, 2025.
• MAACO (paint): 370 franchised locations.
• Uniban (Canadian glass): 271 locations (96% franchised) across Canada.
• 1-800 Radiator: 201 locations, generally franchised.
• ATI provides training services to independent repair and maintenance, and paint and collision shops.

Auto Glass Now

• Operates 211 locations across the U.S. as of December 27, 2025, plus hundreds of mobile vans.
• Acquired in December 2021 and expanded through 11 auto glass acquisitions in 2022–2023, becoming the second-largest auto glass repair business in the U.S.

Franchise model and services

• The company uses an asset-light franchising model in the Franchise Brands segment, with cross-brand shared services and centralized procurement.

Scale, geography, and reach

• Total continuing operations: 4,252 locations as of December 27, 2025.
• Company-operated locations: 1,036 within continuing operations, including 20 owned and 1,016 leased properties.
• Real estate footprint: 5 distribution centers and 10 offices/training centers in the U.S. and Canada, including corporate headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• Additional properties: 43 locations leased or subleased to franchisees as of December 27, 2025.
• Geographic focus: North America (49 U.S. states and Canada).

Customers and scope

• Serves retail, commercial, and insurance customers across its brands and services.
• Maintains national brand recognition and established relationships with commercial fleet and insurance customers, with centralized billing across the network.

Financial scale (selected figures)

• Net revenue: approximately $1.9 billion in 2025.
• System-wide sales: approximately $6.1 billion in 2025.
• Figures reflect the 2025 fiscal period (52- or 53-week year).

Growth and development

• Pipeline includes agreements to open over 1,000 new franchised units as of December 27, 2025.
• Growth pursued through both franchised and company-operated locations, with a focus on ramping new stores, premium service offerings, and add-on products (for example, additional maintenance services in Take 5).

Corporate governance and operations

• Primary operations include franchising, brand support, procurement, training, finance, and technology services for network locations.
• Uses shared services to reduce costs and improve margins for both franchised and company-operated locations.

Acquisitions and strategic initiatives

• Completed Auto Glass Now acquisition in 2021 and expanded the auto glass footprint through acquisitions in 2022–2023.
• Continues conversions of independent operators and greenfield openings to maximize unit-level economics and increase brand reach.

Workforce

• Approximately 7,100 full-time employees as of December 27, 2025.
• About 6,500 of these employees work at company-operated locations; additional employees are located within franchise networks and other operations.

Notable identifiers

• Major brands: Take 5 Oil Change, Meineke Car Care Center, MAACO, CARSTAR, ABRA, Fix Auto, 1-800 Radiator, Uniban, ATI, Auto Glass Now.
• Primary domain: drivenbrands.com.