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Starbucks Corporation Layoff — October 2026

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGWashington State Employment Security Department· filed August 20, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
224
PLANNED DATE
Oct 19, 2026
CONFIRMED IN SOURCE
224 OF 383,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Seattle, WA (Permanent County).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on August 20, 2026.

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

Summary

Starbucks Corporation disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the WA state workforce agency on August 20, 2026. The notice covers 224 employees in Seattle, WA (Permanent County), with the layoff effective October 19, 2026.

That is roughly 0.1% of the 383,000 people Starbucks Corporation employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 42 layoff events at Starbucks Corporation since June 2023, including 2,538 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 32 additional events known from news reporting.

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SOURCE
Official WARN notice
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Estimated figure based on a WARN filing. Not yet confirmed by Starbucks Corporation.

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Starbucks CorporationSBUX
Consumer Discretionary · 383,000 employees
42
EVENTS TRACKED
2,538
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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CREATED AUG 25, 2026LAST UPDATED AUG 25, 2026