REPORTED · WARN NOTICE✓ VERIFIEDPublished Sep 16, 2026

Amazon to Close Port St. Lucie Fulfillment Center; Hundreds of Workers Impacted

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGFlorida Department of Commerce· filed July 16, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED

494

EFFECTIVE DATE

Sep 17, 2026

494 OF 1,551,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Port St. Lucie, FL.

Department affected: fulfillment center.

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on July 16, 2026.

Industry: Transportation and Warehousing.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the FL state workforce agency.

Summary

Amazon filed a notice saying it will close its Port St. Lucie fulfillment center, with the filing indicating just under 500 workers (494) will be separated from the company with permanent job cuts effective imminently and on December 17. An Amazon spokesperson, Amber Plunkett, disputed that figure, saying the facility will close for two years for transformation into a larger site that will eventually employ about 1,000 people and that the company is working to transfer roughly 850 employees to other South Florida facilities. Local officials warned of financial harm to families from the closure. The article reports a formal notice with specific separation counts but also presents the company's statement about transfers and future rehiring at the renovated site.

Amazon.com, Inc. disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the FL state workforce agency on July 16, 2026. The notice covers 494 employees in FL, with the layoff effective September 17, 2026.

LayoffTalk has tracked 110 layoff events at Amazon.com, Inc. since January 2023, including 18,586 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 74 additional events known from news reporting.