Which companies discussed Layoffs & Restructuring in earnings calls?
290 companies mentioned layoffs & restructuring across 360 earnings calls over the past year, spanning 11 sectors. The most active were Essex Property Trust, Inc. (5 calls), Multiconsult ASA (4 calls), Sitowise Group Oyj (4 calls). The table below ranks every company by how often the theme came up, with direct links to each transcript.
Mentions over time
Data table
| Quarter | Calls mentioning Layoffs & Restructuring |
|---|---|
| 2024Q4 | 100 |
| 2025Q1 | 124 |
| 2025Q2 | 97 |
| 2025Q3 | 105 |
| 2025Q4 | 112 |
| 2026Q1 | 100 |
| 2026Q2 | 95 |
| 2026Q3 | 52 |
| 2026Q4 | 1 |
Companies ranked by mentions
Representative quotes
…think both are important customers for us. And is going through its own challenges in terms of their own business performance and layoffs and so on, right? So we are watching that pretty closely. And we will get to know about it maybe across H2, right. Having…
…performance? What strategic decisions can return confidence to the market beyond losses, the postponement of launches, the termination of project depreciations, the layoffs and lawsuits was the contribution of EUR 0.10. A divide surprise that saved the present management from its predicament? Well, the answer is the Board…
…expecting and we have not experienced a whole lot of impact from the entertainment industry. And so with Paramount announcing the layoffs and et cetera, it hasn't made a whole lot of difference because the entertainment industry peaked in 2015 with about 340,000 jobs. Multiplier effect…
…were smoother than expected. So I think we had budgeted a bit of buffer thinking that, okay, as you do these sort of layoff and selling businesses, you would have expected, which did not happen and well managed, and I'm happy with that. We had no bumps…
Frequently asked questions
What is Layoffs & Restructuring and why are companies discussing it?
Headcount reductions and restructuring charges — the cost-discipline signal that shows up first when growth slows.
Which company mentioned layoffs & restructuring most in the past year?
Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) led with 5 calls referencing layoffs & restructuring, most recently on September 16, 2026.
How can I track layoffs & restructuring mentions across earnings calls via API?
The EarningsCalls.dev REST API exposes the same data behind this page. Use the search_transcripts and count_mentions_by_ticker endpoints to query our archive of 33,000+ earnings call transcripts — keyword search, sector / date filters, per-company mention counts, and the underlying full transcripts. See the API docs →
Layoffs & Restructuring by sector
- Industrials (42)
- Information Technology (19)
- Real Estate (15)
- Consumer Discretionary (15)
- Financials (13)
- Health Care (7)
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Last updated: October 15, 2026. Methodology: full-text search across all earnings call transcripts in our corpus over the past 12 months, matching the canonical term and its aliases (layoff, layoff, layoffs, job cuts). Mentions are per call, not per occurrence within a call; the company-rank table is built by counting distinct calls mentioning the theme. Page refreshes every hour at the edge as new calls land in our archive.