Employer · WARN Act history · Retail Trade
Kmart
1,004 workers across 14 WARN notices, primarily in IN - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 1,004
- Workers cut
- 14
- WARN notices
- 3
- States
- 72
- Avg / notice
Kmart has 14 recorded WARN filings affecting 1,004 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Kmart has 14 recorded filings covering 1,004 workers across 3 states, primarily IN, the 158th-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.
Kmart is a minor share of Retail Trade WARN activity — 0.7% of the sector's 135,000 workers across 330 employers, ranking #20 in Retail Trade.
How 1,004 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.
Kmart 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.
Kmart WARN workers by year and state
Sum of workers_affected on each filing row, crossed by calendar year and filing state, for the top 3 states by total workers affected.
| Year | IN | VA | WA | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 44 | – | – | 44 |
| 2017 | – | 67 | 67 | 134 |
| 2016 | 99 | – | – | 99 |
| 2015 | 68 | 195 | – | 263 |
| 2014 | – | 88 | – | 88 |
| 2013 | – | – | 85 | 85 |
| 2011 | – | – | 68 | 68 |
| 2010 | – | – | 55 | 55 |
| 2009 | 115 | – | – | 115 |
| 2008 | 53 | – | – | 53 |
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer KMART · Kmart 1,004 workers · 14 filings
NOTC-MID · WORK-HEAVY · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-MULTI · BOOK-MULTI · TYPE-MIX
- NOTC-MID 14 filings
- WORK-HEAVY #158
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-OVER 87d
- STAT-MULTI 3 states
- BOOK-MULTI 3 agencies
- TYPE-MIX 12C/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 Kmart 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.
- Colonial Heights, VA · Closure · Retail Trade 113 workers · filed Feb 12, 2015 · 87d runway
- Merrillville, IN · Closure · Retail Trade 99 workers · filed Sep 16, 2016 · 86d runway
- Front Royal, VA · Closure · Retail Trade 88 workers · filed Oct 15, 2014 · 95d runway
- Seattle, WA · Closure · Retail Trade 85 workers · filed Jan 15, 2013 · 54d runway
- Hoffman Estates IL, VA · Closure · Retail Trade 82 workers · filed Apr 29, 2015 · 81d runway
Median forward runway across 14 dated filings: 87 days (1 under 60d · 13 at/above 60d ).
What changed - Kmart WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2014 → 2015: WARN workers affected for Kmart rose from 88 in 2014 to 263 in 2015; notice count rose from 1 to 3.
- 2015 → 2016: WARN workers affected for Kmart fell from 263 in 2015 to 99 in 2016; notice count fell from 3 to 1.
- 2017 → 2018: WARN workers affected for Kmart fell from 134 in 2017 to 44 in 2018; notice count fell from 2 to 1.
- 2008 → 2009: WARN workers affected for Kmart rose from 53 in 2008 to 115 in 2009; notice count rose from 1 to 2.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2018.
Where Kmart 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. Kmart is in the 501-1.5k bucket (#158 of 7,009 by workers affected).
Employer Profile
- Primary State
- IN
- Primary Industry
- Retail Trade
- First Notice
- Oct 15, 2008
- Latest Notice
- Jan 4, 2018
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Jan 2018.
WARN Notice History
2018
Indianapolis, IN · Retail Trade
Effective: Apr 8, 2018
44
workers
Filed Jan 4, 2018
2017
Tacoma, WA · Retail Trade
Effective: Sep 10, 2017
67
workers
Filed Jun 29, 2017
Herndon, VA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jul 30, 2017
67
workers
Filed May 4, 2017
2016
Merrillville, IN · Retail Trade
Effective: Dec 11, 2016
99
workers
Filed Sep 16, 2016
2015
Hoffman Estates IL, VA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jul 19, 2015
82
workers
Filed Apr 29, 2015
Colonial Heights, VA · Retail Trade
Effective: May 10, 2015
113
workers
Filed Feb 12, 2015
Plymouth, IN · Retail Trade
Effective: Apr 12, 2015
68
workers
Filed Jan 16, 2015
2014
Front Royal, VA · Retail Trade
Effective: Jan 18, 2015
88
workers
Filed Oct 15, 2014
2013
Seattle, WA · Retail Trade
Effective: Mar 10, 2013
85
workers
Filed Jan 15, 2013
2011
Spokane, WA · Retail Trade
Effective: Nov 6, 2011
68
workers
Filed Aug 17, 2011
2010
Bremerton, WA · Retail Trade
Effective: May 17, 2010
55
workers
Filed Feb 5, 2010
2009
Martinsville, IN · Retail Trade
Effective: Nov 8, 2009
48
workers
Filed Aug 6, 2009
Vincennes, IN · Retail Trade
Effective: Jul 8, 2009
67
workers
Filed Feb 26, 2009
2008
Clarksville, IN · Retail Trade
Effective: Dec 18, 2008
53
workers
Filed Oct 15, 2008
Questions about this Kmart record
What is the largest Kmart WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the facility closure filed for Colonial Heights, VA on Feb 12, 2015, covering 113 workers in Retail Trade.
Where were Kmart's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Indianapolis, Tacoma, and Herndon, among 14 named cities; together they form 12 facility closures and 2 mass-layoff filings sourced from Indiana DWD and Washington ESD and Virginia Works. States represented in this record: IN, VA, WA.
Does Kmart's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2008 through 2018 across 10 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Kmart'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: IN WARN filings · Retail Trade industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Kmart 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.