Dozens of companies across the country including Amazon and FedEx are set to lay off employees in January.

Why It Matters

Thousands of Americans are poised to be impacted by layoffs after the holiday season this year. Layoffs can be viewed as a signal about how companies view economic headwinds, but they could also be due to restructuring or plans to maximize profits. More than 1.1 million layoffs occurred in 2025, according to a December 2025 report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

What to Know

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to give 60 days’ notice ahead of mass layoffs.

Mass layoffs occur when at least 50 employees are laid off during a 30-day period, affecting one-third of the workforce, or when 500 employees of any company are laid off during a 30-day period, according to the organization Legal Aid at Work. They also occur when a work site is closed and at least 50 employees are laid off in a 30-day period.

More than 100 companies have filed WARN notices indicating plans to lay off workers in January 2026, according to WARNTracker.com. The following companies have filed a notice.

1. AARP
2. AbbVie
3. Adams County Public Hospital
4. AeroFarms1526 Cane Creek
5. Amazon
6. Amentum
7. American Signature, Inc.
8. Apogee Architectural Metals
9. Archer Daniels Midland Company
10. Atkore Plastics Southeast
11. Augusta Sportswear, Inc.
12. Bechtel National Inc.
13. Best Dressed Chicken, Inc.
14. Blue Plate Oysterette LLC
15. Blue Shield of California
16. Bond 45 National Harbor Restaurant
17. Braga Fresh Foods, LLC
18. Building Materials Manufacturing LLC
19. BWW Law Group, LLC
20. Catalent, Maryland, Inc.
21. Charles River Laboratories
22. Clari Inc.
23. CNO Financial Group
24. Colonial Savings, F.A.
25. ColWyo Coal Company LP
26. CommUnify
27. Consolidated Hospitality Supplies
28. Corteva
29. CoStar Group
30. Couchbase, Inc.
31. CRST Expedited, Inc.
32. Dental Benefit Management, Inc.
33. Dillard’s Inc.
34. Dometic Corporation
35. DRT, LLC
36. DSV Air & Sea Inc.
37. enDevelopment Logistics, LLC
38. FedEx
39. FreshRealm
40. Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
41. Galleher LLC
42. General Motors
43. Giesecke + Devrient ePayments America Inc
44. Gilead Sciences
45. Grand Lux Café, LLC
46. Great Floors
47. H&M Fashion USA, Inc.
48. HD Supply
49. Heibar Installations Inc.
50. Henkel Corporation
51. HRL Laboratories
52. Hudson
53. Huntington National Bank
54. Illumina
55. ImmunityBio
56. Inline Plastics
57. Institute of International Education
58. International Paper
59. Invincible Boat Company
60. Kloeckner Meals
61. Lakeshore Learning Materials, LLC
62. Louis Vuitton USA Inc.
63. Lumileds
64. Maritime Applied Physics Corporation
65. Marshalls of CA, LLC
66. Mattel
67. McDonald’s
68. MDWise
69. Meteorcomm LLC
70. Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC
71. Michigan Sugar Company
72. Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
73. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC
74. NIKE Retail Services, Inc.
75. Nordstrom Portland Rack
76. Ojai Valley Inn
77. Palo Verde Hospital
78. Panasonic Well LLC
79. Peraton’s Environmental Integration Services III
80. Post Consumer Brands, LLC
81. Presbyterian Home for Central New York, Inc.
82. Providence Health & Services
83. Rad Power Bikes, Inc.
84. RATP Dev and Midtown Group
85. Raytheon Technologies
86. Rebel Restaurants, Inc.
87. Red Run Corporation T/A Food Depot
88. Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama
89. Retail Services WIS Corporation
90. Revity, Inc.
91. Roads Express, LLC
92. Saddle Creek Logistics Service
93. SC Industrial Holdings, LLC
94. SDH Education West, LLC
95. SDH Service East, LLC
96. Shell Recharge Solutions
97. SLO Brewing Co. LLC
98. Smokin Bear LLC
99. Smurfit Westrock
100. Sodexo
101. Spirit Airlines, LLC.
102. Synopsys, Inc.
103. Takeda Development Center Americas Inc.
104. Terzo Enterprises Incorporated
105. The Cheesecake Factory
106. The French Gourmet, Inc.
107. The Taubman Company
108. TJX Companies, Inc.
109. TransAlta
110. United Supermarkets
111. Van Law Food Products, Inc.
112. Verizon
113. Virginia Mason Franciscan
114. Warner Music Group
115. Wells Fargo
116. West Fraser, Inc.
117. White Coffee Corporation
118. WIS International
119. WWL Vehicle Services America, Inc.

What People Are Saying

Joanne Song McLaughlin, a labor economist at the University of Buffalo, previously told Newsweek in 2025: “The current economic uncertainty comes from volatility in trade and fiscal policies, and the government shutdown. We also experience underlying structural changes driven by AI, which I believe could have an interaction effect on the policy and political volatilities. Uncertainty makes it hard for employers to predict, so they will most likely reduce investment and employment.”

HR consultant Bryan Driscoll previously told Newsweek in 2025: “This isn’t some sign the whole economy’s falling apart. It’s a sign leadership is more focused on pleasing shareholders than supporting the workers who actually keep the place running.”

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