Kentucky WARN notices 2026: 38 layoffs, 3,084 workers so far

Kentucky's 2026 count stands at 38 WARN notices and 3,084 workers, filed from January 5 to October 29. October was the busiest month of the year, with 7 notices. The largest is a closure: Aramark Campus, LLC (University of Kentucky) in Fayette County, 923 workers, filed April 29 and effective June 30.

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What the 38 notices say

• Madison County has the most notices. 10 of them, but only 194 workers in all.
• Fayette County has the most workers in one filing. Its 4 notices cover 1,052 workers, and the Aramark closure is 923 of those.
• Louisville shows up twice in the place column. The state prints "Jefferson County - Louisville" on 8 notices for 779 workers, and "Jefferson" on 4 more for 54. Boone County has 4 for 579.
• Four employers filed more than once. Battelle Memorial Institute E3 filed 5 notices, PARSONS CORPORATION 4, and Congo Brands (Alani, Prime, 3D Energy) and RNDC of Kentucky, LLC 3 each.
• Closures lead. 24 notices are typed Closure and 13 Layoff.
• Most notices are small. The median is 34.5 workers.
• NAICS codes 541330 and 541715 appear most, on 5 notices each, followed by 312111 and 424820 with 3.

The ten largest

Employer	County	Workers	Notice date	Effective date
Aramark Campus, LLC (University of Kentucky)	Fayette	923	Apr 29	Jun 30
Levi Strauss & Co	Boone	303	Jun 30	Aug 30
RNDC of Kentucky, LLC	Jefferson County - Louisville	206	Oct 12	Oct 16
RNDC of Kentucky, LLC	Jefferson County - Louisville	174	Jun 18	Aug 17
Leggett & Platt, Inc	Grayson	145	Oct 21	Dec 21
80 Acres Farm	Boone	127	Aug 3	Aug 3
Legacy Supply Chain	Jefferson County - Louisville	123	Apr 1	Jun 6
CC Metals and Alloys	Marshall	114	Mar 17	Mar 24
Marsden Services LLC	Jefferson County - Louisville	106	Apr 16	May 10
FRAM First Brands Group, LLC	Boone	76	Feb 24	Apr 30

RNDC of Kentucky, LLC is on the table twice: a closure of 174 workers in June, then a layoff of 206 in October.

How Kentucky publishes its notices

The Kentucky Career Center lists WARN notices on its Business Downsizing Assistance page. Every 2026 notice links to a page of its own, and our list keeps that link on each row.

Kentucky names counties, and for Louisville it uses two forms, as shown above. It prints Closure or Layoff on 37 of the 38 notices this year, and the industry as a bare NAICS code. Across all years, 8 rows appear twice word for word, and 9 have no readable notice date. We last read the Kentucky page on November 10, 2026.

Kentucky's full record, 828 notices from 1998 on, is on the Kentucky page.