Quanex Building Products layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring Quanex Building Products reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2023 | 3,792 | October 31, 2023 |
| 10-K for 2024 | 7,068 | October 31, 2024 |
| 10-K for 2025 | 7,071 full-time employees | October 31, 2025 |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summaryThe company restructured its reportable segments into three to integrate the Tyman acquisition, and recorded restructuring charges that include severance and employee-related workforce alignment costs and a software disposal.
Word for word“During the twelve months ended October 31, 2025 , we incurred $ 10.2 million in restructuring charges including $ 6.3 million related to workforce alignment costs, primarily severance and employee-related expenses.” 10-K for 2025
Our summaryThe company reported how much of its workforce alignment (severance) costs it had paid and how much remained accrued at year end.
Word for word“As of October 31, 2025, we have paid $ 5.6 million in workforce alignment costs, with a remaining accrual of $ 0.7 million.” 10-K for 2025
| Fiscal year ended | Severance costs | Restructuring charges |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-31 | $500,000 | $529,000 |
| 2017-10-31 | $500,000 | $4.5 million |
| 2018-10-31 | — | $1.5 million |
| 2019-10-31 | — | $370,000 |
| 2020-10-31 | — | $622,000 |
| 2021-10-31 | — | $39,000 |
| 2022-10-31 | — | $0 |
| 2023-10-31 | — | $0 |
| 2024-10-31 | — | $0 |
| 2025-10-31 | — | $10.2 million |
Quanex Building Products 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 Quanex Building Products’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 2025-12-12. 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.