UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) ☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the fiscal year ended December 27, 2025 OR ☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Commission filenumber: 001-39898 Driven Brands Holdings Inc. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 ofthis chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reportingunder Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financialaccounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction ofan error to previously issued financial statements.☒ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’sexecutive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of the outstanding common stock, other than shares held by persons who may be deemed affiliates, was approximately $1.0 billion as of June 28, 2025,the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter. As of May 15, 2026, there were 164,932,941 shares of Common Stock of the registrant outstanding. Driven Brands Holdings Inc. Table of Contents PART IItem 1. Business................................................................................................................................................................7Item 1A. Risk Factors.......................................................................................................................................................12Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments..............................................................................................................................38Item 1C. Cybersecurity.....................................................................................................................................................38Item 2. Properties..............................................................................................................................................................40Item 3. Legal Proceedings.................................................................................................................................................40Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.......................................................................................................................................40 PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of EquitySecurities...........................................................................................................................................................................41Item 6. Reserved................................................................................................................................................................42Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.....................