VITAMIN SHOPPE INDUSTRIES INC.

31 Green card sponsorships · 112 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2011–FY2025
FEIN 13-2993785 from DOL disclosure data (FY2024-2025)
Also filed as Vitamin Shoppe Industries Vitamin Shoppe Industries Inc. Vitamin Shoppe Industries, Inc.
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
5,600 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2024
0.55% Green-card sponsorship rate 31 green-card filings / 5,600 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
2.0% Work-visa filing rate 112 work-visa filings / 5,600 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount
2.6% Visa filings vs workforce 143 filings / 5,600 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 5,600 U.S. employees
  • 48% Green-card filings certified 15 of 31 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2011–FY2025
    1 Green-card filings denied of 31 green-card filings · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    0 Green-card filings withdrawn of 31 green-card filings · FY2011–FY2025 filings
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings 143 filings · last Jun 2026 · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2011–FY2025
    3% Visa filings vs workforce 143 filings / 5,600 employees · FY2011–FY2025 filings vs FY2024 self-reported headcount
    Top 2% Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 143 filings · Top 2% of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2011–FY2025
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 143 filings · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2011–FY2025
    31 Green-card filings FY2011–FY2025
    112 Work-visa filings FY2011–FY2025
    Top 82% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 72 filings / 5,600 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 82% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2011–FY2025
    Top 92% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 103 filings / 5,600 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 92% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2011–FY2025
    Top 94% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 31 filings / 5,600 employees (2024, self-reported) · Top 94% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2011–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.5%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. 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: 21.3% of certified LCAs resulted in USCIS decisions

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

90% of 21 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 8,231)

Immigration How this is calculated →
Senior title with entry-level requirements

4 senior-titled positions with entry-level requirements (44.4% of titled filings)

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 →

Certified

15

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 ↗ approvals

Expired

15

50.0% rate

Denied

1

3.2% rate

Withdrawn

0

0.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications VITAMIN SHOPPE INDUSTRIES INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2011 to today.

FY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2013 Q1: 2 filingsFY2015 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 2 filingsFY2017 Q3: 3 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 9 filingsFY2020 Q1: 2 filingsFY2020 Q3: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 3 filingsFY2022 Q2: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 1 filingsFY2024 Q1: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 2 filings049FY2011FY2015FY2019FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

VITAMIN SHOPPE INDUSTRIES INC. applied to sponsor 31 workers for green cards between 2011 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

VITAMIN SHOPPE INDUSTRIES INC. has filed 1 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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