Over 2,200 logistics workers in the US face layoffs as companies struggle in early 2026, according to FreightWaves.
More than 2,200 workers across the US have been affected by layoffs, closures, and bankruptcies in logistics, manufacturing, and supply chain firms at the start of 2026, according to state filings and court records, reports New York's FreightWaves.
RailCrew Xpress will cut more than 400 jobs in Virginia, Georgia, and Florida after losing a CSX contract. The Kansas City firm, founded in 2005, operated in about 25 states with 2,000 staff before the layoffs.
AVI Food Systems is closing facilities in Philadelphia, eliminating 297 jobs from large institutional foodservice operations. Packaging Corporation of America will shed 200 workers in Washington as part of restructuring at its Wallula mill.
Kroehler Furniture closed its North Carolina plant on December 31, cutting 275 jobs. The 132-year-old company is owned by American Signature, which filed for Chapter 11 in November. I Squared Logistics, an Amazon delivery partner, laid off 160 workers in North Carolina after exiting the program.
The Giant Co will shut five Pennsylvania e-commerce centers, affecting 128 staff, while UPS is closing a distribution site in Montgomery, Alabama, with the same number of layoffs. Comprehensive Logistics cut 105 jobs in Georgia after losing a contract.
ADM will close its Memphis cottonseed crushing facility, cutting 95 jobs, while FedEx is eliminating 89 positions in Fort Worth, Texas, under its Network 2.0 reorganization. Microplastics shut its Illinois plant, laying off 86 workers amid an asset sale.
Post Consumer Brands is cutting 71 jobs in Michigan, ending production of Honeycomb cereal and other lines. US Endodontics will lay off 70 staff in Tennessee. GNC is eliminating 66 jobs in Phoenix, while United Piston Ring will close its Wisconsin plant, cutting 60 workers.
Ryder closed a logistics site in Illinois, laying off 59 staff. Ample Inc, a San Francisco EV battery-swapping firm, filed for Chapter 11 in Texas after shrinking from 160 staff to a handful despite raising US$330 million. FlexShopper filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware, reporting liabilities up to $500 million.
Food52, a New York e-commerce seller of kitchen goods, filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware after cutting 80% of staff in December. Revenue fell to US$74.7 million in 2024 from US