Maine Layoffs November 2026: WARN Numbers Explained

Maine's layoff picture in November 2026 is quiet — and the quiet is the story. The state's WARN registry holds 91 imported notices covering 8,302 reported workers, but only six are from 2026, and none has a future effective date.

That does not mean no one in Maine lost a job this year — only that the paper trail the registry can see is thin, and mostly second-hand rather than official.

The headline numbers

As of the November 10, 2026 source check, Maine's registry totals are 91 non-cancelled imported WARN notices reporting 8,302 workers affected. Nine notices carry no worker count, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.

The archive has grown since our October spotlight (86 notices, 7,946 workers) by five notices and 356 workers — but the 2026 figures have not moved: still six notices and 378 workers. The new records appear to be older filings added to the archive, not fresh 2026 layoffs.

2026 in Maine: six filings, 378 workers

Maine's six 2026 notices average 63 workers per filing. The largest is Pride Manufacturing, operating as Gathr Outdoors, with 115 workers in Burnham, noticed January 13. Next come two Portland employers: Host International with 102 workers, noticed August 4, and SP+ Parking with 100 workers, noticed June 2. Count & Crush in Biddeford reported 54 workers on September 9. The remaining two are small: Gathr Outdoors in Guilford with six workers, noticed January 27, and SMBC–Sumitomo Mitsui Banking with a single worker, noticed January 13.

Two things stand out. First, the filings cluster early: four of the six were noticed by mid-February, and the most recent, Count & Crush, dates to September 9. Second, all six are attributed secondary records, not official state filings, and their effective dates are unavailable, so the registry cannot say when — or whether — these cuts took effect.

For comparison, 2025 brought eight notices and 650 workers, led by Bon Appetit's 187 in Waterville. Maine's 2026 total is about 0.6 percent of the national 90-day window's 63,251 workers.

The official-filing gap

The most important fact about Maine's data is what is missing. In the last 365 days, the imported archive contains zero eligible official filings for Maine. The newest official notice date is May 16, 2025, a Trans Axle filing in Westbrook. The full archive holds just five direct government records against 86 attributed secondary records.

Official filings are the notices employers file with the state labor agency; secondary records are reports attributed to the state feed or press coverage. When the official feed is not syncing, the registry sees Maine only through second-hand reports — and sees less of it.

The zero future effective dates should not be read as a clean bill of health. A state with no official filings in a year may simply be a state whose notices are not reaching the registry. Missing coverage is not the same as zero layoffs.

Year by year: 2020 still dominates

The pandemic year still towers over the archive, which stretches back to 2012. In 2020, Maine recorded 36 notices and 2,404 workers — the most notices and the largest worker total of any year. The years since have been far smaller: 2021, two notices and 396 workers; 2022, two and 139; 2023, fourteen and 924; 2024, five and 177; 2025, eight and 650.

In 2014, three notices reported 1,145 workers — over 380 per filing — while 2017's single notice covered eight workers. One large filing can swing a whole year in a small state. The 2026 average of 63 per filing is worth noting: no single large filing has defined the year.

Maine in the national picture

Nationally, the WARN registry currently shows 668 notices covering 63,251 reported workers in the 90-day window, with 30 worker counts unavailable. California leads with 20,982 workers and Washington follows with 17,411 — together about 61 percent of the national total. Illinois (3,432), Virginia (2,556), and Maryland (2,484) round out the top five.

The national calendar is far busier. The week of November 24 is the heaviest upcoming week, with 9,300 workers scheduled, followed by November 17 (6,613) and December 15 (5,628). The week of November 10 carries 5,477, December 1 carries 2,593, and December 8 carries 1,337. Maine contributes none of those workers.

How to read Maine's numbers

Three cautions apply. First, WARN figures are reported plans, not confirmed job losses: some planned layoffs shrink, some are postponed, and a few never happen. Second, Maine's numbers understate the state's layoffs. The WARN Act only covers employers with 100 or more full-time workers and only mass layoffs and plant closings that meet its thresholds — smaller employers and smaller cuts never appear, and the missing official feed understates them further.

Third, Maine is one of the few states with its own severance-pay requirement for covered mass layoffs, closures, and relocations — beyond the federal WARN Act, which requires notice but not severance. Workers affected by a Maine filing should check both sets of rules.

The honest summary: a thin file with a large hole in it. Six notices, 378 workers, no scheduled layoffs ahead — and no official filing in more than a year. Until Maine's official feed is syncing again, the registry's Maine numbers are a floor, not a full picture.

Data source: Layoff Atlas