Minnesota layoffs: how many jobs are being cut in 2026?
806 workers in Minnesota received official WARN layoff notices in the last 12 months, across 9 filings. In total the Minnesota registry holds 27 filings covering 3,318 jobs, hardest-hit in Rochester, the most recent filed Oct 19, 2026. WARN covers larger layoffs only, so these figures are a floor, not every job lost.
Minnesota publishes each notice as the employer's own letter, and most of those letters never state a headcount: they say a listing of the affected employees follows, and attach it. We do not collect lists of individuals and we will not count names to arrive at a total, so those notices are held in the no-headcount register with the figure shown as unpublished rather than guessed. Minnesota is therefore complete in its notices and partial in its headcounts. Coverage register · how we collect.
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667 workers in Minnesota have received official WARN layoff notices so far in 2026, across 7 filings (as of Oct 26, 2026). Over the last 12 months the figure is 806. WARN notices cover larger layoffs and closures only, so the total number of jobs lost in Minnesota is higher.
The largest Minnesota WARN filings on record are Arctic Cat (385), Charter Communications (330), Accelerate360 Distribution (324) jobs. The newest Minnesota filing is dated Oct 19, 2026. Every one is a notice the employer filed with the state.
This page lists every Minnesota WARN notice on record. 7 Minnesota WARN notices have been filed so far in 2026, covering 667 jobs, the newest dated Oct 19, 2026. Each one is taken from the notices employers file with the Minnesota state labor agency, with a link to the original where the state publishes one.
Yes. Under the federal WARN Act, larger employers must give about 60 days' notice before a mass layoff or site closure, filed with the state. Some states add their own mini-WARN rules with lower thresholds.
5 Minnesota filings have landed in the last 90 days; the most recent is dated Oct 19, 2026. New filings appear automatically.
Minnesotadoes not publish a number of workers with its WARN notices. Recording them as zero would have dragged down every average on this site and printed "0 jobs" against a real layoff, so they are held here instead, counted as notices and excluded from every headcount. How we handle this.
| Employer | Filed | Type | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson's Candy Company (Revision 2) | Oct 20, 2026 | Layoff | St Paul |
| Newport Healthcare | Sep 30, 2026 | Layoff | St. Cloud |
| Revol Greens MN, LLC (Revision) | Sep 30, 2026 | Closure | St Paul |
| Medtronic, Inc. | Sep 25, 2026 | Layoff | Plymouth |
| Pearson's Candy Company (Revision) | Sep 15, 2026 | Layoff | St Paul |
| Lincoln Industries | Aug 25, 2026 | Layoff | Pine Island |
| SMBC Manubank | Aug 10, 2026 | Layoff | — |
| Heliene USA, Inc. | Aug 5, 2026 | Closure | Mountain Iron |
| Pearson's Candy Company (Revision) | Jul 30, 2026 | Layoff | St Paul |
| Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. (Revision) | Jul 15, 2026 | Closure | St Paul |
| Conduent | Jun 26, 2026 | Layoff | — |
| Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. | Jun 17, 2026 | Closure | St Paul |
| Vestis | Jun 15, 2026 | Layoff | St Paul |
| OneMain Financial | Jun 8, 2026 | Closure | Mendota Heights |
| First Student (Plymouth) | May 21, 2026 | Closure | St Paul |
| Nexus Family Healing East Bethel | May 21, 2026 | Layoff | East Bethel |
| Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo LLC | May 4, 2026 | Closure | Minneapolis |
| Nilfisk Inc. | Dec 10, 2025 | Layoff | St Paul |
| The Vollrath Company, LLC | Dec 4, 2025 | Layoff | — |
| Nordstrom | Nov 20, 2025 | Layoff | St Paul |
| Dependable Home Healthcare | Nov 3, 2025 | Layoff | St. Paul |
| Target - Minneapolis | Oct 28, 2025 | Layoff | St Paul |
| Target - Brooklyn Park | Oct 28, 2025 | Layoff | St Paul |
| Cargill | Oct 27, 2025 | Layoff | Wayzata |
| Equiniti Trust Company | Oct 24, 2025 | Layoff | — |
| Equiniti Trust Company, LLC | Oct 24, 2025 | Layoff | — |
| Minnesota Star Tribune | Oct 3, 2025 | Layoff | — |
| BLST Operating Company, LLC - Eden Prairie (2) | Sep 17, 2025 | Layoff | Eden Prairie |
| Illume Candles LLC | Sep 16, 2025 | Closure | Maple Grove |
| BLST Operating Company, LLC - Eden Prairie | Aug 27, 2025 | Layoff | Eden Prairie |
| BLST Operating Company, LLC - St. Cloud | Aug 27, 2025 | Layoff | St. Cloud |
| Bremer Bank (a Division of Old National Bank) | Aug 22, 2025 | Layoff | — |
| BLST Operating Company | Aug 13, 2025 | Layoff | Eden Prairie |
| Smurfit Westrock | Aug 12, 2025 | Layoff | St. Paul |
| S & R Quisberg, Inc. | Jul 15, 2025 | Closure | Brainerd |
| J & E Companies - Shakopee | Jun 2, 2025 | Closure | Shakopee |
| J & E Companies - Lakeville | Jun 2, 2025 | Closure | Lakeville |
| Apple Valley Foods US | May 13, 2025 | Layoff | — |
| IV Media | Apr 17, 2025 | Layoff | — |
| Fortrex | Apr 9, 2025 | Closure | Austin |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Hibbing | Mar 20, 2025 | Layoff | Hibbing |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca | Mar 20, 2025 | Layoff | Virginia |
| NUWAY Alliance | Feb 28, 2025 | Layoff | — |
| Upsher-Smith | Feb 27, 2025 | Closure | Plymouth |
| UPS | Feb 21, 2025 | Layoff | Minneapolis |
| Digital River | Jan 27, 2025 | Closure | Minnetonka |
| Danfoss Power Solutions | Jan 24, 2025 | Layoff | — |
| Macy's Maplewood | Jan 9, 2025 | Closure | — |
| Cygnus Home Service | Sep 23, 2024 | Layoff | Marshall |
| Millennium | Sep 4, 2024 | Layoff | White Bear Lake |
| Fulfillment Distribution Center | Jul 17, 2024 | Layoff | — |
| ICU Medical | Jul 16, 2024 | Layoff | Oakdale |
| Rich Products Corporation | Jul 11, 2024 | Closure | — |
| BCS Access Business Systems U.S. | Jul 11, 2024 | Layoff | — |
| BRP Marine US | May 23, 2024 | Layoff | — |
| Kent Precision Foods Group Foley | Sep 22, 2023 | Layoff | — |
| Kent Precision Foods Group | Sep 22, 2023 | Layoff | — |
| Alumacraft | Sep 21, 2023 | Layoff | — |
| WestRock | Sep 13, 2023 | Layoff | Fridley |