{"url_path":"/sec/ewcz/10-k/2026/cover-page","section_key":"cover-page","section_title":"Cover Page","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K/A","doc_date":"2026-04-27","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/0001193125-26-182250-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-182250","cik":"0001856236","ticker":"EWCZ","issuer_name":"European Wax Center, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856236/0001193125-26-182250-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001856236","primary_entity_name":"European Wax Center, Inc."},"word_count":728,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"10-K/A\n\n##### Table of Contents\n\ntrueFY0001856236--01-06YesNoNo 0001856236 2025-01-05 2026-01-03 0001856236 2025-07-05 0001856236 ewcz:ClassBCommonStockMember 2026-04-21 0001856236 ewcz:ClassACommonStockMember 2026-04-21 0001856236 ewcz:KatieMullenGrantDateOneMember 2025-03-21 0001856236 ewcz:KatieMullenGrantDateTwoMember 2025-03-21 0001856236 ewcz:KatieMullenGrantDateThreeMember 2025-03-21 0001856236 ewcz:ChristopherMorrisGrantDateOneMember 2025-01-08 0001856236 ewcz:ChristopherMorrisGrantDateTwoMember 2025-01-08 0001856236 ewcz:ChristopherMorrisGrantDateThreeMember 2025-01-08 iso4217:USD xbrli:shares xbrli:pure iso4217:USD xbrli:shares\n\n \n\n \n\nUNITED STATES\n\nSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION\n\nWashington, D.C. 20549\n\n \n\n \n\nFORM\n10-K\n/A\n\nAmendment No. 1\n\n \n\n \n\n(Mark One)\n\n☒\n\nANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nFor the fiscal year ended January 3, 2026\n\nOR\n\n \n\n☐\n\nTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM     TO    \n\nCommission File Number\n001-40714\n\n \n\n \n\nEUROPEAN WAX CENTER, INC.\n\n(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDelaware\n\n \n\n86-3150064\n\n(State or other jurisdiction of\n\nincorporation or organization)\n\n \n\n(I.R.S. Employer\n\nIdentification No.)\n\n5830 Granite Parkway, 3rd Floor\n\nPlano, Texas\n\n \n\n75024\n\n(Address of principal executive offices)\n\n \n\n(Zip Code)\n\nRegistrant’s telephone number, including area code:\n(469) 264-8123\n\nSecurities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:\n\n \n\nTitle of each class\n\n  \n\nTrading\n\nSymbol(s)\n\n  \n\nName of each exchange on which registered\n\nClass A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share\n\n  \n\nEWCZ\n\n  \n\nThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC\n\n \n\n \n\nSecurities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None\n\nIndicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES ☐ \nNO\n ☒\n\nIndicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. YES ☐ \nNO\n ☒\n\nIndicate 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 12 months (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.\nYES\n ☒ NO ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation\nS-T\n(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a\nnon-accelerated\nfiler, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule\n12b-2\nof the Exchange Act.\n\n \n\nLarge accelerated filer\n\n \n\n☐\n\n  \n\nAccelerated filer\n\n \n\n☒\n\nNon-accelerated filer\n\n \n\n☐\n\n  \n\nSmaller reporting company\n\n \n\n☒\n\nEmerging growth company\n\n \n\n☒\n\n  \n\n \n\nIf 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 financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐\n\nIndicate 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 reporting under 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. ☐\n\nIf 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 of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☒\n\nIndicate 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’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to\n§240.10D-1(b). ☐\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule\n12b-2\nof the Exchange Act). YES ☐ NO ☒\n\nThe aggregate market value of the Registrant’s Class A common stock held by\nnon-affiliates,\nbased on the closing price of the shares of Class A common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter (July 5, 2025) was $173.9 million.\n\nAs of April 21, 2026, the registrant had 44,315,571 and 10,519,105 shares of Class A and Class B common stock, respectively, $0.00001 par value per share, outstanding.\n\nDOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE\n\nNone.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n##### Table of Contents\n\nTable of Contents\n\n \n\n \n \n \n  \nPage\n \n\n[PART III](#tx89903_1)\n\n \n\n  \n \n1"}