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May 2026 layoffs: 174 WARN notices

Employers filed 174 WARN layoff notices dated May 2026, naming 38,732 workers, across 34 states. April had 220, so notices were down 46.

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

Largest employers in May

  1. Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo LLC layoffs11,973 workers · 4 notices
  2. Spirit Airlines layoffs8,507 workers · 13 notices
  3. Meta layoffs1,469 workers · 2 notices
  4. Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc. layoffs1,245 workers · 1 notice
  5. Ideal US Talent Worker OpCo LLC layoffs776 workers · 1 notice
  6. Diamond Transportation Services, Inc. layoffs715 workers · 2 notices
  7. Fifth Third Bank layoffs637 workers · 1 notice
  8. Republic National Distributing Company, LLC layoffs567 workers · 4 notices
  9. SDH Education West, LLC layoffs489 workers · 1 notice
  10. WK Kellogg Co layoffs451 workers · 1 notice
  11. Primadonna Co LLC layoffs344 workers · 1 notice
  12. Starbucks layoffs313 workers · 2 notices
  13. Ideal US Talent Systems Worker Op Co LLC layoffs307 workers · 1 notice
  14. Vistra Corp. layoffs304 workers · 3 notices
  15. Van Trans, LLC. layoffs297 workers · 1 notice

By state

Every notice, largest first

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NextChapter layoff tracker, WARN Act notices collected from state labor departments. https://launchyournextchapter.com/layoffs/2026/may.

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