Employer · WARN Act history · Other Services

Starbucks

1,932 workers across 4 WARN notices, primarily in WA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.

1,932
Workers cut
4
WARN notices
1
State
483
Avg / notice

Starbucks has 4 recorded WARN filings affecting 1,932 workers

According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Starbucks has 4 recorded filings covering 1,932 workers across 1 state, primarily WA, the 69th-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.

Starbucks is a minor share of Other Services WARN activity — 0.4% of the sector's 460,348 workers across 3,497 employers, ranking #16 in Other Services.

DOL WARN employer filing desk

Employer STARBUCKS · Starbucks 1,932 workers · 4 filings

NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-TOP · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-EXACT · STAT-SINGLE · BOOK-SINGLE · TYPE-MIX

  • NOTC-LIGHT 4 filings
  • WORK-TOP #69
  • PHOTO-UNK No peer
  • RUNWAY-EXACT 60d
  • STAT-SINGLE WA
  • BOOK-SINGLE 1 agency
  • TYPE-MIX 1C/3L

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 Starbucks WARN filings · notice runway

Top 4 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.

  • Seattle, WA · Layoff · Other Services 974 workers · filed Oct 9, 2025 · 57d runway
  • Seattle, WA · Layoff · Other Services 612 workers · filed Feb 26, 2025 · 65d runway
  • WA · Closure · Other Services 338 workers · filed Oct 3, 2025 · 63d runway
  • Seattle, WA · Layoff · Other Services 8 workers · filed May 5, 2025 · 60d runway

Median forward runway across 4 dated filings: 62 days (1 under 60d · 3 at/above 60d ).

Where Starbucks 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. Starbucks is in the 1.5k-5k bucket (#69 of 7,009 by workers affected).

Employer Profile

Primary State
WA
Primary Industry
Other Services
First Notice
Feb 26, 2025
Latest Notice
Oct 9, 2025
States with Layoffs
WA

WARN Notice History

2025

Mass Layoff

Seattle, WA · Other Services

Effective: Dec 5, 2025

974

workers

Filed Oct 9, 2025

Facility Closure

WA · Other Services

Effective: Dec 5, 2025

338

workers

Filed Oct 3, 2025

Mass Layoff

Seattle, WA · Other Services

Effective: Jul 4, 2025

8

workers

Filed May 5, 2025

Mass Layoff

Seattle, WA · Other Services

Effective: May 2, 2025

612

workers

Filed Feb 26, 2025

Questions about this Starbucks record

What is the largest Starbucks WARN filing on record?

The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Seattle, WA on Oct 9, 2025, covering 974 workers in Other Services.

Where were Starbucks's WARN notices filed?

The record contains 1 facility closure and 3 mass-layoff filings centered on Seattle, sourced from Washington ESD. States represented in this record: WA.

Does Starbucks's filing history show a recurring pattern?

All 4 filings fall in 2025, so the record describes a concentrated episode rather than a multi-year cadence.

How much advance notice appears in Starbucks'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: WA WARN filings · Other Services industry WARNs · WARN Act guide · largest WARN employers

Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Starbucks 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.