Groupon

487 Green card sponsorships · 1,549 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2012–FY2025
FEIN 27-0903295 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)
Also filed as Groupon, Inc.
Filing volume Top 1% of 332,896 US employers by PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ + LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ volume
2,522 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
19.3% Green-card sponsorship rate 487 green-card filings / 2,522 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
61.4% Work-visa filing rate 1,549 work-visa filings / 2,522 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
80.7% Visa filings vs workforce 2,036 filings / 2,522 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade · est. 2,522 U.S. employees
  • 1% Green-card filings denied 4 of 487 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2025 filings
    48% Green-card filings certified 233 of 487 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2012–FY2025
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    81% Visa filings vs workforce 2,036 filings / 2,522 employees · FY2012–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    #23 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 2,036 filings · #23 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2012–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 2,036 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2025
    487 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2025
    1,549 Work-visa filings FY2012–FY2025
    Top 53% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 487 filings / 2,522 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 53% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2025
    24% Green-card filings, share of all filings 487 of this employer's 2,036 · FY2012–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2012–FY2025 filings
    #286 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2025 filings
    #16 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2012–FY2025 filings
    19.3% Green-card filings per employee 487 filings / 2,522 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2025 filings
    76% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 1,549 of this employer's 2,036 · FY2012–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2012–FY2025 filings
    #549 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2025 filings
    #20 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2012–FY2025 filings
    61.4% Work-visa filings per employee 1,549 filings / 2,522 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2025 filings
    2,036 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2012–FY2025 filings
    #562 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2025 filings
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.8% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Public record data. PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →

233 Certified green-card approvals · FY2012–FY2025
211 Expired 47.5% rate · FY2012–FY2025
4 Denied 0.8% rate · FY2012–FY2025
39 Withdrawn 8.0% rate · FY2012–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications Groupon has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2012 Q1: 8 filingsFY2013 Q1: 13 filingsFY2015 Q1: 21 filingsFY2015 Q2: 27 filingsFY2015 Q3: 24 filingsFY2015 Q4: 28 filingsFY2016 Q1: 27 filingsFY2016 Q2: 29 filingsFY2016 Q3: 19 filingsFY2016 Q4: 39 filingsFY2017 Q1: 9 filingsFY2017 Q2: 20 filingsFY2017 Q3: 4 filingsFY2017 Q4: 9 filingsFY2018 Q1: 3 filingsFY2018 Q2: 11 filingsFY2018 Q3: 41 filingsFY2018 Q4: 27 filingsFY2019 Q1: 43 filingsFY2020 Q1: 11 filingsFY2020 Q2: 7 filingsFY2020 Q3: 10 filingsFY2020 Q4: 3 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filingsFY2021 Q4: 5 filingsFY2022 Q1: 2 filingsFY2022 Q2: 13 filingsFY2022 Q3: 7 filingsFY2022 Q4: 6 filingsFY2023 Q1: 3 filingsFY2023 Q2: 6 filingsFY2023 Q3: 3 filingsFY2023 Q4: 1 filingsFY2024 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q1: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 2 filingsFY2026 Q2: 3 filings02143FY2012FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Groupon applied to sponsor 487 workers for green cards between 2012 and 2025. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.

Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.

Recent layoff notices

Groupon has filed 4 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

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Filing data sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification public disclosure files. Past filings do not predict future hiring behavior. Employers may petition for review at /dispute.

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