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Layoffs in Germany
This page lists every layoff entry we hold for Germany that still links to its original source. It is a record of what we have verified, not a complete count of layoffs in this country.
2,272 recorded entries
1,672,057 jobs across 1,586 employers
1 entry the employer attributed to AI in its own words
Covering 2015 to 2026
Counted by where the jobs were located. The tracker's own results list additionally matches on employer headquarters, so it returns a slightly higher count for the same country. Rollup records and the per-site notices they absorb are counted once. Open this filter in the full tracker.
Definitions differ by jurisdiction: see what qualifies as a record for Germany before comparing this page’s totals with another country’s.
Industries affected here
- Manufacturing 796,289 jobs
- Finance & Insurance 189,188 jobs
- Automotive 173,550 jobs
- Technology 121,913 jobs
- Retail & E-commerce 119,143 jobs
- Logistics & Transport 107,658 jobs
- Energy 58,142 jobs
- Government & Nonprofit 42,171 jobs
- Professional Services 18,537 jobs
- Media & Entertainment 16,342 jobs
Employers with more than one recorded round here
- Siemens 24 recorded rounds
- Bosch 20 recorded rounds
- Continental 16 recorded rounds
- Deutsche Bank 11 recorded rounds
- Schaeffler 11 recorded rounds
- BASF 11 recorded rounds
- Volkswagen 10 recorded rounds
- Commerzbank 10 recorded rounds
- Mahle 10 recorded rounds
- Thyssenkrupp 9 recorded rounds
- Osram 9 recorded rounds
- Bosch Rexroth 9 recorded rounds
Recorded entries
Showing the 50 most recent of 2,272 recorded entries. See all of them in the tracker.
Frankfurt University Hospital · 500 jobs
Evotec SE · 296 jobs
1&1 Telecom Service Zweibrücken · 60 jobs
St. Bernhard-Hospital · 350 jobs
Schaeffler · 1,300 jobs
Vogel Druck · 280 jobs
Porsche · 5,000 jobs
BBS Automation · 200 jobs
Mercer Torgau · 250 jobs
Mercer Torgau · 350 jobs
O2 Telefónica Germany · 1,000 jobs
HKM · 2,000 jobs
Schüttflix · 65 jobs
Autolöwen · 100 jobs
Schuler · 500 jobs
DreiMeister · 101 jobs
Mister Spex · 125 jobs
Trützschler · 200 jobs
DIHAG Solutions · 153 jobs
Atlas · 180 jobs
Evonik · 2,150 jobs
LMC Caravan · 106 jobs
Juwi · 280 jobs
Gardena · 250 jobs
Perlon · 60 jobs
North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven · 500 jobs
König + Neurath · 130 jobs
Dow · 110 jobs
Siempelkamp · 129 jobs
Revo Hospitality · 450 jobs
Channel 21 · 166 jobs
MediaMarktSaturn Dortmund · 100 jobs
Hammer · 1,100 jobs
Evosoft · 377 jobs
Andritz Schuler · 200 jobs
Venator · 350 jobs
Varta · 350 jobs
Depot · 330 jobs
Bühler · 200 jobs
Wanzl · 650 jobs
Mahle · 350 jobs
Kelvion · 340 jobs
MDR · 240 jobs
Saar-Service · 180 jobs
Lieken · 120 jobs
Festo · 1,300 jobs
DeepL · 250 jobs
TE Connectivity · 630 jobs
Gühring · 300 jobs
BioNtech · 1,860 jobs
Other countries
- United States 43,461 entries
- United Kingdom 2,819 entries
- France 2,323 entries
- Canada 1,373 entries
- Sweden 985 entries
- Spain 977 entries
- Poland 962 entries
- Italy 907 entries
- Netherlands 903 entries
- Belgium 732 entries
- Finland 731 entries
- Czechia 495 entries
- Ireland 483 entries
- Denmark 456 entries
- Austria 429 entries
- Romania 404 entries
- Hungary 371 entries
- Norway 313 entries
- Slovenia 310 entries
- Portugal 295 entries
- Slovakia 248 entries
- Lithuania 201 entries
- Greece 178 entries
- Estonia 134 entries
- Croatia 81 entries
- India 71 entries
- Bulgaria 69 entries
- Latvia 58 entries
- Luxembourg 51 entries
- Australia 49 entries
- Cyprus 28 entries
- Malta 23 entries
- Brazil 21 entries
- Israel 13 entries
- China 11 entries
- Singapore 11 entries
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Layoffs in Germany. AI Layoff Tracker, AskTheRecruiter.com. Accessed Aug 22, 2026. https://asktherecruiter.com/blog/country-layoffs/germany/ Licensed CC BY 4.0; every entry links to the filing, notice or report behind it.Email digest
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