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Santa Barbara layoffs, tracked in full.

Santa Barbara has seen 511 job cuts across 6 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.1% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 0 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
511
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
3
active + historical
Rounds
6
total events
Top industry
Hardware
59% of cuts
Global city rank
#70
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
511
Across 6 roundsRank #70
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
3
across 2 industriesHardware leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#70
0.1% of global totalof 137 cities
By industry · Santa Barbara· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Hardware
3 ROUNDS
59% of Santa Barbara cuts
300
PEOPLE
PropTech
2 ROUNDS
41%
211
PEOPLE
Top companies · Santa Barbara

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Sonos
HARDWARE · 3 ROUNDS
300
#02
AppFolio
PROPTECH · 2 ROUNDS
211
#03
Procore
CONSTRUCTION TECH · 1 ROUNDS
—
Recent events · Santa Barbara· Latest

The latest Santa Barbara layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Low
S
Sonos
Sonos Layoffs — 2026-04-01
Santa Barbara ·
—
bloomberg.com ↗
High
S
Sonos
Sonos Layoffs — 2025-02-05
Santa Barbara ·
200
theverge.com ↗
Moderate
S
Sonos
Sonos Layoffs — 2024-08-14
Santa Barbara ·
100
theverge.com ↗
Low
P
Procore
Procore Layoffs — 2024-01-30
Santa Barbara ·
—
Internal memo
Moderate
A
AppFolio
AppFolio Layoffs — 2023-08-17
Santa Barbara ·
149
pacbiztimes.com ↗
Low
A
AppFolio
AppFolio Layoffs — 2023-05-22
Santa Barbara ·
62
pacbiztimes.com ↗
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