Community Wholesale Tire to close Hazelwood distribution sites, with 143 layoffs slated for April 2026
Hazelwood closures filed under federal WARN requirements
A family-owned tire distributor with a long footprint in the St. Louis region is planning to close its Hazelwood operations and lay off 143 workers, according to a state workforce filing submitted under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) framework.
The filing lists a “closing” affecting 143 employees in Hazelwood, St. Louis County, with layoffs scheduled to begin April 10, 2026. The notice was received by the state on Feb. 9, 2026. Hazelwood is a logistics-heavy corridor that hosts multiple warehouse and distribution employers tied to regional and national supply chains.
Two Hazelwood addresses tied to the distribution footprint
The company’s St. Louis-area presence has been centered on warehouse and distribution functions. Its publicly listed St. Louis location is on Pershall Road in Hazelwood, a commercial-industrial area near key highway links and freight routes that serve the metro area and the broader Midwest.
The affected Hazelwood sites are identified as:
- 9124 Pershall Road, Hazelwood
- 6034 Aviator Drive, Hazelwood
State WARN postings do not require a company to provide detailed operational explanations in the public-facing table, and the entry for the Hazelwood closure does not include a stated reason for the shutdown.
Workforce implications include union representation
The layoffs are expected to affect both union and non-union roles. The WARN-related reporting on the notice indicates that represented workers are among those impacted, including employees affiliated with the Teamsters and the Automotive, Petroleum, Allied Industries and Airline Employees Union.
In distribution businesses, unionized roles often include warehouse operations and driving positions, alongside administrative and sales functions. The specific job titles and departments affected were not detailed in the state’s public WARN table.
Company scale and regional presence beyond Hazelwood
Community Wholesale Tire describes itself as a Midwest tire distributor that has operated for about 90 years and is in its third generation of family ownership. The company lists multiple locations across the region, including facilities in Kansas City and Springfield in Missouri, along with Peoria, Illinois, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The WARN filing is limited to Hazelwood and does not indicate closures at the company’s other sites.
Timeline snapshot: Notice received Feb. 9, 2026; closure and separations scheduled to begin April 10, 2026; 143 workers listed as affected.
The planned shutdown adds to the early-2026 tally of layoffs tracked through Missouri’s WARN system, which aggregates qualifying mass-layoff and closure notices submitted to the state.