Financial and real estate services

H&R Block franchise

Tax preparation services delivered through branded offices and digital channels.

Worldwide locations: 9,943

Locations

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Reporting periods and scope

Worldwide locations

9,943 tax offices worldwide as of March 31, 2026. Dated or undated source observations are not a live physical-site census or verification of individual current franchise owners. Source and observation dates remain distinct. The literal worldwide total 9,943 agrees with 8,616 U.S. plus 1,327 international; 6,802 U.S. company-owned plus 1,814 U.S. franchise offices. Canada 932 plus Australia 395 forms the international subtotal. Worldwide ownership split is not separately stated. The issuer associates this Q3 presentation with its May 6, 2026 webcast. A separate presentation publication date is not established and remains null; March 31 is the office census date. Later FY2026 reporting does not move the census to June 30. The selected source is the retained official issuer PDF reader, physical 30. No original PDF or visually inspected page was obtained. Table column association is reader-based, with arithmetic and source-header crosschecks. Tax returns, digital products, net average charge, and franchisor revenue are not office counts or annual office revenue.

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