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Growth 36Transformation 16Decline 19
Key figures
+500new jobs announcedfrom 1 report · since Jul 2026
16,944affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 17 reports · since Oct 2025
Largest job cuts
- BMW launches voluntary programme to cut 8,000 jobs worldwide8,000 Affected staff ·
- MAN to cut 2,300 jobs in Munich, Salzgitter and Nuremberg2,300 Affected staff ·
- O2 Telefónica to cut up to 1,100 jobs and close 60 shops1,100 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|
| Industry | 8 | 2,910 |
| Retail | 5 | 1,330 |
| Automotive supplier | 3 | 1,384 |
| Banking | 3 | — |
| Logistics | 3 | — |
Follow-up
Followed up: 7 of 7 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 1.
Relocated abroad, to: 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇵🇪 Peru.
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Open cases
- Report: Schneider Electric puts 110 jobs at risk in Marktheidenfeld and LahrNext milestone: 30 Nov 2026
- Report: Cummins mulls closing Marktheidenfeld plant, 350 jobs at riskNext milestone: 30 Nov 2026
- Telix Pharmaceuticals to acquire Munich's ITM for $1.65bnNext milestone: 1 Dec 2026
- Rewe files to acquire grocer Feneberg with cartel officeNext milestone: 16 Dec 2026
- Franz Schneider (Rolly Toys) to close Neustadt site, 110 jobsNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Mutares receives Quiver offer for delivery platform Stuart · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- Report: Portugal picks Lufthansa for 44.9% of TAP · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Portugal
- Bosch to cut 900 jobs at Nuremberg plant by 2029 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Telix Pharmaceuticals to acquire Munich's ITM for $1.65bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Schneider Electric puts 110 jobs at risk in Marktheidenfeld and Lahr · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kneipp opens new factory building in Ochsenfurt for €65m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Cummins mulls closing Marktheidenfeld plant, 350 jobs at risk · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Eberle cuts 160 of 250 jobs in Augsburg · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Depot to shut down entirely, affecting 730 remaining jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich Re to acquire cyber insurer At-Bay for $575m · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / USA
- EU Commission clears Bain Capital's purchase of Everllence · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / USA
- Boehringer Ingelheim acquires Swiss vaccine developer Evax · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Switzerland
- German Accell units file for self-administered insolvency · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Depot lays off 330 staff, closing 105 stores · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BMW launches voluntary programme to cut 8,000 jobs worldwide · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Pollin Electronic files for insolvency, affecting 140 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Mutares to acquire Stellantis's Free2move car-sharing business · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands / France
- DHL eCommerce to take over parcel group Venipak in the Baltics · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Lithuania / Latvia / Estonia
- Franz Schneider (Rolly Toys) to close Neustadt site, 110 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rheinmetall expands Aschau powder plant, adding up to 500 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Dürr to cut 500 jobs worldwide at subsidiary BBS Automation · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Bavaria approves 13 new hospital projects worth €600m · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rewe files to acquire grocer Feneberg with cartel office · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ostbayernring 380kV power line is now fully energised · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Oberstdorf and Fischen: DB InfraGO's new interlockings enter service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- O2 Telefónica to cut up to 1,100 jobs and close 60 shops · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- AMiT Transportation acquires on-board electronics firm GERSYS · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Persistent Systems offers €81 a share for Nagarro · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Siemens Mobility opens Rail Service Center in Munich-Allach · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich Airport opens new Terminal 1 pier for 6m passengers a year · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- UniCredit to cut 300 to 400 jobs in Germany by 2027 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO commissions extended LZB between Petershausen and Rohrbach · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich launches new tram line 14 on the West Tangent · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Sparkasse Oberpfalz Nord and Bayreuth plan merger · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Raiffeisen-Volksbank Haßberge plans merger with VR Bank Bamberg · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Valeo cuts a further 134 jobs at its Ebern site · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB commissions new Reichertshausen interlocking after EUR 19m project · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2025
- DB InfraGO opens new Deggendorf interlocking built for EUR 17.5m · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO commissions two interlockings on the Munich–Mühldorf line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO completes Ammerseebahn modernisation up to Weilheim · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens renewed railway bridge at Lindwurmstrasse in Munich · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Faber-Castell cuts 130 jobs in Germany · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- MAN to cut 2,300 jobs in Munich, Salzgitter and Nuremberg · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- MAN to cut over 1,300 jobs, around 700 in Munich · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nokia plans to close its Munich site by 2030, affecting 700 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Aichach-Friedberg district agrees to AVV joining Munich's MVV · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Puma to cut around 900 jobs group-wide · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Langlau passing station opens, RB 62 now runs hourly throughout · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB InfraGO buys municipally owned Tegernsee-Bahn and plans to electrify it · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VIG seeks to acquire insurer Nuernberger for €1.38bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EUCO Rail opens components centre in Gersthofen near Augsburg · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Straubing-Sand port opens rail terminal for container handling · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nuremberg–Bamberg four-track expansion now complete · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Iberdrola commissions Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2024
- Nuremberg–Bamberg line: Baiersdorf–Eggolsheim section completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2021
- Würzburg central station completes accessibility upgrade · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2020
- Munich–Lindau line enters electrified service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Lindau-Reutin station opens to long-distance trains · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2019
- A94 motorway gap closure Pastetten–Heldenstein opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Dillingen interlocking controls Saarland rail line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2018
- Arkona wind farm off Rügen with 385 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2017
- Ebensfeld–Erfurt high-speed line (VDE 8.1) enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Third track between Freilassing and Salzburg enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Spessart ramp replaces Schwarzkopf tunnel near Hanau · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Renovated original tube of the Burgberg tunnel near Erlangen reopens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nuremberg's U3 subway line reaches Nordwestring · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Mühldorf–Tüßling railway section doubled to two tracks · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2016
- Railway tunnel near Oberstaufen renovated and enlarged · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Munich's tram line 25 reaches Berg am Laim via Steinhausen · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Aurachtal railway bridge at Emskirchen enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2015
- EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm off Rügen with 288 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany