Clean Harbors layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Clean Harbors reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings. Headcount went from 21,021 to 22,155.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2023 | 21,021 | December 31, 2023 |
| 10-K for 2024 | 22,796 | December 31, 2024 |
| 10-K for 2025 | 22,155 | December 31, 2025 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summaryThe filing reports severance and integration related costs that increased to a total for 2024.
Word for word“Severance and integration related costs increased $4.9 million to a total of $14.3 million in 2024.” 10-K for 2024
Our summaryThe company reported severance and integration related expenses for 2025 that were lower than the prior year.
Word for word“Also, severance and integration related expenses for the year ended December 31, 2025 were $4.1 million, a decrease of $7.3 million year-over-year.” 10-K for 2025
Clean Harbors has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
Read from Clean Harbors’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-18. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.