DNKN

Dunkin' Brands Group (acquired by Inspire; no DNKN listing)

HALAL — NOT PUBLICLY TRADEDstock

Is DNKN Halal?

Inspire completed Dunkin' Brands' acquisition in December 2020 and DNKN was delisted; the restaurant and franchise analysis remains qualitative without current standalone ratios.

What You Should Know

DNKN is a preserved Dunkin' Brands route. Inspire completed the acquisition on December 15, 2020, after which Dunkin and Baskin-Robbins became private subsidiaries and DNKN ceased trading. The existing coffee, baked-goods, pork, ice-cream and franchise analysis is retained; no current standalone DNKN quantitative screen is applicable.

⚠️ Concerns

  • DNKN was delisted after Inspire's acquisition
  • Pork and other non-halal ingredients in some menu items
  • Baskin-Robbins product mix and franchise activity
  • DNKN is a preserved Inspire-acquisition alias; the URL is unchanged

Current quantitative Sharia screen

Based on issuer-status figures for the period ended 2020-12-15; calculated 2026-07-15.

Legacy alias · no public listing
This legacy route is not a currently publicly traded security. No current issuer balance sheet, revenue statement or public-market share price is available for a reproducible quantitative equity screen. The route and its qualitative analysis are preserved for search continuity; the historical ticker should not be treated as an investable current listing.
FTSE Yasaar
v4.6, February 2026
Financial
Not calculated
Overall
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Not calculated because DNKN was acquired and delisted in December 2020.

MSCI Islamic (total-assets series)
October 2024 methodology
Financial
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Overall
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No current standalone Dunkin Brands financial statement is available.

Malaysia SAC financial ratios
single 5% activity benchmark adopted November 2025
Financial
Not calculated
Overall
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Not calculated for a delisted historical security.

Market-cap denominator methods
MSCI M-Series, S&P and Dow Jones methods differ
Financial
Not calculated
Overall
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DNKN has no current public-market price or market-cap series.

Business-activity disclosure

Dunkin and Baskin-Robbins historically operated franchised restaurants and branded food and beverage businesses. Coffee and food service are generally permissible in principle, while pork, ice-cream ingredients, advertising and franchise structures remain qualitative concerns; DNKN is no longer publicly investable.

Limitation: No current standalone DNKN balance sheet, revenue statement or public-market price exists for a reproducible quantitative screen.

Purification

No current standalone DNKN issuer income is available for a purification calculation.

Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
  • Inspire completed the Dunkin Brands acquisition on December 15, 2020; DNKN was delisted and is not a current standalone public security.
  • Historical Dunkin Brands figures and Inspire's private-company or successor figures are not substituted into a current DNKN screen.
  • The route and its coffee, baked-goods, pork, ice-cream and franchise qualitative analysis are preserved.

This is a reproducible financial screen, not a fatwa. A failed total-assets screen can coexist with a pass under a market-cap methodology. ZakatInvest keeps the qualitative assessment separate so numerical thresholds do not erase material context.

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