WARNTracker aggregates publicly available WARN notices into a searchable online database covering mass layoff events in the U.S. since 1988. The platform provides interactive maps, time‑series charts, weekly email alerts, and exportable CSV data, with subscription and one‑time purchase options for analysts, journalists, researchers, and policymakers who need reliable layoff data for economic and labor‑market analysis.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Researchers, journalists, and policymakers lack a centralized, searchable source of historical and ongoing mass layoff information required by the federal and state WARN Acts, making it difficult to analyze workforce trends across the United States.
Solution
WARNTracker aggregates publicly‑available WARN notices from 40,131 companies dating back to 1988 into an online database. Users can explore layoff counts, dates, locations, and industry details through interactive maps, time‑series charts, and searchable tables. The platform offers weekly email updates of new filings and provides a live Airtable view that stays current with each new notice. For deeper analysis, customers can purchase the full historical dataset or subscribe to ongoing data feeds, enabling custom filtering, export to CSV, and integration into analytics workflows. By consolidating fragmented state filings, WARNTracker delivers a comprehensive view of mass layoff activity for evidence‑based reporting and policy assessment.
Target Audience
Primary customers are analysts, journalists, academic researchers, and government or policy officials who need reliable mass‑layoff data for economic and labor‑market studies.
Features
- Searchable database covering 8 million employees laid off from 1988‑2026 across 46 states and D.C.
- Interactive state maps and timeline charts with zoom and filter capabilities
- Weekly email alerts summarizing newly filed WARN notices
- Live Airtable view with real‑time updates, sortable and filterable by company, state, date, industry, etc.
- Exportable CSV files containing 17 data columns per record (company, location, layoff count, filing dates, industry, etc.)
- Coverage of both initial WARN filings and subsequent amendments
- Historical data bundle includes all past notices for offline analysis