Employer · WARN Act history · Other Services
Smithfield Packaging Company
175 workers across 2 WARN notices, primarily in VA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 175
- Workers cut
- 2
- WARN notices
- 1
- State
- 88
- Avg / notice
Smithfield Packaging Company has 2 recorded WARN filings affecting 175 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Smithfield Packaging Company has 2 recorded filings covering 175 workers across 1 state, primarily VA, the 1,295th-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 Packaging Company is a minor share of Other Services WARN activity — under 0.1% of the sector's 460,348 workers across 3,497 employers, ranking #551 in Other Services.
How 175 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 Packaging Company 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.
Portsmouth accounts for 69.7% of Smithfield Packaging Company's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 100%.
Lead city Portsmouth · 69.7% · 2 named cities · top-3 share 100%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer SMITHFIELD-P · Smithfield Packaging Company 175 workers · 2 filings
NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-MID · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-EXACT · STAT-SINGLE · BOOK-SINGLE · TYPE-MIX
- NOTC-LIGHT 2 filings
- WORK-MID #1,295
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-EXACT 60d
- STAT-SINGLE VA
- BOOK-SINGLE 1 agency
- TYPE-MIX 1C/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 Smithfield Packaging Company 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 · Layoff · Other Services 122 workers · filed Jun 17, 2013 · 60d runway
- Smithfield, VA · Closure · Other Services 53 workers · filed Jan 25, 2011 · 60d runway
Median forward runway across 2 dated filings: 60 days (0 under 60d · 2 at/above 60d ).
What changed - Smithfield Packaging Company WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2011 → 2013: WARN workers affected for Smithfield Packaging Company rose from 53 in 2011 to 122 in 2013; notice count held from 1 to 1.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2013.
Employer Profile
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Jun 2013.
WARN Notice History
2013
Portsmouth, VA · Other Services
Effective: Aug 16, 2013
122
workers
Filed Jun 17, 2013
2011
Smithfield, VA · Other Services
Effective: Mar 26, 2011
53
workers
Filed Jan 25, 2011
Questions about this Smithfield Packaging Company record
What is the largest Smithfield Packaging Company WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Portsmouth, VA on Jun 17, 2013, covering 122 workers in Other Services.
Where were Smithfield Packaging Company's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Portsmouth and Smithfield; together they form 1 facility closure and 1 mass-layoff filing sourced from Virginia Works. States represented in this record: VA.
Where is Smithfield Packaging Company's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
Portsmouth accounts for 69.7% of Smithfield Packaging Company's named-city WARN workers; the top three cities hold 100%.
Does Smithfield Packaging Company's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2011 through 2013 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 Packaging Company's record? ▼
The measurable notice runway lands exactly on the federal 60-day baseline; verify the source dates before treating that timing as final.
See also: VA WARN filings · Other Services industry WARNs · WARN Act guide
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Smithfield Packaging Company 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.