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Fintech hub

Washington D.C. layoffs, tracked in full.

Washington D.C. has seen 2K job cuts across 10 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.2% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 0 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
2K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
4
active + historical
Rounds
10
total events
Top industry
Fintech
61% of cuts
Global city rank
#46
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
2K
Across 10 roundsRank #46
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
4
across 4 industriesFintech leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#46
0.2% of global totalof 137 cities
By industry · Washington D.C.· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Fintech
1 ROUNDS
61% of Washington D.C. cuts
1,100
PEOPLE
MarTech
1 ROUNDS
22%
400
PEOPLE
Media & Entertainment
5 ROUNDS
9%
169
PEOPLE
Cybersecurity
3 ROUNDS
8%
145
PEOPLE
Top companies · Washington D.C.

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Capital One
FINTECH · 1 ROUNDS
1,100
#02
Cvent
MARTECH · 1 ROUNDS
400
#03
Vox Media
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT · 5 ROUNDS
169
#04
IronNet
CYBERSECURITY · 3 ROUNDS
145
Recent events · Washington D.C.· Latest

The latest Washington D.C. layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Low
VM
Vox Media
Vox Media Layoffs — 2024-12-05
Washington D.C. ·
—
adweek.com ↗
Low
VM
Vox Media
Vox Media Layoffs — 2023-11-30
Washington D.C. ·
—
theinformation.com ↗
Severe
I
IronNet
IronNet Layoffs — 2023-10-02
Washington D.C. ·
—
techcrunch.com ↗
Moderate
VM
Vox Media
Vox Media Layoffs — 2023-01-20
Washington D.C. ·
130
variety.com ↗
High
CO
Capital One
Capital One Layoffs — 2023-01-19
Washington D.C. ·
1,100
reuters.com ↗
Low
VM
Vox Media
Vox Media Layoffs — 2022-07-27
Washington D.C. ·
39
axios.com ↗
Severe
I
IronNet
IronNet Layoffs — 2022-06-22
Washington D.C. ·
90
crn.com ↗
High
I
IronNet
IronNet Layoffs — 2022-06-22
Washington D.C. ·
55
ironnet.com ↗
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