Employer · WARN Act history · Other Services
Briggs & Stratton
450 workers across 3 WARN notices, primarily in WI - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 450
- Workers cut
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Briggs & Stratton has 3 recorded WARN filings affecting 450 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Briggs & Stratton has 3 recorded filings covering 450 workers across 1 state, primarily WI, the 418th-largest recorded WARN footprint among 7,009 tracked employers. WARN notices cover qualifying reported events, so this record is not a complete count of the employer's workforce changes.
Briggs & Stratton is a minor share of Other Services WARN activity — under 0.1% of the sector's 460,348 workers across 3,497 employers, ranking #151 in Other Services.
How 450 workers split by filing year
Calendar-year totals from WARN notice_date fields in this dataset, the same figures summed in the notice history below.
Briggs & Stratton city concentration · single-city dominant
Named cities on WARN filing rows only (city blank on a filing is omitted). Shares are of the city-tagged worker total, not every notice in the record.
87.6% of named-city WARN workers for Briggs & Stratton sit in Wauwatosa (394 of 450).
Lead city Wauwatosa · 87.6% · 2 named cities · top-3 share 100%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer BRIGGS-STRAT · Briggs & Stratton 450 workers · 3 filings
NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-MID · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-SINGLE · BOOK-SINGLE · TYPE-MIX
- NOTC-LIGHT 3 filings
- WORK-MID #418
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-OVER 63d
- STAT-SINGLE WI
- BOOK-SINGLE 1 agency
- TYPE-MIX 1C/2L
Stamps derive from filed notice_date, effective_date, workers_affected, state agency source, and filing type in this dataset, not a prediction of future layoffs.
Largest Briggs & Stratton WARN filings · notice runway
Top 3 rows by workers_affected from this employer's filed notices. Runway = calendar days from notice_date to effective_date when both are published and forward-dated.
- Wauwatosa, WI · Layoff · Other Services 228 workers · filed Jun 26, 2020 · 63d runway
- Wauwatosa, WI · Layoff · Other Services 166 workers · filed Jan 27, 2023 · 63d runway
- Richfield, Wauwatosa, WI · Closure · Other Services 56 workers · filed Jan 28, 2022 · 63d runway
Median forward runway across 3 dated filings: 63 days (0 under 60d · 3 at/above 60d ).
What changed - Briggs & Stratton WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2020 → 2022: WARN workers affected for Briggs & Stratton fell from 228 in 2020 to 56 in 2022; notice count held from 1 to 1.
- 2022 → 2023: WARN workers affected for Briggs & Stratton rose from 56 in 2022 to 166 in 2023; notice count held from 1 to 1.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2023.
Where Briggs & Stratton Falls Among Tracked Employers
7,009 employers with a WARN filing, bucketed by total workers affected
Bucket counts (employers by total workers affected, as of September 2026): 1-10: 955; 11-50: 1,411; 51-150: 3,067; 151-500: 1,205; 501-1.5k: 273; 1.5k-5k: 72; 5k-15k: 16; 15k+: 10. Briggs & Stratton is in the 151-500 bucket (#418 of 7,009 by workers affected).
Employer Profile
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Jan 2023.
WARN Notice History
2023
Wauwatosa, WI · Other Services
Effective: Mar 31, 2023
166
workers
Filed Jan 27, 2023
2022
Richfield, Wauwatosa, WI · Other Services
Effective: Apr 1, 2022
56
workers
Filed Jan 28, 2022
2020
Wauwatosa, WI · Other Services
Effective: Aug 28, 2020
228
workers
Filed Jun 26, 2020
Questions about this Briggs & Stratton record
What is the largest Briggs & Stratton WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Wauwatosa, WI on Jun 26, 2020, covering 228 workers in Other Services.
Where were Briggs & Stratton's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Wauwatosa and Richfield, Wauwatosa; together they form 1 facility closure and 2 mass-layoff filings sourced from Wisconsin DWD. States represented in this record: WI.
Where is Briggs & Stratton's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
87.6% of named-city WARN workers for Briggs & Stratton sit in Wauwatosa (394 of 450).
Does Briggs & Stratton's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2020 through 2023 across 3 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Briggs & Stratton's record? ▼
The measurable notice runway clears the federal 60-day baseline; use the dated filing history to see which location and event produced it.
See also: WI WARN filings · Other Services industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Briggs & Stratton notice history aggregated from state workforce agency filings · September 2026 A WARN filing is a required notice, not a judgment of the employer's management or finances. Coverage follows states with structured public registries; this public-record summary is not legal advice, financial advice, or employment advice.
Every figure on PlainLayoffs is rendered directly from public WARN Act filings and state workforce agency records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's notice history is rendered directly from state WARN Act filings. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; rankings here reflect filed notice volume only.