Employer · WARN Act history · Other Services
JCPenney
1,721 workers across 8 WARN notices, primarily in WA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 1,721
- Workers cut
- 8
- WARN notices
- 4
- States
- 215
- Avg / notice
JCPenney has 8 recorded WARN filings affecting 1,721 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, JCPenney has 8 recorded filings covering 1,721 workers across 4 states, primarily WA, the 82nd-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.
JCPenney is a minor share of Other Services WARN activity — 0.4% of the sector's 460,348 workers across 3,497 employers, ranking #19 in Other Services.
How 1,721 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.
JCPenney 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.
JCPenney WARN workers by year and state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, crossed by calendar year and filing state, for the top 4 states by total workers affected.
| Year | TX | WA | VA | MD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | 74 | – | 74 |
| 2020 | 1,000 | – | – | 94 | 1,094 |
| 2019 | – | 113 | – | – | 113 |
| 2017 | – | – | 72 | – | 72 |
| 2014 | – | 253 | 115 | – | 368 |
JCPenney 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.
Plano accounts for 58.1% of JCPenney's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 73%.
Lead city Plano · 58.1% · 8 named cities · top-3 share 73%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer JCPENNEY · JCPenney 1,721 workers · 8 filings
NOTC-MID · WORK-HEAVY · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-MULTI · BOOK-MULTI · TYPE-MIX
- NOTC-MID 8 filings
- WORK-HEAVY #82
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-OVER 67d
- STAT-MULTI 4 states
- BOOK-MULTI 4 agencies
- TYPE-MIX 7C/1L
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 JCPenney WARN filings · notice runway
Top 5 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.
- Plano, TX · Closure · Retail Trade 1,000 workers · filed May 15, 2020 · 0d runway
- Bellevue, WA · Closure · Other Services 141 workers · filed Sep 3, 2014 · 59d runway
- Norfolk, VA · Closure · Other Services 115 workers · filed Jan 15, 2014 · 108d runway
- Seattle, WA · Closure · Other Services 113 workers · filed Mar 1, 2019 · 63d runway
- Sumner, WA · Closure · Other Services 112 workers · filed Nov 12, 2014 · 65d runway
Median forward runway across 8 dated filings: 67 days (2 under 60d · 6 at/above 60d · 1 same-day or retroactive).
What changed - JCPenney WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2020 → 2026: WARN workers affected for JCPenney fell from 1,094 in 2020 to 74 in 2026; notice count fell from 2 to 1.
- 2019 → 2020: WARN workers affected for JCPenney rose from 113 in 2019 to 1,094 in 2020; notice count rose from 1 to 2.
- 2014 → 2017: WARN workers affected for JCPenney fell from 368 in 2014 to 72 in 2017; notice count fell from 3 to 1.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2026.
Where JCPenney 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. JCPenney is in the 1.5k-5k bucket (#82 of 7,009 by workers affected).
Employer Profile
- Primary State
- WA
- Primary Industry
- Other Services
- First Notice
- Jan 15, 2014
- Latest Notice
- Feb 18, 2026
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Feb 2026.
WARN Notice History
2026
Springfield, VA · Other Services
Effective: May 29, 2026
74
workers
Filed Feb 18, 2026
2020
8, MD · Retail Trade
Effective: Sep 27, 2020
94
workers
Filed Jul 17, 2020
Plano, TX · Retail Trade
Effective: May 15, 2020
1,000
workers
Filed May 15, 2020
2019
Seattle, WA · Other Services
Effective: May 3, 2019
113
workers
Filed Mar 1, 2019
2017
Roanoke, VA · Other Services
Effective: Jul 31, 2017
72
workers
Filed May 24, 2017
2014
Sumner, WA · Other Services
Effective: Jan 16, 2015
112
workers
Filed Nov 12, 2014
Bellevue, WA · Other Services
Effective: Nov 1, 2014
141
workers
Filed Sep 3, 2014
Norfolk, VA · Other Services
Effective: May 3, 2014
115
workers
Filed Jan 15, 2014
Questions about this JCPenney record
What is the largest JCPenney WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the facility closure filed for Plano, TX on May 15, 2020, covering 1,000 workers in Retail Trade.
Where were JCPenney's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Springfield, 8, and Plano, among 8 named cities; together they form 7 facility closures and 1 mass-layoff filing sourced from Virginia Works and Maryland DLLR and the public WARN archive and Washington ESD. States represented in this record: MD, TX, VA, WA.
Where is JCPenney's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
Plano accounts for 58.1% of JCPenney's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 73%.
Does JCPenney's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2014 through 2026 across 5 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in JCPenney'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. Of 8 filings on record, 1 without a published effective date is excluded from that figure.
See also: WA WARN filings · Other Services industry WARNs · WARN Act guide · largest WARN employers
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries JCPenney 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.