Employer · WARN Act history · Other Services
Fortrex
159 workers across 2 WARN notices, primarily in VA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 159
- Workers cut
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- WARN notices
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- States
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- Avg / notice
Fortrex has 2 recorded WARN filings affecting 159 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Fortrex has 2 recorded filings covering 159 workers across 2 states, primarily VA, the 1,471st-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.
Fortrex is a minor share of Other Services WARN activity — under 0.1% of the sector's 460,348 workers across 3,497 employers, ranking #645 in Other Services.
How 159 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.
Fortrex WARN workers by state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, grouped by the state agency that received the notice, not a corporate headcount by HQ state.
Fortrex WARN workers by year and state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, crossed by calendar year and filing state, for the top 2 states by total workers affected.
| Year | CA | VA | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 91 | – | 91 |
| 2025 | – | 68 | 68 |
Fortrex city concentration · concentrated
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.
Brawley accounts for 57.2% of Fortrex's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 100%.
Lead city Brawley · 57.2% · 2 named cities · top-3 share 100%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer FORTREX · Fortrex 159 workers · 2 filings
NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-MID · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-SHORT · STAT-MULTI · BOOK-DUAL · TYPE-LAYOFF
- NOTC-LIGHT 2 filings
- WORK-MID #1,471
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-SHORT 16d
- STAT-MULTI 2 states
- BOOK-DUAL 2 agencies
- TYPE-LAYOFF 2 layoffs
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 Fortrex WARN filings · notice runway
Top 2 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.
- Brawley, CA · Layoff · Administrative & Support Services 91 workers · filed Jul 23, 2026 · 29d runway
- Martinsville, VA · Layoff · Other Services 68 workers · filed Dec 2, 2025 · 3d runway
Median forward runway across 2 dated filings: 16 days (2 under 60d · 0 at/above 60d ).
Employer Profile
- Primary State
- VA
- Primary Industry
- Other Services
- First Notice
- Dec 2, 2025
- Latest Notice
- Jul 23, 2026
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Jul 2026.
WARN Notice History
2026
Brawley, CA · Administrative & Support Services
Effective: Aug 21, 2026
91
workers
Filed Jul 23, 2026
2025
Martinsville, VA · Other Services
Effective: Dec 5, 2025
68
workers
Filed Dec 2, 2025
Questions about this Fortrex record
What is the largest Fortrex WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Brawley, CA on Jul 23, 2026, covering 91 workers in Administrative & Support Services.
Where were Fortrex's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Brawley and Martinsville; together they form 2 mass-layoff filings sourced from California EDD and Virginia Works. States represented in this record: CA, VA.
Where is Fortrex's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
Brawley accounts for 57.2% of Fortrex's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 100%.
Does Fortrex's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2025 through 2026 across 2 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Fortrex's record? ▼
The measurable notice runway is under 30 days; compare the filing dates with the federal 60-day baseline before estimating any possible notice-pay shortfall.
See also: VA WARN filings · Other Services industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Fortrex 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.