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title: "Roark Capital scoops up Driven Brands"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/1e2bbcb1-5725-4e4f-b4cb-3b787d602329
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/roark-capital-scoops-up-driven-brands-1514
category: "Automotive"
industry: "Automotive"
published: 2015-04-21T19:14:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:16:19.759Z
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# Roark Capital scoops up Driven Brands

**TL;DR:** Roark Capital acquired Driven Brands, a franchise automotive company, from Harvest Partners. Driven Brands' CEO Jonathan Fitzpatrick will remain in his position.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-04-21. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/roark-capital-scoops-up-driven-brands-1514).*

## Story

Roark Capital recently announced the acquisition of Driven Brands, a franchise automotive company, from Harvest Partners. Driven Brands' Jonathan Fitzpatrick is set to remain as company CEO.

“This is an exciting day for Driven Brands and our family of franchisees,” Fitzpatrick said in a statement. “Roark Capital brings us deep experience investing in growth consumer and franchise businesses, and their understanding of the importance of the franchisor-franchisee relationship makes them the right investment partner for all of our stakeholders.”

Roark Capital has acquired 42 multi-unit brands generating annual system revenues of nearly $17 billion. Meanwhile, Driven Brands manages numerous auto companies, pulling in annual system revenues of approximately $1 billion.

“We are very excited to welcome Driven Brands to the Roark Capital family,” said Neal Aronson, managing partner of Roark Capital. “We have great admiration for the franchisees who have made these iconic brands so successful, and are thrilled to contribute to their future growth.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Automotive (sector)
- private equity (topic)
- acquisition (topic)
- Driven Brands (company)
- Jonathan Fitzpatrick (person)
- franchise automotive (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/roark-capital-scoops-up-driven-brands-1514). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/1e2bbcb1-5725-4e4f-b4cb-3b787d602329).