Washington layoff and closure notices, June 2018 to November 2, 2026

What this dataset measures

Built to check whether Washington's business climate is getting worse. It brings together measures of business activity over time (new business filings, business openings and closings, private job growth, business counts), the published tax and business rankings, and the direct measures of big employers (headquarters filings, very large worksites and their jobs, and the state's layoff-notice database, with the 2025 change in the state's layoff-notice law marked).

Geography

Washington, United States

Unit of observation

Varies by table: company, year, quarter, or layoff notice

Update cadence

One-time release; may be revised as new quarterly data arrive

Curator

FactHub Research Team

Curated data tables

Washington layoff and closure notices, June 2018 to November 2, 2026

Each notice in the ESD WARN database, as listed.

Unit of observation: Notice

warn-notices.csv text/csv · 70.9 KB (72,587 bytes)

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The first 100 of 810 rows

company	location	layoffStartDate	workers workers	closureOrLayoff	temporaryOrPermanent	receivedDate	receivedYear	farmOrOrchard
Amazon	Sumner, Pasco, Bellevue, Redmond, Seattle and Remote	12/7/2026	95	Layoff	Permanent	2026-11-02	2026	false
Alaska Airlines	Seattle, Spokane, Renton	12/31/2026	121	Layoff	Permanent	2026-10-30	2026	false
Comcast	Statewide	12/31/2026	159	Layoff	Permanent	2026-10-29	2026	false
NIC Global Manufacturing Solutions	Woodinville	1/18/2027	103	Closure	Permanent	2026-10-28	2026	false
Double M Orchards	Quincy	12/18/2026	220	Layoff	Temporary	2026-10-28	2026	true
Henry Bosma Orchards	Granger	11/30/2026	90	Closure	Permanent	2026-10-27	2026	true
HMS Host	Seatac, Seattle	12/31/2026	135	Closure	Permanent	2026-10-23	2026	false
DSquared Hospitality Company dba Sidekicks Pub	Bellevue	12/20/2026	83	Closure	Permanent	2026-10-21	2026	false
Starbucks	Seattle, Redmond, Vancouver, and Spokane	11/14/2026	51	Closure	Permanent	2026-10-07	2026	false
Jack in the Box	Kent	12/2/2026	15	Closure	Permanent	2026-10-05	2026	false
Quincy Foods	Quincy	11/15/2026	65	Layoff	Permanent	2026-10-02	2026	false
Greenridge Farming Inc	Pasco	11/15/2026	193	Layoff	Permanent	2026-10-02	2026	true
National Frozen Foods Corporation	Moses Lake and Chehalis	11/15/2026	439	Layoff	Permanent	2026-10-02	2026	false
Manson Growers LLC	Manson	10/1/2026	275	Layoff	Permanent	2026-10-01	2026	true
Haak Administrative Services LLC	Yakima County	11/30/2026	110	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-29	2026	false
FirstFruits, LLC	Prescott	11/18/2026	1200	Layoff	Temporary	2026-09-28	2026	true
Maverick Washington LLC / Chips Casino	Lakewood	11/30/2026	131	Closure	Permanent	2026-09-28	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC / Macau Casino	Lakewood	11/30/2026	106	Closure	Permanent	2026-09-28	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC / Palace Casino	Lakewood	11/30/2026	15	Closure	Permanent	2026-09-28	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC / Great American Casino	Everett	11/30/2026	133	Closure	Permanent	2026-09-28	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC / All Star Casino	Silverdale	11/30/2026	159	Closure	Permanent	2026-09-28	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC / Coyote Bobs Casino	Kennewick	11/30/2026	68	Closure	Permanent	2026-09-28	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC / Crazy Moose Casino	Pasco	11/30/2026	137	Closure	Permanent	2026-09-28	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC / Casino Caribbean	Yakima	11/30/2026	101	Closure	Permanent	2026-09-28	2026	false
Gebbers Farms, Etal	Brewster	11/25/2026	3445	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-25	2026	true
Expedia, Inc.	Seattle	11/21/2026	58	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-22	2026	false
Microsoft	Redmond	11/21/2026	277	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-22	2026	false
DNS Farm Services LLC	Grant and Chelan Counties	9/17/2026	238	Layoff	Temporary	2026-09-21	2026	true
2EZY LLC	Airway Heights	9/30/2026	120	Closure	Permanent	2026-09-21	2026	false
BM Administrative Services	Yakima County	11/30/2026	321	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-21	2026	false
King Fuji Ranch, Inc.	Mattawa	11/27/2026	286	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-18	2026	true
Comprehensive Life Resources	Tacoma	11/21/2026	92	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-18	2026	false
Providence Health & Services	Olympia	11/18/2026	3	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-18	2026	false
TLC Orchards LLC	Wapato	11/7/2026	125	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-17	2026	true
Columbia Reach Chiawana Orchards	Yakima, Kittitas, and Grant Counties	11/14/2026	570	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-17	2026	true
PeaceHealth	Clark, Skagit, and Whatcom Counties	11/20/2026	150	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-17	2026	false
Sagemoor Group Management Services Inc	Yakima, Franklin, and Adams Counties	11/14/2026	443	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-17	2026	false
Pacific Ag Services LLC	Grant and Franklin Counties	11/15/2026	530	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-16	2026	true
Loftus Administrative Services LLC	Yakima County	11/15/2026	376	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-15	2026	false
Oracle America, Inc.	Seattle	11/13/2026	359	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-14	2026	false
Blue Cascade Orchards	Yakima, Okanogan, Franklin, Grant, Adams, Walla Walla, and Benton Counties	11/20/2026	792	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-14	2026	true
Young's Market Company of Washington LLC	Auburn	11/7/2026	33	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-11	2026	false
Monson Ranches Snake River Orchards LLC	Benton City, Burbank	11/18/2026	172	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-11	2026	true
Legendary Fruit Co	Yakima, Wapato	11/10/2026	1220	Layoff	Temporary	2026-09-10	2026	true
Cascade View Fruit & Cold Storage, LLC	Selah	11/15/2026	259	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-09	2026	true
MultiCare Health System	Statewide	10/27/2026	138	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-08	2026	false
Gilbert Orchards, Inc.	Yakima, Franklin and Grant Counties	11/22/2026	518	Layoff	Temporary	2026-09-03	2026	true
Qualtrics LLC	Seattle	10/18/2026	117	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-02	2026	false
Uber Technologies Inc	Seattle	11/2/2026	93	Layoff	Permanent	2026-09-02	2026	false
Sundquist Fruit, LLC	Yakima and Franklin Counties	11/15/2026	243	Layoff	Temporary	2026-09-02	2026	true
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC	Tacoma	10/30/2026	120	Closure	Permanent	2026-09-01	2026	false
Amazon	Seattle, Bellevue, Sumner	10/1/2026	121	Layoff	Permanent	2026-08-31	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC / Riverside Casino	Tukwila	11/1/2026	142	Closure	Permanent	2026-08-31	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC / Great American Casino	Tukwila	11/1/2026	96	Closure	Permanent	2026-08-31	2026	false
Columbia Hospitality, Inc	Kenmore	10/30/2026	86	Layoff	Permanent	2026-08-28	2026	false
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	Seattle, Bellingham, Bothell, Vancouver, Bellevue, Kennewick, Tacoma, and Yakima	9/21/2026	159	Layoff	Permanent	2026-08-26	2026	false
Twin City Foods, Inc.	Ellensburg	11/2/2026	109	Layoff	Permanent	2026-08-21	2026	false
Borton & Sons, Inc.	Yakima, Zillah, Pasco, Burbank, Prescott, Soap Lake, Othello, Mesa	11/8/2026	928	Layoff	Permanent	2026-08-21	2026	false
Starbucks	Seattle	10/19/2026	224	Layoff	Permanent	2026-08-20	2026	false
TT Commerce & Global Services	Bellevue	10/19/2026	75	Layoff	Permanent	2026-08-18	2026	false
Norwesco	Fife	10/16/2026	54	Closure	Permanent	2026-08-14	2026	false
Jack in the Box	Everett	10/10/2026	24	Closure	Permanent	2026-08-12	2026	false
Google	Various locations in Washington	9/6/2026	52	Layoff	Permanent	2026-08-05	2026	false
Salesforce, Inc.	Seattle, Bellevue	10/5/2026	59	Layoff	Permanent	2026-08-05	2026	false
Zillow Group	Seattle	10/5/2026	91	Layoff	Permanent	2026-08-04	2026	false
80 Acres Urban Agriculture, Inc.	Marysville	8/3/2026	55	Closure	Permanent	2026-08-03	2026	true
Visa	Bellevue	10/1/2026	70	Layoff	Permanent	2026-07-31	2026	false
I.Q. Data International, Inc.	Bothell	10/1/2026	101	Layoff	Permanent	2026-07-31	2026	false
No Meat Factory USA Inc	Stanwood	7/27/2026	113	Closure	Permanent	2026-07-28	2026	false
Verizon	Various locations in Washington	9/18/2026	54	Layoff	Permanent	2026-07-16	2026	false
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.	Various locations in Washington	8/7/2026	3	Layoff	Permanent	2026-07-08	2026	false
Microsoft	Redmond	9/4/2026	605	Layoff	Permanent	2026-07-06	2026	false
INDUS Technology, Inc.	Keyport, Silverdale	9/14/2026	120	Layoff	Permanent	2026-07-02	2026	false
Amazon	Seattle, Bellevue	8/3/2026	57	Layoff	Permanent	2026-07-02	2026	false
Alpha Technologies Services, Inc.	Bellingham	8/31/2026	75	Closure	Permanent	2026-07-01	2026	false
Conduent Commercial Solutions, LLC	Remote in Washington	8/28/2026	4	Layoff	Permanent	2026-06-29	2026	false
PetVet Care Centers	Vancouver	9/4/2026	50	Closure	Permanent	2026-06-29	2026	false
Flagship Facilities Services, LLC	Seattle	7/19/2026	4	Layoff	Permanent	2026-06-26	2026	false
Transdev Services, Inc	Everett	8/29/2026	108	Layoff	Permanent	2026-06-26	2026	false
Bungie, Inc/Sony Interactive Entertainment	Bellevue	7/9/2026	292	Layoff	Permanent	2026-06-25	2026	false
First Student, Inc.	Seattle	8/17/2026	111	Layoff	Permanent	2026-06-17	2026	false
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.	Various locations in Washington	8/8/2026	230	Layoff	Permanent	2026-06-08	2026	false
Lavish Roots, Inc.	Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond	8/9/2026	263	Layoff	Permanent	2026-06-08	2026	false
SMBC Manubank	Remote in Washington	8/3/2026	3	Layoff	Permanent	2026-06-04	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC Silver Dollar Mill Creek Casino	Bothell	7/31/2026	41	Closure	Permanent	2026-05-29	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC Crazy Moose Mountlake Casino	Mountlake Terrace	7/31/2026	82	Closure	Permanent	2026-05-29	2026	false
Servatron, Inc.	Spokane Valley	12/31/2026	124	Closure	Permanent	2026-05-26	2026	false
Meta Platforms, Inc	King County	7/22/2026	1395	Layoff	Permanent	2026-05-22	2026	false
Republic National Distributing Company, LLC	4 sites	7/17/2026	267	Closure	Permanent	2026-05-21	2026	false
Genie Industries, Inc. / Terex USA, LLC	North Bend	7/20/2026	117	Closure	Permanent	2026-05-21	2026	false
Flagship Facilities Services, LLC	Seattle	7/19/2026	67	Layoff	Permanent	2026-05-20	2026	false
Starbucks	Seattle	7/17/2026	252	Layoff	Permanent	2026-05-15	2026	false
Starbucks	Seattle	6/20/2026	61	Layoff	Permanent	2026-05-08	2026	false
Novanta Corporation	Mukilteo	7/7/2026	83	Closure	Permanent	2026-05-07	2026	false
Maersk	Lakewood	6/30/2026	44	Closure	Permanent	2026-05-01	2026	false
Maersk	Sumner	6/30/2026	5	Layoff	Permanent	2026-05-01	2026	false
Jack in the Box	Anacortes	6/23/2026	14	Closure	Permanent	2026-04-27	2026	false
Maverick Washington LLC / Silver Dollar SeaTac Casino	Seattle	6/30/2026	65	Closure	Permanent	2026-04-21	2026	false
ZoomCare	Bellevue & Remote	6/15/2026	36	Layoff	Permanent	2026-04-16	2026	false
Snap Inc.	Bellevue, Seattle, Vancouver	4/16/2026	95	Layoff	Permanent	2026-04-15	2026	false

9 field definitions

Field	Type	Meaning	Units	Value type
company	string	Employer as listed.	—	observed
location	string	Locations as listed.	—	observed
layoffStartDate	string	Layoff start date as listed (M/D/YYYY).	—	observed
workers	integer	Number of workers affected.	workers	observed
closureOrLayoff	string	Closure or Layoff.	—	observed
temporaryOrPermanent	string	Temporary or Permanent.	—	observed
receivedDate	date	Date ESD received the notice.	—	observed
receivedYear	integer	Year of receivedDate.	—	derived
farmOrOrchard	boolean	Employer name indicates a farm, orchard, fruit grower or packer, or agricultural services firm.	—	derived

Supporting files

Source snapshots, manifests, quality reports, documentation, and other materials used to produce or review this release.

• farm-employer-names.txt Documentation · text/plain · 1 KB (1,040 bytes)

  The employer names flagged as farms or orchards in the layoff notices.

• build.js Transformation manifest · text/javascript · 15.7 KB (16,124 bytes)

  Node.js script that builds every table and saved analysis from the input files.

• official-series.json Source manifest · application/json · 5.6 KB (5,715 bytes)

  The official figures used as inputs (BLS QCEW, Census Business Formation Statistics, population, ESD workbook), with series IDs.

• sec-submissions.json Source manifest · application/json · 3.3 KB (3,400 bytes)

  The fields read from the SEC EDGAR submissions API for each company.

• analyses.json Documentation · application/json · 13.8 KB (14,156 bytes)

  Every saved-analysis result, as written by build.js.

• climate-series.json Source manifest · application/json · 3 KB (3,054 bytes)

  Input figures for the business-climate tables (BLS Business Employment Dynamics and Current Employment Statistics series, Tax Foundation and CNBC ranks), with series IDs.

Sources

1. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR submissions API Business address and latest annual report (Form 10-K) for each company, from https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK##########.json

   Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public domain (U.S. government work). Permitted

   Reliability: Government. Addresses are what each company reports to the SEC on its filings. The SEC has no stake in where companies locate.

2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, QCEW establishment size data First-quarter counts of private worksites with 1,000 or more employees and their March employment, 2019-2026 (same file pattern for each year)

   Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public domain (U.S. government work). Permitted

   Reliability: Government. Built from unemployment-insurance tax reports that nearly all employers file each quarter. Washington's data come from the state Employment Security Department.

3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, QCEW series ENU5300020510, ENUUS00020510, ENU5300010510, ENUUS00010510 Private-sector establishment counts and employment, Washington and U.S.

   Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public domain (U.S. government work). Permitted

   Reliability: Government. Same unemployment-insurance records as the size data. Establishment counts depend on how employers' reporting units are recorded.

4. Washington Employment Security Department, WARN layoff and closure database Every layoff and closure notice in the database, June 2018 to November 2, 2026

   Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public record (Washington state government). Permitted

   Reliability: Government. Notices are filed by employers under the federal WARN Act and, from July 27, 2025, Washington's own notice law. ESD lists them by the date it receives them. The first 15 rows of the copy matched the live table on November 3, 2026.

5. Washington State Legislature, RCW 49.45.010 Definitions of covered employer and mass layoff in Washington's notice law (2025 c 277)

   Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public record (Washington state government). Permitted

   Reliability: Government. Official statute text from the Code Reviser.

6. Washington Employment Security Department Date the state notice law took effect

   Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public record (Washington state government). Permitted

   Reliability: Government. The agency that administers the notice law and keeps the database.

7. 29 U.S. Code 2101 (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School) Federal WARN Act definitions of employer and mass layoff

   Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public domain statute text. Permitted

   Reliability: Academic. Cornell's copy of the U.S. Code text.

8. Census Bureau Business Formation Statistics via FRED, BAHBATOTALNSAWA Monthly high-propensity business applications, Washington, not seasonally adjusted

   Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public domain (U.S. government work). Permitted

   Reliability: Government. Census counts applications for federal employer ID numbers and flags those likely to become employers. FRED republishes the series unchanged.

9. Census Bureau Business Formation Statistics via FRED, BAHBATOTALNSAUS Monthly high-propensity business applications, United States, not seasonally adjusted

   Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public domain (U.S. government work). Permitted

   Reliability: Government. Same Census program as the Washington series.

10. FRED, resident population WAPOP (Census) and B230RC0A052NBEA (BEA) Annual population of Washington and the U.S. (U.S. series https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B230RC0A052NBEA), used for per-person rates

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public domain (U.S. government work). Permitted

    Reliability: Government. Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis population estimates.

11. Washington Employment Security Department, Monthly Employment Report charts workbook, September 2026 Over-the-year job change by industry, September 2025 to September 2026 (sheet 'Industry employment OTY, nsa', updated October 14, 2026)

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public record (Washington state government). Permitted

    Reliability: Government. ESD's monthly survey-based estimates (Current Employment Statistics), revised when benchmarked to tax records.

12. InvestmentNews Fisher Investments headquarters move, March 27, 2023

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. All rights reserved. Link only

    Reliability: News report. Trade news report.

13. Southern Business & Development Avalara headquarters now Durham, June 24, 2024

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. All rights reserved. Link only

    Reliability: News report. Economic-development trade publication quoting the company.

14. KIRO 7 Payscale headquarters change, December 8, 2025

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. All rights reserved. Link only

    Reliability: News report. Local TV news report.

15. Trade & Industry Development Starbucks Nashville office, April 22, 2026

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. All rights reserved. Link only

    Reliability: News report. Economic-development trade publication reporting the Tennessee announcement.

16. KIRO 7 Columbia Bank executive office in Arizona, October 2026

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. All rights reserved. Link only

    Reliability: News report. Local TV news report summarizing the Puget Sound Business Journal.

17. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Employment Dynamics, series BDS0000053000000000120007RQ5, BDS0000053000000000120008RQ5, BDS0000000000000000120007RQ5, BDS0000000000000000120008RQ5, BDS0000053000000000120007LQ5, BDS0000053000000000120008LQ5 Quarterly private establishment births (openings of new businesses) and deaths (closings that last a year), as a percent of establishments, Washington and U.S., seasonally adjusted, 2014 to early 2026; Washington counts from 2017

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public domain (U.S. government work). Permitted

    Reliability: Government. Built from the same unemployment-insurance records as the QCEW, linked across quarters so new and closed businesses can be told apart from accounts that change hands.

18. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, series SMS53000000500000001 and CES0500000001 Monthly private-sector jobs, Washington and U.S., seasonally adjusted, thousands

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. Public domain (U.S. government work). Permitted

    Reliability: Government. Monthly payroll survey estimates, benchmarked each year to tax records.

19. Tax Foundation, 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index Washington's overall rank for 2020-2026 from the edition's table of past ranks recomputed with the 2026 method

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. Publisher copyright; ranks cited as facts. Facts cited with attribution

    Reliability: Advocacy group. Has a stake in this finding. A think tank that favors low, broad-based taxes. Its index scores tax structure only, not overall economic conditions.

20. CNBC, America's Top States for Business 2019 Washington's 2019 overall, Cost of Doing Business and Business Friendliness ranks

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. Publisher copyright; ranks cited as facts. Facts cited with attribution

    Reliability: News report. A business news network that scores states in 10 categories from public data; weights change each year.

21. CNBC, America's Top States for Business 2026: Washington Washington's 2026 overall, Cost of Doing Business and Business Friendliness ranks, and the 2025 ranks the page compares them with

    Retrieved November 3, 2026. Publisher copyright; ranks cited as facts. Facts cited with attribution

    Reliability: News report. A business news network that scores states in 10 categories from public data; weights change each year.

Limitations and reproducibility

Reproducible: build.js recomputes every table and saved analysis from four input files: sec-submissions.json (SEC EDGAR submissions API), official-series.json (BLS QCEW, Census Business Formation Statistics via FRED, population, and the ESD September 2026 workbook), climate-series.json (BLS Business Employment Dynamics and Current Employment Statistics series, and the Tax Foundation and CNBC ranks) and warn-notices.csv (ESD WARN database). Run node build.js. The input numbers can be re-pulled from the source URLs.

• Headquarters are checked for 14 large Washington-based public companies, chosen as the best-known large employers; it is not every company ever based in Washington. Private companies other than Nordstrom are not covered.
• The 1,000-plus worker count is of worksites (establishments), not companies. One company can run several such sites, and a company can be headquartered elsewhere. Counts are for the first quarter of each year.
• Washington's business counts in the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) fell sharply between 2022 and 2023 and swing more than the U.S. series, which points to changes in how employers' accounts are recorded. Long comparisons across 2022-23 are unreliable; the first-quarter 2026 figures are preliminary.
• Layoff notices are not comparable before and after July 27, 2025, when Washington's own notice law took effect. It covers employers with 50 or more workers and counts layoffs statewide, where the federal law covers employers with 100 or more and counts by site. Farm and orchard notices appear almost only after that date.
• Layoff notices show planned layoffs at Washington sites. They do not show relocations, actual separations, or rehiring, and seasonal farm notices recur each year.
• Farm and orchard notices are flagged by employer name (farm-employer-names.txt). Farm labor contractors and growers with generic names, such as Borton & Sons, are counted as other employers, so the farm share is a lower bound.
• New business filings (high-propensity business applications) are applications likely to become employers, not businesses actually opened.
• Washington's business openings and closings data (BLS Business Employment Dynamics) show unexplained spikes in closings in some quarters, such as the second quarter of 2022 and the first quarters of 2023 and 2024, likely from cleanups of inactive employer accounts. Closing counts that include those quarters overstate real closures; opening rates are steadier.
• Tax and business rankings are published judgments that weight their inputs differently and change methods. Tax Foundation ranks are taken from one edition (2026) for every year, because its editions recompute past years differently. CNBC reweights its categories each year and skipped 2020.
• State monthly job estimates (Current Employment Statistics) are revised each year against tax records; the latest months are preliminary.