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Chicago layoffs, tracked in full.

Chicago has seen 10K job cuts across 56 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 1.0% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 0 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
10K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
41
active + historical
Rounds
56
total events
Top industry
E-commerce
46% of cuts
Global city rank
#16
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
10K
Across 56 roundsRank #16
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
41
across 8 industriesE-commerce leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#16
1.0% of global totalof 199 cities
By industry · Chicago· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

E-commerce
4 ROUNDS
46% of Chicago cuts
3,800
PEOPLE
Consulting
2 ROUNDS
13%
1,079
PEOPLE
Media & Entertainment
1 ROUNDS
12%
1,000
PEOPLE
Healthcare
1 ROUNDS
10%
800
PEOPLE
Manufacturing
2 ROUNDS
8%
700
PEOPLE
Logistics & Supply Chain
6 ROUNDS
4%
369
PEOPLE
Recruiting
4 ROUNDS
4%
314
PEOPLE
Marketplace
3 ROUNDS
3%
283
PEOPLE
Top companies · Chicago

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Groupon
E-COMMERCE · 3 ROUNDS
3,800
#02
Thoughtworks
CONSULTING · 2 ROUNDS
1,079
#03
Redbox
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT · 1 ROUNDS
1,000
#04
GoHealth
HEALTHCARE · 1 ROUNDS
800
#05
Zebra Technologies
MANUFACTURING · 2 ROUNDS
700
#06
Project44
LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN · 3 ROUNDS
309
#07
Cameo
CONSUMER APPS · 3 ROUNDS
247
Recent events · Chicago· Latest

The latest Chicago layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
High
C
Cars.com
Cars.com Layoffs — 2026-04-09
Chicago ·
—
marketwatch.com ↗
Severe
F
FranShares
FranShares Layoffs — 2026-03-17
Chicago ·
—
bizjournals.com ↗
Low
ZT
Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies Layoffs — 2025-12-12
Chicago ·
—
therobotreport.com ↗
Low
SS
Sprout Social
Sprout Social Layoffs — 2024-11-25
Chicago ·
—
google.com ↗
High
C+
CareerBuilder + Monster
CareerBuilder + Monster Layoffs — 2024-10-10
Chicago ·
200
aimgroup.com ↗
Low
R
Reverb
Reverb Layoffs — 2024-09-20
Chicago ·
40
valueaddedresource.net ↗
Low
F
Fly.io
Fly.io Layoffs — 2024-09-04
Chicago ·
40
ycombinator.com ↗
Severe
R
Redbox
Redbox Layoffs — 2024-07-10
Chicago ·
1,000
wsj.com ↗
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