| Company | State | Location | Workers | Notice date |
| Bank One | IL | CHICAGO, 300 S RIVERSIDE & 525 W MONROE | 500 | 2003-01-28 |
| Sprint | KS | — | 493 | 2003-01-15 |
| J.C. Penney | KS | — | 329 | 2003-01-10 |
| Kentucky Electrical Steel | KY | Boyd | 311 | 2003-01-03 |
| International Paper | KY | Christian | 300 | 2003-01-02 |
| REM | IL | Chicago, 174 N. Halsted | 244 | 2003-01-14 |
| Dura Automotive Systems | IL | STOCKTON, 301 SOUTH SIMMONS STREET | 228 | 2003-01-24 |
| Kmart | IL | CICERO, 4601 WEST CERMAK ROAD | 200 | 2003-01-12 |
| Kmart | IL | BROADVIEW, 800 BROADVIEW VILLAGE SQ | 200 | 2003-01-12 |
| Kmart-Jantzen Beach | OR | PORTLAND | 200 | 2003-01-22 |
| Kmart | IL | ELK GROVE VILLAGE, 600 MEACHAM | 200 | 2003-01-12 |
| Active | OR | PORTLAND | 161 | 2003-01-29 |
| Kmart | AL | Montgomery | 150 | 2003-01-14 |
| Kmart | IL | CHICAGO, 1740 NORTH KOSTNER AVENUE | 146 | 2003-01-12 |
| Bake-Line Group | AL | Birmingham | 139 | 2003-01-31 |