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How many jobs are at risk?

Job cuts that employers plan to make

50,904

September 2026

Up from 19,557 in August 2026

Warning signJob cuts in September 2026 are at least 1.75 times typical.Why this signal?

Where this sits in the last 10 years
10-year low 7,14110-year high 155,576
Published

Recent figures may be revised.

Potential redundancies

September 2026 · 50,904, up 26,400 on a year earlier

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Usual range (middle 80% of the last 10 years)

Each year adds up the months. 2026 so far covers January to September.

Each line is the running total from January. 2026 so far covers January to September.

Source: Insolvency Service

What this means for people

A rise can mean more people may soon be looking for work. These are plans, not jobs already lost.

An employer in Great Britain must tell the Insolvency Service if it proposes to make 20 or more people redundant at one workplace within 90 days. It does this on an HR1 form. The figure adds up the jobs on forms received in the month.

Employers give a best estimate, and plans can change. Some people may be found other work, or leave on their own. Rounds of fewer than 20 people at one workplace are left out.

Latest figures

See the figures as a table
PeriodValue
September 202650,904
August 202619,557
July 202622,280
June 202626,032
May 202636,271
April 202622,601
March 202627,153
February 202627,903
January 202628,493
December 202522,076
November 202530,396
October 202525,461
Each year adds up the months.
YearPeriod coveredValue
2026 so farJanuary to September261,194
2025January to December315,605
2024January to December267,149
2023January to December302,033
2022January to December193,988
2021January to December217,227
2020January to December791,707
Each month
Period2023202420252026 so far
January25,25726,78823,19928,493
February59,89357,83151,90556,396
March83,58584,06483,73083,549
April104,630102,514107,499106,150
May123,631127,969132,142142,421
June149,195144,737164,570168,453
July173,836165,949189,732190,733
August202,197180,467213,168210,290
September221,062202,876237,672261,194
October246,421222,435263,133
November284,976246,341293,529
December302,033267,149315,605

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How to read this

Not fully checked

The Insolvency Service has not fully checked these figures, and they can change.

Not all of these jobs go

These are proposed redundancies that employers must report. Not all of them happen.

A few large employers can swing a month

One form can list a very large number of jobs. That can make a single month much higher than a typical month.

Counted when the form arrives

Each form is counted in the month it is received, not when the job losses would happen.

Great Britain only

The figures cover England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland is not included. Live in Northern Ireland? SeeNorthern Ireland redundancies

Source

Publisher
Insolvency Service
Official title
Advance notification of potential redundancies (HR1 forms), monthly management information
Series
Total Number of Potential Redundancies
Geography
Great Britain
Cite this

Insolvency Service (2026) Advance notification of potential redundancies (HR1 forms), monthly management information, September 2026 (series Total Number of Potential Redundancies).