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Growth 23Transformation 10Decline 5
Key figures
+1,000new jobs announcedfrom 1 report · since Aug 2026
6,100affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 4 reports · since Feb 2026
Largest job cuts
- Commerzbank to cut 3,000 more jobs under its Momentum 2030 plan3,000 Affected staff ·
- DB Systel plans to cut 1,900 jobs, union warns of up to 4,0001,900 Affected staff ·
- Stellantis cuts 650 jobs at Opel's Rüsselsheim development centre650 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | New jobs | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aviation | 2 | — | 550 |
| Banking | 2 | — | 3,000 |
| Defence | 2 | +1,000 | — |
| IT / Software | 2 | — | 1,900 |
| Pharma | 2 | — | — |
Follow-up
Followed up: 2 of 2 announcements older than six months.
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Open cases
- Germany's antitrust authority clears Merck's Bio-Techne dealNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- Attestor to take full control of Condor as state exitsNext milestone: 31 Aug 2027
- Lufthansa firms up plan to cut up to 550 jobs in savings drive
- Rheinmetall agrees with Alstom to take over Kassel locomotive plant
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Rheinmetall agrees with Alstom to take over Kassel locomotive plant · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / France
- Attestor to take full control of Condor as state exits · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / United Kingdom
- SMA Solar opens new Gigawatt Factory in Niestetal for €80m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kombiverkehr takes full ownership of Spain's Combiberia · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Spain
- Trip.com Group acquires majority stake in e-hoi · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Rheinmetall builds Nordhessen defence hub for €285m, 1,000 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Germany's antitrust authority clears Merck's Bio-Techne deal · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / USA
- CVC DIF to acquire majority stake in data centre operator firstcolo · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lufthansa firms up plan to cut up to 550 jobs in savings drive · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB reopens tracks 15 and 16 at Frankfurt Hbf after bridge replacement · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Germany opens new A44 section Sontra-Ost–Wommen junction · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB completes platform and subway upgrade at Hanau Hbf · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Commerzbank to cut 3,000 more jobs under its Momentum 2030 plan · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- UniCredit launches hostile bid for Commerzbank · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BioNTech to close Marburg production plant by 2027 · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Fraport opens new Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lahn-Kinzig line reopens to Gelnhausen on 13 April 2026 · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Stellantis cuts 650 jobs at Opel's Rüsselsheim development centre · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Friedrichsdorf signal box now also controls line to Friedberg · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB Systel plans to cut 1,900 jobs, union warns of up to 4,000 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- tradias and Börse Stuttgart Digital plan crypto merger · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
2025
- Frankfurt plans new tram Line 13 to the Gutleutviertel for €153.6m · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- ARS Altmann builds one of Germany's largest solar carports · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Feasibility study weighs Cornberg's merger into Bebra or Sontra · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ashurst and Perkins Coie to merge as Ashurst Perkins Coie · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB commissions ETCS system changeover at Frankfurt (Oder) border crossing · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany / Poland
- Germany opens A49 motorway gap closure near Schwalmstadt · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2024
- Riedbahn Mannheim–Frankfurt reopens after full renovation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- A44 motorway: Waldkappel–Ringgau section opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2022
- Main-Neckar railway commissions ETCS Level 2 · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- A44 motorway: Hirschhagen Tunnel opens near Helsa · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- A49 motorway: Neuental–Schwalmstadt section opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2021
- Frankfurt's Homburger Damm now double-tracked · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2020
- New Darmstadt-Kranichstein–Babenhausen interlocking enters service · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2019
- Frankfurt Airport Loop: Gateway Gardens station opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Haunetal interlocking controls Bebra–Fulda section · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2018
- Railway embankment between Flörsheim and Hochheim renewed for 160 km/h · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Frankfurt old town at the Dom-Römer site opens · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany