---
pretty_name: US employers laying off in more than one state (multi-state WARN Act notices, by employer and state)
license: cc-by-4.0
language:
  - en
task_categories:
  - tabular-classification
tags:
  - warn-act
  - layoffs
  - multi-state
  - multi-state-layoffs
  - layoff-notices
  - employers
  - companies
  - by-state
  - plant-closings
  - workforce-reduction
  - labor
  - labor-market
  - sales-intelligence
  - economics
  - public-records
  - government-data
  - daily-updated
  - united-states
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K
configs:
  - config_name: employers
    data_files: data/multi_state_employers.csv
    default: true
  - config_name: notices
    data_files: data/multi_state_notices.csv
---

# Which US employers are laying off in more than one state?

Every state publishes its own WARN Act layoff notices, and every state's list
stops at its border. The employer that filed in Texas on Monday and Ohio on
Wednesday appears as two unrelated rows on two unrelated portals. This dataset
is the merge: the free-window notices from 48 states, grouped
by employer, kept to employers that filed in **two or more states**, rebuilt
every day.

## The headline (free window, 1988 - today, as of 2026-09-16)

| | |
|---|---|
| Employers with WARN filings in **2+ states** | **2,756** |
| Employers with filings in **5+ states** | **605** |
| Workers named in those employers' filings, as filed | **2,915,291** |
| Underlying notices (one row each in `notices`) | **25,119** |
| States spanned | **48** |

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## Most states, top 20

| employer | states | which | notices | workers as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aramark | 37 | AL AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL IA ID IL IN KS KY MA MD MI MN MO MS NC NJ NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA WA WI | 279 | 49,229 |
| Sodexo | 37 | AL AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL HI ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD MI MN MO NC NE NJ NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC TN TX VA WA WI WV | 265 | 28,690 |
| Walmart | 30 | AK AL AZ CA CO CT DC FL GA IL IN KS MA MD MI NC NJ NM NY OH OK OR PA SC TN TX UT VA WA WI | 142 | 23,084 |
| Conduent | 30 | AZ CA CO CT DE FL GA ID IN KY LA MD MI MO NC NE NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN VA WA WI | 97 | 3,605 |
| ABM | 27 | AL AZ CA CO DC FL GA IL IN MA MD MN MO NC NJ NV NY OH OK PA SC TN TX UT VA WA WI | 122 | 12,448 |
| Macy's | 26 | AL AZ CA CT FL GA ID IL IN KS KY MD MI MN NC NJ NY OH OK OR PA TN TX UT VA WA | 171 | 17,428 |
| Wells Fargo | 25 | AL AZ CA CO FL IA ID IL MD MN MT NC ND NE NJ NV NY OR PA SC SD TX UT VA WA | 170 | 12,482 |
| Yellow | 24 | AL AZ CA CO DC FL ID IL IN KS ME MI MN NC ND NM NV NY OH PA TX VA WA WI | 83 | 13,286 |
| Cygnus Home Service | 24 | AZ CA CO CT ID IL IN MA MD MI MO NC ND NE NM NY OH PA SC TX UT VA WA WI | 56 | 1,085 |
| David's Bridal | 23 | AK AL CA CO CT GA MA ME MN MO NC NE NJ NM NV NY OH OR PA TN TX WA WI | 82 | 22,433 |
| Verizon | 23 | AL CA CO CT IA IL KS KY MD MI MN NE NJ NM NY OH OR PA SC TN TX VA WA | 63 | 13,379 |
| United Airlines | 22 | CA CO CT FL HI IL IN MI MN NC NE NJ NV NY OH OK OR PA RI TX VA WA | 64 | 81,360 |
| Cinemark | 22 | AZ CA CT ID IL IN KS MD MI MT NC NV NY OH PA SC TN TX UT VA WA WI | 140 | 11,297 |
| Enterprise Holdings | 22 | CA CT FL HI IN KS MD MI MN MO NC NM NV NY OH OK OR PA TN TX VA WI | 100 | 8,054 |
| Kmart | 21 | AL AZ CA FL IL IN KS KY MD MI MN NC NE NJ NY OR PA TN UT VA WA | 243 | 20,049 |
| First Transit | 21 | CA CT FL IL IN MD MN NC NJ NV NY OH OK OR PA TN TX UT VA WA WI | 54 | 6,683 |
| Saks & | 21 | AL AZ CA FL HI IL MA MD MI MO MS NC NJ NV NY OH OR PA TN TX VA | 52 | 4,353 |
| Block | 21 | AZ CA CO CT FL GA HI IL IN MA MN MO MT NC NV NY OR PA SC WA WI | 39 | 877 |
| Paper Source | 21 | CA CO CT FL IN KS MD MI MN MO NC NJ NV NY OH OR PA TX VA WA WI | 48 | 754 |
| Hostess Brands | 20 | AK AL AZ CT ID IL IN KS KY MD MI NJ NY OR PA SD TN VA VT WA | 128 | 7,848 |

## Most workers, top 10

| employer | workers as filed | states | notices |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 81,360 | 22 | 64 |
| Aramark | 49,229 | 37 | 279 |
| Boeing | 43,967 | 14 | 420 |
| OS Restaurant | 38,864 | 13 | 132 |
| Northwest Airlines | 31,875 | 3 | 17 |
| Sodexo | 28,690 | 37 | 265 |
| Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S | 24,843 | 2 | 27 |
| Walmart | 23,084 | 30 | 142 |
| David's Bridal | 22,433 | 23 | 82 |
| General Motors | 22,412 | 13 | 42 |

## What is in the files

**`data/multi_state_employers.csv`** (config `employers`, default) - one row per
employer, 2,756 rows:

| column | meaning |
|---|---|
| `employer` | canonicalized employer name (see method) |
| `n_states` | number of distinct states with a filing |
| `states` | space-separated two-letter codes |
| `notices` | number of filings across those states |
| `workers_as_filed` | sum of `employees_affected` across those filings, exactly as each state filed it |
| `first_notice` | earliest notice date (or effective date where the state gives no notice date) |
| `last_notice` | latest such date |

**`data/multi_state_notices.csv`** (config `notices`) - every underlying filing,
25,119 rows, the same columns as the
[daily notices dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/APProjects/us-warn-act-layoffs-notices-daily) (`id`, `state`, `company`,
`company_canonical`, `company_dba`, `location`, `employees_affected`,
`notice_date`, `effective_date`, `notice_type`, `first_seen`) plus `employer`,
the merged employer key that matches `employer` in the employers file (a row's
own `company_canonical` may be one of that employer's other spellings). Join
on `id` to the daily dataset, on `employer` to the employers file.

Both files cover the **free window (1988 to today)**. The same
merge over the full 1988+ archive is part of the [paid archive](https://approj.gumroad.com/l/warn-archive) -
stated up front rather than discovered after download.

## Method, and what it does NOT say

- **Grouping is deterministic string canonicalization, not corporate-entity
  resolution.** Legal suffixes (Inc, LLC, Corp) are stripped, "dba" parts are
  split off, plant/site tails after dashes are dropped, ALL-CAPS is fixed.
  Nothing is looked up. Consequences you must expect: a **subsidiary filing
  under its own name is not merged** into its parent, and two spellings the
  rule cannot reconcile may **split one employer into two rows**. On top of
  that, a conservative alias merge folds spellings that share a distinctive
  token prefix into one employer ("Boeing Compnay", "Boeing - El Paso" ->
  Boeing) only when that token is at least 90% pure across the archive; it
  under-merges on purpose. Treat `employer` as a display key, not a legal
  identity.
- `workers_as_filed` is a **sum of headcounts as filed**. States amend and
  re-file notices; where the source portal lists an amendment as a separate
  row, the workers are counted again. It is not a deduplicated headcount.
- A filing in two states says the employer had two WARN-triggering events;
  it does not say they were the same decision, the same week, or the same
  business line.
- "Notice" means one row on a state WARN portal. States differ in what they
  publish (some list every site, some one row per employer per event).

## Freshness

Rebuilt daily from 48 state labor-department portals by an
automated pipeline; the underlying build was `2026-09-16`. A static copy of
this list is wrong within a week - the multi-state view only exists because
something merges the portals every day.

## Related

- [Daily WARN notices dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/APProjects/us-warn-act-layoffs-notices-daily) - every notice, every state, free.
- [Notice-period dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/APProjects/us-warn-act-layoff-notice-period-days) - how many days' notice each filing gave.
- [The multi-state page](https://approjects-warn-act-notices.static.hf.space/multi-state.html) - the same list, rendered.
- [Free CSV/JSON on GitHub](https://github.com/APVentureEngine/warn-act-notices) - CC BY 4.0, no login.
- [WARN Watch](https://approj.gumroad.com/l/warn-watch) - alerts when your employers or states file, $49/year.
- [Full historical archive](https://github.com/APVentureEngine/warn-act-notices/releases/latest) - every notice back to 1988, free.

## License

CC BY 4.0. Underlying notices are US state public records. Attribution:
"WARN Feed, https://approjects-warn-act-notices.static.hf.space".

*Not affiliated with the US Department of Labor or any state agency.*