Business Description

Overview Driven Brands is the largest automotive services company in North America with a growing and highly-franchised base of over 4,200 locations across 49 U.S. states and Canada. Our scaled, diversified platform provides high-quality services to an extensive range of retail, commercial, and insurance customers. Our breadth of services covers a wide variety of automotive needs, including routine maintenance services, such as oil changes, as well as paint, collision, glass, and repair services. Our portfolio of brands continues to generate consistent revenue with strong operating margins. Our network generated approximately $1.9 billion in net revenue from approximately $6.1 billion in system-wide sales in 2025. The Company operates and reports financial information on a 52- or 53-week year with the fiscal year ending on the last Saturday in December. Our 2025, 2024, and 2023 fiscal years ending December 27, 2025, December 28, 2024, and December 30, 2023, respectively, each consisted of 52 weeks. We are the largest provider of diversified automotive services in North America and have a portfolio of well-known brands, including Take 5 Oil Change ® (“Take 5 Oil”), Meineke Car Care Center ® (“Meineke”), MAACO ® (“Maaco”), CARSTAR ® , AutoGlassNow ® (“AGN”), and 1-800-Radiator & A/C ® (“1-800 Radiator”), among others. Our Business Our automotive services are grouped in the following segments: Take 5 Our Take 5 segment is primarily comprised of Take 5 Oil. Take 5 Oil services a combination of retail and commercial customers, such as fleet operators, through 1,342 locations as of December 27, 2025. Take 5 Oil’s services include oil changes as well as certain as-needed automotive maintenance enhancements, including differential fluid exchanges, coolant services and air and cabin filters. Founded in 1984, Take 5 Oil provides an efficient stay-in-your-car style oil change. Take 5 Oil’s 530 franchised and 812 company-operated locations, as of December 27, 2025, primarily offer oil changes to retail and commercial customers. We believe Take 5 Oil offers a best-in-class operating model through its convenient stay-in-your-car format, simple and focused menu, and expeditious service, all of which is designed to generate strong customer satisfaction, high frequency of use, and attractive unit-level economics. Furthermore, Take 5 Oil’s compact store layout and shallow pit design reduce upfront build-out costs, increase efficiency, and provide real estate flexibility. Take 5 Oil’s franchising efforts are expected to continue to drive long-term unit growth through its pipeline of franchise commitments. Franchise Brands Our Franchise Brands segment consists of a diversified portfolio of brands including Meineke, Maaco, CARSTAR, ABRA, Fix Auto, 1-800 Radiator, Uniban, and Automotive Training Institute (“ATI”) and serves retail, commercial, and insurance customers through 2,699 total locations as of December 27, 2025. Our maintenance and repair services are predominantly offered under the Meineke brand, which was founded in 1972. As of December 27, 2025, we had 780 franchised locations, which offer an extensive set of total car care services to retail customers and commercial fleet programs, including maintenance, repair, and replacement of components, such as brakes, heating and cooling systems, exhaust, and tires and is well-known throughout the automotive services industry. Our collision repair services are offered through CARSTAR, ABRA, and Fix Auto, which were founded in 1989, 1984, and 1997, respectively, and together comprise the largest franchised collision repair network in North America. Our 1,077 collision locations, as of December 27, 2025, are almost exclusively franchised and offer full collision repair and refinishing services in addition to other cosmetic repairs. Our paint services are offered through Maaco, which was founded in 1972. Our 370 franchised locations, as of December 27, 2025, offer an extensive suite of services including paint services, surface preparation, protection, and refinishing, reconditioning, and other cosmetic external and internal repairs. Maaco primarily serves retail customers and commercial fleet 7 operators and provides strong retail customer service at a much lower average price point than most collision centers, making it an economical option for minor auto body repair when customers prefer to not file an insurance claim.…