Driven Brands Holdings Inc. (DRVN)
Quick-lube and auto service centers, franchisees excluded. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 27, 2025, filed May 19, 2026. Ranked 136 of the 161 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
15%
End of 2028
22%
Employees, annual report
8,000
Leading staffing pattern
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now15%
- End of 202720%
- End of 202822%
- End of 203022%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 78%
- Becomes checking a model's work 15%
- Handed over with lighter checks 7%
An automotive services company whose filing states 8,000 employees with 6,500 at company-operated locations, so automotive repair leads with a share at parts wholesaling for the supply business.
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 15% now, 20% at the end of 2027, 22% at the end of 2028, 22% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 22% desk work, 11% people work and 67% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 78% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 15% becomes checking a model's work and 7% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
8,000 employees as of December 27, 2025 (stated). Not stated: the filing counts no employees by country; the data service's 97% United States and 3% Canada is revenue.
The filing: “As of December 27, 2025, we employed approximately 8,000 full- and part-time employees.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Automotive Repair and Maintenance | 85% | By (a) for the location count and description (c): the filing counts approximately 6,500 full-time employees at company-operated locations, the Take 5 oil change and other service centers, automotive repair and maintenance (NAICS 8111), with the field support staff read beside them. |
| Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | 15% | By description (c): the supply business that distributes parts and products to franchisees (supply and other 14% of revenue) is motor vehicle parts wholesaling (NAICS 4231), with no count stated. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 8,000 full- and part-time employees as of December 27, 2025, about 7,100 of them full-time including about 6,500 at company-operated locations, excluding discontinued operations divested in April 2025 and January 2026; no collective bargaining; franchisees' employees are not its employees.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Automotive Repair and Maintenance, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Icahn Enterprises L.P. (IEP, 13,547 employees)15% now, 23% by 2028
- Valvoline Inc. (VVV, 11,400 employees)15% now, 25% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
3 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names advances in AI and machine learning as competitive risks and says threat actors use AI, which its cybersecurity program is updated to address.
- “In addition, advances in technology such as artificial intelligence ("AI") and machine learning pose competitive risks.”
- “Due to the evolving sophistication of technology and techniques employed by third parties and threat actors, such as through the use of AI and other technologies, we are increasingly vulnerable to a compromise of our customer transaction, PII or other sensitive data.”
- “We regularly evaluate and update our cybersecurity program to align with emerging technical threats, including those associated with the increasing use of artificial intelligence, changes in regulatory requirements, and developments in industry best practices.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20243median 4
- Fiscal 20253median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-27 | 7,100 | 2026-05-19 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-28 | 10,700 | 2025-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-30 | 10,600 | 2024-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 11,000 | 2023-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-25 | 9,900 | 2022-03-18 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-26 | 6,900 | 2021-03-24 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The Index's 7,100 is the full-time count; the filing also states approximately 8,000 full- and part-time employees, which stands (rule 2).
- Franchisees' employees are not counted (rule 8).
- The U.S. share is not stated.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001804745-26-000048, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Driven Brands Holdings Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 15% now and 22% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Driven Brands Holdings Inc.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Driven Brands Holdings Inc. employ?
- 8,000 as of December 27, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 27, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Driven Brands Holdings Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Automotive Repair and Maintenance; by those patterns the work is about 22% desk work, 11% people work and 67% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Driven Brands Holdings Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 3 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 3 and 3 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 19, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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