Laid off from Camping World.
Camping World spent 2019 to 2023 closing outdoor stores and warehouses and moving to shut its Active Sports business. In 2026 it also closed RV dealerships, and its finance chief said the company reserved the right to rehire for some positions if its volume and business improved.
What we know about Camping World severance and layoffs
- Nearly 15% of Camping World's headcount cut between August and September 2026
- Four dealerships closed in 2026's third quarter, with plans to reopen two
- At least $50 million in yearly savings tied to the 2026 headcount cuts
- More than 900 fewer on Camping World's headcount by July 2025, year over year
- 28 jobs on a September 2026 New York notice, effective December 8, 2026
- 90 jobs on Active Sports' March 2023 Minnesota WARN notice
- $1.2 million of one-time employee termination benefits for 2019 and 2020 closures and divestitures
The most recent Camping World layoff we've found
Headcount reductions drove most of a $25.5 million third-quarter drop in employee cash pay costs, excluding commissions, Camping World said in its November 2, 2026 results release. The company expected 2026 selling, general and administrative costs to end roughly $130 million below 2025, its finance chief, Tom Kirn, said on the next day's earnings call.
What Camping World layoffs have meant for employees
Camping World has described its 2025 and 2026 reductions in lasting terms. Marcus Lemonis, then chairman and chief executive, called the 2025 reductions structural changes to fixed costs in the company's July 2025 results release, tying them to better per-rooftop productivity, and those reductions came while the company was selling 7,818 more units than a year before, by his count. The summer 2026 cuts came on top of a July plan for $100 million in yearly savings across 20 initiatives, which the October 5 8-K said the company had accelerated, and that filing said the new headcount reductions were intended to improve operating leverage, support margins and strengthen cash flow. Executives said on the November 3 call that the company moved "when new margins came under greater pressure than we anticipated," and chief executive Matthew Wagner said in the November 2 results release, "We enter the fourth quarter with a cost base that we believe is rebuilt for the current market backdrop." On the same call, the finance chief said the company had reserved the right to rehire into the eliminated positions for the summer selling season, if volume trends and the rest of the business improved.
Camping World's warehouse closings have followed its retail business. The 2019 shift's review of supporting operations covered rationalizing inventory and closing certain distribution centers, as the company's 2020 annual report describes it. The letter behind the Franklin, Kentucky closing tied it to the consolidation of the retail business and the drop in inventory that came with it, WKU Public Radio reported. Franklin's history shows a closing hasn't always been final. The site, on Page Dr. in the Sanders Industrial Park, closed in 2019 and later reopened before the letter, reported in January 2023, said it would close permanently. So the company's stated intent to reopen some of the dealerships it closed in 2026 has a precedent in Franklin, and so does a reopened site closing again.
A September notice for a site in Erie County, New York is the only 2026 Camping World filing our WARN tracker carries, and Minnesota's October 2023 layoff report logged the Hermantown closing with NO under WARN Act. Neither the October 8-K nor the November call named the dealerships Camping World closed. For anyone at a Camping World store, a missing WARN notice says little about whether a location is affected, and a single store's closing has shown up before on a state report like Minnesota's. In 2026 the company described the cuts in its October 5 8-K, after they had been made, and then in its November 2 results release and on the November 3 call.
The help described after Camping World closings has come from the states. In January 2023, ahead of the February 11 end date local officials gave for Franklin, staff from the Kentucky Career Center, the unemployment office, Southern Kentucky Technical and Community College, Adult Education and Goodwill met affected employees on site to tell them about available resources and services, the same WKU Public Radio report said. The regional workforce board said it ran that rapid response session in coordination with Camping World. Minnesota's report listed the Hermantown closing under small layoff services, a status under which, the state says, workers interested in its dislocated worker program can go to any of its Workforce Centers or independent service providers.
A sourced history of Camping World layoffs
August-September 2026 headcount cut and third-quarter dealership closings
Camping World cut its headcount by nearly 15% between August and September and closed four dealerships during the third quarter, intending to reopen two, executives said on its November 3 earnings call. The added yearly savings were put at $50 million or more in an October 5 8-K.
Second half of 2025, headcount reduction
A headcount reduction during the second half of 2025 drove most of a $28.2 million drop in second-quarter 2026 employee cash pay, excluding commissions, according to Camping World's July 29, 2026 results release.
July 2025, headcount down by more than 900
Headcount was down more than 900 from a year earlier and 16 locations had been consolidated, Chairman and CEO Marcus Lemonis said in Camping World's July 29, 2025 results release, calling them structural changes to fixed costs.
October 2023, Hermantown, Minnesota retail closing
A Camping World retail closing in Hermantown, with layoffs starting October 20 and about 30 workers affected, went on Minnesota's October 2023 layoff report marked NO under WARN Act, with both figures the state's best guess.
March 2023, Active Sports closing
Camping World decided on March 1 to exit its Active Sports specialty retail subsidiary under plans to liquidate primarily all its assets and close the business, a March 2023 8-K said. The unit's WARN notice, received by Minnesota on March 3, listed 90 jobs.
February 2023, Franklin, Kentucky distribution center closing
Camping World told Kentucky it was permanently closing its Franklin distribution center after consolidating its retail business and reducing inventory, a move that would lay off a 70-member workforce, according to WKU Public Radio.
February 2020, Greenville, North Carolina closure notice
Camping World's CWI, Inc. subsidiary, listed in its 2019 annual report, gave North Carolina a February 11 notice of permanent closure for two Greenville sites with 52 jobs each, effective April 11, as the state's 2020 WARN report shows.
September 2019, shift away from non-RV stores
Under a plan its board approved on September 3, 2019, Camping World closed or divested 39 locations that couldn't sell or service RVs at sufficient capacity, three distribution centers and 20 specialty retail sites through 2020, cutting headcount, its 2020 annual report says.
What to do if you're laid off from Camping World
- File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Camping World's biggest hubs: New York, Minnesota, Kentucky, North Carolina. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
- Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what Camping World's hub states run: New York, Minnesota, Kentucky, North Carolina, and every other state is here.
- Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
- Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
- Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.
Camping World layoff and severance questions
What severance has Camping World given laid-off employees?
For the retail store and distribution center closures and divestitures of 2019 and 2020, Camping World put one-time employee termination benefits at $1.2 million in all, incurred by the end of 2020, its 2020 annual report says. The October 5, 2026 8-K on its newest headcount cut sizes the savings and gives no severance terms.
Will Camping World rehire workers laid off in 2026?
Camping World said it reserved the right to, without making a promise. Finance chief Tom Kirn told analysts on the November 3, 2026 earnings call that Camping World described the savings from the cuts as at least $50 million, a net figure, because it reserved the right to reopen a couple of closed stores and, if volume trends and other parts of the business improved, to rehire into those positions heading into the summer selling season.
How many WARN notices has Camping World filed?
At least three. Our WARN tracker counts two Camping World filings, a 2023 Minnesota notice from its Active Sports unit for 90 jobs and a New York notice from September 2026 for 28, and North Carolina's 2020 WARN report lists a third, a closure notice for two Greenville sites from CWI, Inc., which Camping World's 2019 annual report lists as a subsidiary.