Track mass layoffs and plant closures across all 50 US states. Search 100,000+ WARN Act notices updated daily. Free API, bulk exports, and analytics.

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WARN Firehose is a platform that aggregates, normalizes, and unifies US WARN Act mass layoff notices from all 50 states into a single searchable database. It covers 109,000+ notices affecting 12.9M+ workers dating back to 1998, updated daily via automated scrapers. Data is accessible through a REST API with OpenAPI docs, bulk exports in CSV, JSON, Parquet, and JSON-LD formats, plus interactive analytics including trend charts, state heatmaps, and company rankings. Use cases include journalism, investment research, recruiting, academic labor market research, and workforce planning.

WARN Act Data & Layoff Tracker