The short answer
Pep Boys plans to eliminate about 169 corporate jobs at its offices in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, according to a layoff notice filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer on September 25, 2026. The cuts start December 31, 2026, and run through February 19, 2027, per Patch. They follow the August 20, 2026 closing of Mavis Tire Express Services' purchase of Pep Boys from Icahn Enterprises, per the Mavis press release.
What happened
The notice is a WARN notice, a filing an employer must make with the state when it plans a large layoff at one site. It describes a "reorganization of the Pep Boys corporate support services" and a mass layoff, per the Inquirer, which reported that Susanne Cairo of Mavis's legal department signed it. The JobsPipe WARN database lists the notice date as September 1, 2026, and Patch reported that affected employees first received electronic notice on September 14. The Inquirer said a company spokesperson could not be reached for comment, and Patch said a spokesperson declined to comment.
The layoffs come after a change of owner. Icahn Automotive Group agreed in July 2026 to sell Pep Boys to White Plains, New York-based Mavis for about $700 million in cash, per the Inquirer and the Mavis announcement of July 21, 2026. Mavis said in an August 20, 2026 press release that the deal had closed, adding nearly 800 Pep Boys locations to a combined network of more than 4,400 service centers in the U.S. and Canada.
Who is affected
The notice covers 169 employees at the Pep Boys corporate offices in Bala Cynwyd, per the Inquirer, Patch and the Warn Tracker database. Patch gave the address as 1 Presidential Boulevard, a multi-tenant office building near City Avenue. The sources used here do not say which positions are affected. Mavis did not say whether it will close the Bala Cynwyd office, per the Inquirer and Patch. Patch reported that Pep Boys had signed a lease earlier in 2026 to double its office space in the complex.
When it takes effect
The cuts begin December 31, 2026, per the Inquirer, Patch and Warn Tracker. Patch reported that they take effect in phases through February 19, 2027, and the Inquirer reported that they are to be completed by the end of February 2027.
What the company said
The only stated reason is the one in the notice itself: a reorganization of Pep Boys' corporate support services, per the Inquirer. When the sale was announced in July, a Mavis spokesperson told the Inquirer that Pep Boys would keep operating under its brand name but declined to say what would happen to the Bala Cynwyd office. In the July announcement, Pep Boys CEO Joe Auriemma said the combination would give Pep Boys the scale and operational strength to pursue growth, per the Inquirer.
Earlier cuts at Pep Boys
The Inquirer reported that Icahn sold Pep Boys' longtime North Philadelphia headquarters on Allegheny Avenue several years ago, when about 500 employees were based there, and that a spokesperson said in July 2026 that Pep Boys no longer occupies that building. The sources used here do not report an earlier layoff round in the last two years.
Questions people ask
How many Pep Boys employees are being laid off?
About 169 corporate employees at the Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania offices, per the WARN notice reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer and Patch and listed by Warn Tracker.
When do the Pep Boys layoffs start?
December 31, 2026, per the Inquirer, Patch and Warn Tracker. Patch reported the layoffs take effect in phases through February 19, 2027.
Why is Pep Boys cutting corporate jobs?
The WARN notice describes a reorganization of Pep Boys' corporate support services, per the Inquirer. It was filed after Mavis completed its roughly $700 million purchase of Pep Boys from Icahn Enterprises on August 20, 2026, per the Mavis press release.
Is the Pep Boys headquarters closing?
Mavis has not said. The Inquirer and Patch both reported that Mavis did not say whether the Bala Cynwyd office will close.