66 U.S. plants have a closing date still ahead. The most common reason given is moving the work to another plant.
Factories, food plants and other production sites have been closing throughout 2026. As of October 19, we count 66 whose owners have set a closing date that has not arrived yet, across 26 states: 12 between October 20 and 31, 10 in November, 26 in December and 18 more in 2027. 59 of them are on a state WARN notice.
The pace
As of our September count, we estimate about 220 announced U.S. plant closings with a stated closing date from January through September 2026, roughly 15 to 30 a month. The pace had not clearly risen or fallen since February. January was the quietest month, which may partly reflect our coverage early in the year.
Why they are closing
Of the 66 plants with a closing date in the future, 39 have a source that gives a reason. The most common one is consolidation: the company is moving the work to another plant.
| Reason the source gives | Plants |
|---|---|
| Consolidating into another plant | 18 |
| Falling demand or volume | 10 |
| Sale or restructuring of the business | 8 |
| Costs | 3 |
| No reason given | 27 |
Five examples:
- Freightliner, Portland, OR: Daimler Truck North America is closing the plant on October 30, with 387 jobs, and moving its truck production to North Carolina and South Carolina.
- Woodward, Santa Clarita, CA: the aerospace maker is moving military aircraft production to its new campus in Spartanburg, SC, affecting 400 jobs by December 2027.
- Bearlodge Forest Products, Hulett, WY: the family sawmill and pallet mill closes on October 31 after nearly five decades. In a Facebook post, the owners cited high input costs, a limited labor pool, scarce housing and sustained downward pricing trends, Cowboy State Daily reported. "No single issue brought us here," the post said. "It was the weight of many." The mayor estimated the closing leaves about 5% of the town's 349 people looking for work.
- Continental Tire, Barnesville, GA: 235 jobs by the end of 2026. FreightWaves reported that "the plant has not been cost-competitive for years despite turnaround efforts."
- Bingham & Taylor, Culpeper, VA: the foundry closes by November 30 with 92 jobs; parent company Charlotte Pipe and Foundry said "the closure was driven by excess manufacturing capacity and operational challenges," Virginia Business reported.
What they make
| Industry | Plants |
|---|---|
| Food and beverage | 11 |
| Auto and truck parts | 10 |
| Building products | 8 |
| Vehicles and equipment | 7 |
| Metals and foundry | 6 |
| Electronics and electrical | 5 |
| Paper and packaging | 5 |
| Pharma and medical | 2 |
| Chemicals and plastics, mining and energy, textiles and apparel | 5 |
| Other | 7 |
California and Ohio have the most, with 6 each, followed by Indiana, Tennessee and Wisconsin with 5 each.
The plants themselves
The Asset Sale Calendar lists the plants whose stated closing day falls in the next two weeks, with addresses, jobs and what is on site. The weekly closure file carries each new plant closing in the week we record it, with the full record.
What we counted, and what we left out
We count manufacturing plants and other production sites, such as food processing plants and a mine, whose owners have set a closing date that a source states and that was still ahead on October 19. Offices, warehouses and distribution centers are not counted, and neither are plants cutting jobs while staying open, closings already past, sites outside the U.S., closings that depend on a sale or negotiation, or notices that give only the date layoffs begin. Brewery taprooms are counted on our brewery page, not here. A reason is counted only where the notice or its coverage states one, in its own words, and each plant is counted under one reason. The year's total counts announcements with a stated closing date, one per company and site, including closings that have already happened, so it is not limited to the 66 still ahead; it is an estimate from a read of a sample of our records as of September, and plants that never reach the news or a WARN notice are missing from it.
Updated: October 19, 2026
Changelog:
- October 19, 2026: recounted as of October 19; 10 plants whose dates passed came off, 1 no longer meets the rule, 14 added, including the Washington Post's printing plant in Springfield, VA and Dal-Tile's tile plant in Florence, AL, from the 2026-10-17 edition. 63 sites become 66; still 26 states. The consolidation reason now reads "moving the work to another plant", since one plant is moving its work to a partner's plant rather than its own. Tyson Foods' Eagle Mountain, UT plant, whose date has passed, is replaced as an example by Bearlodge Forest Products in Hulett, WY.
- September 28, 2026: first published with 63 sites, from the 2026-09-26 edition.
The Store Closure Watch file for the week of October 17, 2026 holds 368 records. As of October 19, 2026.