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Growth 23Transformation 8Decline 21
Key figures
+1,000new jobs announcedfrom 1 report · since Jul 2026
16,651affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 17 reports · since Oct 2025
Largest job cuts
- ZF to cut 7,600 jobs in its e-drive division7,600 Affected staff ·
- Porsche agrees with works council to cut 5,000 jobs by 20355,000 Affected staff ·
- Festo to cut 1,300 jobs in Germany1,300 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | New jobs | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | 8 | — | 1,767 |
| Automotive | 4 | — | 5,000 |
| Automotive supplier | 3 | — | 7,916 |
| IT / Software | 2 | — | — |
| Logistics | 2 | +1,000 | 18 |
Follow-up
Followed up: 9 of 9 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 5, scaled back: 1.
Relocated abroad, to: 🇹🇭 Thailand.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- Karl Mayer Kartonagen files for insolvency, affecting 110 jobsNext milestone: 3 Nov 2026
- Report: Madison Air to acquire fan maker ebm-papstNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- Varta files for self-administered insolvencyNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- Report: MAG IAS to shut Rottenburg site, affecting 85 jobsNext milestone: 31 Mar 2027
- Frasers Group offers €38 a share for Hugo Boss
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- GESCO to acquire Baden-Baden machine builder ARKU · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: MAG IAS to shut Rottenburg site, affecting 85 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- United Internet to cut 800 jobs at 1&1 Versatel and IONOS · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Heidelberg Materials to acquire 70% of Peru's Cementos Inka · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Peru
- Frischfaser Karton closes Baiersbronn mill, cutting 220 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Madison Air to acquire fan maker ebm-papst · Mergers · 🇺🇸 USA / Germany
- Karl Mayer Kartonagen files for insolvency, affecting 110 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Amazon converts Pforzheim site into robotics hub, adding 1,000 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Porsche agrees with works council to cut 5,000 jobs by 2035 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Varta files for self-administered insolvency · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Fashion chain Yeans Halle files for insolvency again, 200 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Porsche CEO plans to double job cuts to up to 6,000 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SAP completes acquisition of AI startup Prior Labs · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Baden-Württemberg opens new research building in Schwäbisch Gmünd · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- CrowdStrike to acquire XM Cyber's intellectual property · Mergers · 🇺🇸 USA / Germany
- Aalcon of Aalen shuts down, cutting 55 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Magna to close Dorfprozelten mirror plant, 216 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Brewery Eichbaum shuts down in Mannheim, cutting 240 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Porsche puts up to 4,000 more jobs at risk · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens new container depot area at Ulm-Dornstadt · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Westfrankenbahn reopens modernised Markelsheim station with new interlocking · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Hermann-Hesse-Bahn resumes service between Calw and Weil der Stadt · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Frasers Group offers €38 a share for Hugo Boss · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Offenburg freight wagon workshop closes, 30 jobs affected · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Festo to cut 1,300 jobs in Germany · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Gühring cuts 300 jobs at its main Albstadt plant · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stuttgart nears completion of B10 Leuze junction project worth €500m · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rolls-Royce Power Systems expands plants, new factory in Friedrichshafen · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany / USA
- Audi unit PSW closes Neckarsulm site, cutting 100 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bernina weighs shifting output to Thailand, risking up to 40 jobs · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2025
- State, Pforzheim and Enzkreis join the Karlsruhe transport association · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ammertal and Ermstal railways now run every 30 minutes · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rhine Valley Railway: new tracks between Müllheim and Auggen open · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rhine Valley Railway: four-track Müllheim–Auggen section opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens lengthened platforms at four Murr Valley line stations · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stadtwerke Baden-Baden to cut 18 bus-driver jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Layoffs at Bosch, Porsche and Daimler weigh on Stuttgart's property market · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Theresienkrankenhaus Mannheim to close, cutting up to 350 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BBBank announces merger with PSD Bank Hessen-Thüringen · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- ZF to cut 7,600 jobs in its e-drive division · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
2024
- Gäubahn: Horb–Neckarhausen double-tracked with new interlocking · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2022
- Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed line enters regular service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2021
- Karlsruhe opens light-rail tunnel of its Combined Solution · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn electrifies Südbahn line Ulm–Lindau · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Elztalbahn near Freiburg enters electric service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- B31 bypass Immenstaad–Friedrichshafen fully opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2018
- Neckar-Alb line gets bidirectional track operation Nürtingen–Reutlingen · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Pforzheim railway tunnel enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2017
- Stuttgart's U12 light-rail line reaches Aubrücke · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bietigheim-Bissingen station made barrier-free · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2016
- New Wilhelma light-rail stop opens in Stuttgart · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stuttgart's U12 light-rail line extended to Dürrlewang · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany