Employer · WARN Act history · Other Services
Smithfield
427 workers across 2 WARN notices, primarily in VA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 427
- Workers cut
- 2
- WARN notices
- 1
- State
- 214
- Avg / notice
Smithfield has 2 recorded WARN filings affecting 427 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Smithfield has 2 recorded filings covering 427 workers across 1 state, primarily VA, the 462nd-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.
Smithfield is a minor share of Other Services WARN activity — under 0.1% of the sector's 460,348 workers across 3,497 employers, ranking #171 in Other Services.
How 427 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.
Smithfield 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.
90.9% of named-city WARN workers for Smithfield sit in Portsmouth (388 of 427).
Lead city Portsmouth · 90.9% · 2 named cities · top-3 share 100%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer SMITHFIELD · Smithfield 427 workers · 2 filings
NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-MID · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-OVER · STAT-SINGLE · BOOK-SINGLE · TYPE-CLOSE
- NOTC-LIGHT 2 filings
- WORK-MID #462
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-OVER 117d
- STAT-SINGLE VA
- BOOK-SINGLE 1 agency
- TYPE-CLOSE 2 closures
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 Smithfield 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.
- Portsmouth, VA · Closure · Other Services 388 workers · filed Nov 12, 2012 · 169d runway
- Newport News, VA · Closure · Other Services 39 workers · filed Oct 28, 2019 · 64d runway
Median forward runway across 2 dated filings: 117 days (0 under 60d · 2 at/above 60d ).
What changed - Smithfield WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2012 → 2019: WARN workers affected for Smithfield fell from 388 in 2012 to 39 in 2019; notice count held from 1 to 1.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2019.
Where Smithfield 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. Smithfield is in the 151-500 bucket (#462 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: Oct 2019.
WARN Notice History
2019
Newport News, VA · Other Services
Effective: Dec 31, 2019
39
workers
Filed Oct 28, 2019
2012
Portsmouth, VA · Other Services
Effective: Apr 30, 2013
388
workers
Filed Nov 12, 2012
Questions about this Smithfield record
What is the largest Smithfield WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the facility closure filed for Portsmouth, VA on Nov 12, 2012, covering 388 workers in Other Services.
Where were Smithfield's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Newport News and Portsmouth; together they form 2 facility-closure filings sourced from Virginia Works. States represented in this record: VA.
Where is Smithfield's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
90.9% of named-city WARN workers for Smithfield sit in Portsmouth (388 of 427).
Does Smithfield's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2012 through 2019 across 2 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Smithfield'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: VA WARN filings · Other Services industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Smithfield 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.