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May 2026 layoffs: 177 layoff notices

The short version

Employers filed 177 layoff notices dated May 2026, naming 39,664 people, across 34 states. April had 220, so notices were down 43.

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 people · 4 notices
  2. Spirit Airlines layoffs8,507 people · 13 notices
  3. Meta layoffs2,401 people · 5 notices
  4. Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc. layoffs1,245 people · 1 notice
  5. Ideal US Talent Worker OpCo LLC layoffs776 people · 1 notice
  6. Diamond Transportation Services, Inc. layoffs715 people · 2 notices
  7. Fifth Third Bank layoffs637 people · 1 notice
  8. Republic National Distributing Company, LLC layoffs567 people · 4 notices
  9. SDH Education West, LLC layoffs489 people · 1 notice
  10. WK Kellogg Co layoffs451 people · 1 notice
  11. Primadonna Co LLC layoffs344 people · 1 notice
  12. Starbucks layoffs313 people · 2 notices
  13. Ideal US Talent Systems Worker Op Co LLC layoffs307 people · 1 notice
  14. Vistra Corp. layoffs304 people · 3 notices
  15. Van Trans, LLC. layoffs297 people · 1 notice

By state

By industry

Every notice, largest first

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

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