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Layoffs 2026: every WARN notice, month by month

Employers have filed 2,396 WARN layoff notices dated 2026, naming 247,583 workers, across 48 states. Collected daily from state labor departments, with the state’s own record linked on every row.

Including reported layoffs with a U.S. state, counted once per employer, state and date, the layoff tracker shows 2,120 layoffs and 305,022 workers in 2026.

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Layoffs by month, 2026

WARN layoff notices by month, 2026
MonthNoticesWorkers namedLargest notice
October 2026 layoffs21418,99324Hr Homecare · 875
September 2026 layoffs28525,385Covenant Aviation Security, LLC · 1,279
August 2026 layoffs33227,389Tyson Foods · 2,495
July 2026 layoffs26325,397International Motors, LLC · 1,341
June 2026 layoffs24918,102JBS Souderton · 1,485
May 2026 layoffs17438,732Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo LLC · 9,891
April 2026 layoffs22025,792Aramark Campus, LLC · 923
March 2026 layoffs22121,073SK Battery America · 958
February 2026 layoffs22421,000Franciscan Health Olympia Fields · 1,535
January 2026 layoffs21425,720Amazon · 2,198

Counted by the date on each filing; a state can publish a notice later, so a month’s count can grow. The current month is partial.

Layoffs by state, 2026

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Companies with the most workers named in 2026 notices

  1. Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo LLC layoffs11,973 workers · 4 notices
  2. Spirit Airlines layoffs8,508 workers · 14 notices
  3. Amazon layoffs8,148 workers · 27 notices
  4. Republic National Distributing Company, LLC layoffs3,860 workers · 19 notices
  5. Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream layoffs2,567 workers · 5 notices
  6. Tyson Foods layoffs2,495 workers · 1 notice
  7. First Brands Group, LLC(Billy Mitchell) layoffs2,472 workers · 12 notices
  8. Meta layoffs1,968 workers · 4 notices
  9. Oracle layoffs1,876 workers · 7 notices
  10. Tyson Foods, Inc (Amarillo B-Shift Operations) Updated layoffs1,761 workers · 1 notice
  11. 24Hr Homecare layoffs1,613 workers · 2 notices
  12. Franciscan Health Olympia Fields layoffs1,535 workers · 1 notice
  13. JBS Souderton layoffs1,485 workers · 1 notice
  14. T-Mobile USA, Inc. layoffs1,454 workers · 10 notices
  15. Aramark Campus, LLC layoffs1,361 workers · 5 notices
  16. International Motors, LLC layoffs1,341 workers · 1 notice
  17. *Updated* Community Healthlink, Inc. layoffs1,340 workers · 4 notices
  18. Covenant Aviation Security, LLC layoffs1,279 workers · 1 notice
  19. Medical Facility Associates layoffs1,270 workers · 1 notice
  20. Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc. layoffs1,256 workers · 3 notices
  21. Compass Group USA, Inc. layoffs1,219 workers · 7 notices
  22. Sodexo layoffs1,212 workers · 11 notices
  23. Saks & Company LLC layoffs1,185 workers · 18 notices
  24. SDH Education West, LLC layoffs1,178 workers · 4 notices
  25. Alan Ritchey Incorporated layoffs1,137 workers · 3 notices

Layoffs by industry

Notices over the last 12 months, grouped by the employer’s industry. Each page adds open jobs and conferences for that industry.

Questions about 2026 layoffs

How many layoffs have there been in 2026?
Employers have filed 2,396 WARN layoff notices dated 2026, naming 247,583 workers, across 48 states, as of Oct 30, 2026. Counted once per employer, state and date, including reported layoffs with a U.S. state, the tracker shows 2,120 layoffs and 305,022 workers in 2026.
Which state has the most layoffs in 2026?
California has the most workers named in 2026 WARN notices, 22,881 across 396 notices.
Which company has announced the biggest layoff in 2026?
Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo LLC has the most workers named in 2026 WARN notices: 11,973 across 4 notices.
What counts as a layoff here?
A WARN Act notice an employer filed with a state labor department. A notice gives the number of workers and dates the employer reported; it does not say why. Layoffs that are announced but never filed are tracked separately on the layoff tracker.

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NextChapter layoff tracker, WARN Act notices collected from state labor departments. https://launchyournextchapter.com/layoffs/2026. Data as of Oct 30, 2026.

Download the CSV · one row per filing, with the state’s own source link.

How we count

Every figure on the layoff pages uses one of these units, and says which. The counts below come from the same rows as the tables and the downloadable file, as of Oct 30, 2026.

Filing
One row in a state labor department’s WARN list. A state may file one row per site, so one employer can have several filings on one day. /data counts filings.
Layoff
Every filing by one employer, in one state, with one notice date, counted once. The tracker at /layoffs counts layoffs, so its totals are lower than the number of filings.
Reported layoff
A layoff from the press, layoffs.fyi or an announcement that has a U.S. state and no state filing by the same employer within 45 days. It is labelled “reported” wherever it is listed and it is not a WARN notice.
Workers named
The number of employees a notice or report gives. Some states leave it out, so the figure is a floor, never a count of everyone laid off.
Not counted
Announcements with no U.S. state (a company’s global cuts, a foreign government) and rows a person has dismissed. They are not U.S. layoffs, so no total here includes them.
Counts, same rows, different units
WhatCountWorkers named
Filings, last 24 months (since Feb 18, 2025): the downloadable file3,448384,335
Layoffs in 2026: state filings and reported layoffs with a U.S. state, once per employer, state and date2,120305,022
Of the layoffs above, rows from the press or layoffs.fyi (raw rows, before grouping)220111,826
Not counted: 2026 announcements with no U.S. state125228,813

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