Virginia layoffs: layoff notices and recent layoff list
The short version
Employers filed 73 layoff notices in Virginia in the last 12 months, naming 9,078 people. The most recent was filed Oct 30, 2026.
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Virginia jobs picture
−37,700 jobs(−0.9%)
payroll change, August 2025 to August 2026
Source: BLS State Employment and Unemployment, August 2026 (Sep 18, 2026), via the NextChapter White Collar Employment Report. Seasonally adjusted.
Notices in the last 12 months
Virginia layoffs by industry
- Retail & E-commerce9 notices · 1,375 people
- Manufacturing & Industrial8 notices · 783 people
- Staffing & Human Capital1 notice · 776 people
- Agriculture & Food Production4 notices · 709 people
- Aerospace & Defense6 notices · 656 people
- Government & Public Sector4 notices · 562 people
- Healthcare & Hospital Systems2 notices · 547 people
- Automotive & Mobility1 notice · 533 people
Virginia layoffs by county and city
Each county and city page shows its layoff notices next to local unemployment, open jobs, the largest employers, colleges, the workforce board and job centers.
Local workforce boards
The public workforce boards serving the areas in these notices. Their American Job Centers offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Alexandria/Arlington Regional Workforce Council
For notices in Arlington, SMBC Manubank
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Bay Area Local Workforce Development Board
For notices in Montross
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Capital Region Workforce Development Board
For notices in Richmond, Ashland
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Greater Roanoke Workforce Development Board
For notices in Roanoke
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Hampton Roads Workforce Council
For notices in Bear Express LLC
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New River/Mt. Rogers Workforce Development Board
For notices in General Dynamics Information Technology, Atkins
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Piedmont Workforce Development Board (Virginia Career Works Piedmont Region)
For notices in Culpeper
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Shenandoah Valley Workforce Development Board, Inc.
For notices in Bridgewater
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South Central Local Workforce Development Board
For notices in Blackstone
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Virginia Career Works Northern Region
For notices in Fort Belvoir, Springfield, Ashburn, Reston and more
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If you were laid off in Virginia
- Virginia unemployment benefits and severance rules: amounts, weeks and how to file
- What to do after a layoff
- Get new Virginia notices by RSS · all feeds
- Keeping your health coverage: COBRA and the marketplace
- COBRA vs ACA in Virginia: which costs less
- Virginia rapid response: who to call after a layoff notice
- Virginia workforce boards (14)
- American Job Centers in Virginia
- Virginia economic development organizations
- Virginia colleges: retraining and career services
- Layoff deadlines: what to do and by when, from your last day
- Unemployment benefit estimator: about how much you could get
- Severance calculator: what an offer is worth after taxes
Coverage: 113 Virginia notices on file, filed Apr 24, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026, collected daily from the state’s published layoff record (www.vec.virginia.gov). A state may publish late or leave out worker counts, so this is a floor rather than a count of every layoff. States generally require a notice only from employers with 100 or more workers. See the national tracker for how we collect notices.