Company
Inspire Brands
Private multi-brand restaurant holding company owned by Roark Capital Group. Operates Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Sonic Drive-In, Jimmy John's, Dunkin', and Baskin-Robbins with 33,000+ locations worldwide.
Who owns it
No filing-sourced ownership yet. That means we haven’t found a filing — not that the company has no owners.
1 further ownership link is recorded, but not from a filing we can point you to, so it is not shown here.
What’s documented
- 2026-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$205,000 to federal candidates/committees (2026 cycle).source →
- 2025-12-31lobbyingReported ~$460,000 in US federal lobbying activity (2025) on Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign); lobbied 2 government entities.source →
- 2024-12-31lobbyingReported ~$480,000 in US federal lobbying activity (2024) on Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; lobbied 2 government entities.source →
- 2024-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$222,500 to federal candidates/committees (2024 cycle).source →
- 2024-01-01laborRelationsRoark Capital portfolio companies accumulated $40.6 million in penalties across 189 violation records since 2000 according to Good Jobs First Violation Tracker. Among top private equity employers in the U.S., Roark had the highest rate of wage and hour violations.source →
- 2024-01-01laborRelationsDunkin' Donuts franchise locations have been subject to more than 450 investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division since 2010, resulting in orders to pay over $1.5 million in back wages to more than 3,600 workers for minimum wage and overtime violations.source →
- 2023-06-01laborRelationsSince 2010, over 450 U.S. Department of Labor investigations found Dunkin Donuts stores ordered to pay over $1.5 million in back wages to over 3,600 workers for minimum wage and overtime violations. Violations found in 31 of 39 states with Dunkin locations.source →
- 2023-01-01lobbyingRoark Capital's Inspire Brands was involved in efforts to oppose the federal Raise the Wage Act through the National Restaurant Association, which has been a major opponent of raising the federal minimum wage.source →
- 2022-12-31politicalDonationCorporate PAC contributed ~$57,500 to federal candidates/committees (2022 cycle).source →
What we’ve classified so far
- worker exploitation3
- political influence1
5 further documented actions have not been classified yet. These counts show what we have got to, not a total.