What is a layoff tracker API?

A layoff tracker API returns news articles about workforce reductions as structured data you can query. APITube tags articles with a layoffs event type and lets you combine it with headline search, publisher authority, country and language, then receive matches over REST, streaming, or webhooks.

Does the API tell me how many people were laid off?

No. There is no structured headcount field. APITube returns the articles reporting a layoff, along with entities, sentiment, source and publication time — the number of affected employees stays inside the article text. Teams that need a figure typically pass the article body to an LLM for extraction. This is the main difference between APITube and a hand-curated tracker.

How accurate is the layoffs event type on its own?

It is a broad signal, not a precise label. Filtering by event.type=layoffs alone returns a wide set that includes loosely related coverage. For a clean feed, pair it with headline search — either title=layoffs or a boolean query such as (layoffs OR "job cuts" OR redundancies) AND event.type:layoffs. Every demo on this page uses that pattern.

How do I catch different phrasings like job cuts or redundancies?

Use the boolean query language. A single query parameter accepts AND, OR, NOT and parentheses, so query=(layoffs OR "job cuts" OR redundancies OR "workforce reduction") covers the common variants in one request. Quoted strings match as exact phrases.

Does it cover layoffs outside US tech?

Yes. The index spans 300,000+ sources across 177 countries and 59 languages, so manufacturing cuts in Germany or retail closures in Japan are covered by the same filter. Add language.code or source.country.code to scope a region, and use the translations field to read non-English headlines in English.

Will the same layoff appear many times?

Yes. A single announcement is reported by many outlets, and each report is a separate article — this is a stream of coverage, not a deduplicated registry of events. To group reports of the same story, call the story endpoint at /v1/news/story/{article_id}, which returns the related coverage cluster for a given article.

How do I get alerted instead of polling?

Create a webhook in the dashboard with your layoff filters attached and APITube will POST matches to your endpoint, signed with HMAC-SHA256 so you can verify them. For a persistent connection, use the SSE stream or the WebSocket endpoint instead.

What other event types pair well with layoffs?

Bankruptcy, executive-change and earnings are the usual companions: together they read as a distress signal for a company. Merger-acquisition often precedes restructuring. All of them are filterable through the same event.type parameter.

Can I use this on the free plan?

The filters all work on free, but fresh articles are delayed by 12 hours, results per request are capped, and history is limited to one month. For a tracker that needs to be current, use a paid plan — the delay is what makes free unsuitable for alerting rather than any missing filter.

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Layoff Tracker API

Last updated: October 30, 2026

Layoff trackers are still maintained by hand, and none of them expose an API. APITube tags workforce-reduction coverage as it is published across 300,000+ sources, so you can query it, stream it, or push it into your own tracker without a spreadsheet in the loop.

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Job-cut coverage as a feed

A layoff tracker API returns news coverage of workforce reductions as structured, filterable data. APITube tags articles with the layoffs event type — 274,000+ so far — and pairs it with headline search, so you can pull job-cut announcements from 300,000+ sources in 177 countries and deliver them over REST, a stream, or signed webhooks. It reports what the press published; it is not a registry with headcount figures.

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event.type=layoffs — 274,000+ tagged articles

Boolean query language for synonyms: layoffs OR "job cuts" OR redundancies

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Related event types: bankruptcy, executive-change, earnings

All filters work on the free plan

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Talent availability signals

Find companies announcing cuts and contact candidates while they're looking.

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Cost-cutting watchlists

Combine layoff coverage with bankruptcy and earnings news to find portfolio companies in trouble.

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Run a public layoff tracker with a feed that updates itself instead of a manual spreadsheet.

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Frequently asked questions

: A layoff tracker API returns news articles about workforce reductions as structured data you can query. APITube tags articles with a layoffs event type and lets you combine it with headline search, publisher authority, country and language, then receive matches over REST, streaming, or webhooks.
: No. There is no structured headcount field. APITube returns the articles reporting a layoff, along with entities, sentiment, source and publication time — the number of affected employees stays inside the article text. Teams that need a figure typically pass the article body to an LLM for extraction. This is the main difference between APITube and a hand-curated tracker.
: It is a broad signal, not a precise label. Filtering by event.type=layoffs alone returns a wide set that includes loosely related coverage. For a clean feed, pair it with headline search — either title=layoffs or a boolean query such as (layoffs OR "job cuts" OR redundancies) AND event.type:layoffs. Every demo on this page uses that pattern.
: Use the boolean query language. A single query parameter accepts AND, OR, NOT and parentheses, so query=(layoffs OR "job cuts" OR redundancies OR "workforce reduction") covers the common variants in one request. Quoted strings match as exact phrases.
: Yes. The index spans 300,000+ sources across 177 countries and 59 languages, so manufacturing cuts in Germany or retail closures in Japan are covered by the same filter. Add language.code or source.country.code to scope a region, and use the translations field to read non-English headlines in English.
: Yes. A single announcement is reported by many outlets, and each report is a separate article — this is a stream of coverage, not a deduplicated registry of events. To group reports of the same story, call the story endpoint at /v1/news/story/{article_id}, which returns the related coverage cluster for a given article.
: Create a webhook in the dashboard with your layoff filters attached and APITube will POST matches to your endpoint, signed with HMAC-SHA256 so you can verify them. For a persistent connection, use the SSE stream or the WebSocket endpoint instead.
: Bankruptcy, executive-change and earnings are the usual companions: together they read as a distress signal for a company. Merger-acquisition often precedes restructuring. All of them are filterable through the same event.type parameter.
: The filters all work on free, but fresh articles are delayed by 12 hours, results per request are capped, and history is limited to one month. For a tracker that needs to be current, use a paid plan — the delay is what makes free unsuitable for alerting rather than any missing filter.