Guitar Center Inc.

20 Green card sponsorships · 107 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2010–FY2025
Filing volume Top 3% 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
12,910 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2022
0.15% Green-card sponsorship rate 20 green-card filings / 12,910 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2022 headcount
0.83% Work-visa filing rate 107 work-visa filings / 12,910 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2022 headcount
0.98% Visa filings vs workforce 127 filings / 12,910 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2022 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade · est. 12,910 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 20 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2025 filings
    60% Green-card filings certified 12 of 20 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2010–FY2025
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    0.98% Visa filings vs workforce 127 filings / 12,910 employees · FY2010–FY2025 filings vs FY2022 self-reported headcount
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings 127 filings · last Jun 2026 · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2025
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 127 filings · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2010–FY2025
    20 Green-card filings FY2010–FY2025
    107 Work-visa filings FY2010–FY2025
    Top 89% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 65 filings / 12,910 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 89% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025
    Top 96% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 85 filings / 12,910 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 96% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2010–FY2025
    Top 97% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 20 filings / 12,910 employees (2022, self-reported) · Top 97% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2010–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.6% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Filing pattern observations

Filing patterns are statistical observations derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. They do not constitute accusations of wrongdoing. Wage levels are determined by the DOL's rigid 5-step NPWC evaluation process based on O*NET Job Zone requirements. Use this information to inform your own due diligence.
LCA-to-visa realization gap

LCA realization gap: 15.4% of certified LCAs resulted in USCIS decisions

Immigration How this is calculated →

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 →

12 Certified green-card approvals · FY2010–FY2025
8 Expired 40.0% rate · FY2010–FY2025
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2010–FY2025
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2010–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications Guitar Center Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.

FY2010 Q1: 1 filingsFY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 2 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 3 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 1 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 2 filings013FY2010FY2012FY2017FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Guitar Center Inc. applied to sponsor 20 workers for green cards between 2010 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

Guitar Center Inc. has filed 3 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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