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Growth 29Transformation 7Decline 9
Key figures
50,570affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 4 reports · since Jan 2026
Largest job cuts
- VW supervisory board approves cutting 50,000 more jobs by 203050,000 Affected staff ·
- St Elisabeth Hospital in Salzgitter to close, 250 jobs affected250 Affected staff ·
- Yanfeng to close its Lüneburg site, affecting 230 jobs230 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|
| Automotive | 6 | 50,000 |
| Healthcare | 3 | 250 |
| Automotive supplier | 2 | 230 |
| Food | 2 | 90 |
| Industry | 2 | — |
Follow-up
Followed up: 2 of 2 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 1.
Relocated abroad, to: 🇨🇿 Czech Republic.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- Sazerac offers €5.55 per share for Berentzen-GruppeNext milestone: 20 Nov 2026
- Report: VW management plans to close four German plantsNext milestone: 30 Jun 2027
- Report: MSC in talks over state stake in Meyer Werft
- Domo Collection and subsidiary Oflor enter insolvency administration
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Wunderline Groningen–Leer back in service after eleven years · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany / Netherlands
- VW software unit Cariad to cut around 1,000 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- St Elisabeth Hospital in Salzgitter to close, 250 jobs affected · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Wolters brewery to end production in Braunschweig at end of 2026 · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Sazerac offers €5.55 per share for Berentzen-Gruppe · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: MSC in talks over state stake in Meyer Werft · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VW supervisory board approves cutting 50,000 more jobs by 2030 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm (913 MW) begins commercial operation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Domo Collection and subsidiary Oflor enter insolvency administration · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Jupiter Bach builds new assembly hall in Cuxhaven for up to €4.5m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VisualLogix to acquire DACH software provider refyne Group · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Austria / Switzerland
- VW supervisory board blocks closure of four German plants · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Alstom moves into new Salzgitter logistics hall, Garbe invests EUR 40m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lone Star to buy Continental unit ContiTech for €4bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: VW board weighs cutting up to 100,000 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: VW management plans to close four German plants · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens new Adendorf station on the Lübeck–Lüneburg line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens new Neermoor station on the Leer–Emden line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Schmitz Cargobull to take full ownership of Berger Fahrzeugtechnik · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Austria
- Germany, Latvia and Lithuania plan new power grid link · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany / Latvia / Lithuania
- Yanfeng to close its Lüneburg site, affecting 230 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
2025
- Cartel office clears Demant's takeover of hearing-aid chain Kind · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Demant to acquire hearing-care chain Kind for €700m · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ørsted's Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm reaches full operation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2024
- Weddeler Schleife between Braunschweig and Wolfsburg now double-track · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2023
- RWE opens Kaskasi offshore wind farm off Heligoland · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2022
- New Regio-S-Bahn RS3 runs electric Oldenburg–Wilhelmshaven · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2021
- MegaHub Lehrte freight terminal starts operation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2019
- Hohe See offshore wind farm in the North Sea is complete · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Borkum Riffgrund 2 wind farm begins commercial operation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Albatros wind farm extends Hohe See in the North Sea · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Merkur offshore wind farm off Borkum is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2017
- Gode Wind 1 and 2 wind farm off Norderney with 582 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nordsee One wind farm off the East Frisian coast with 332 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Veja Mate wind farm off Borkum with 402 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2015
- Global Tech I wind farm off Juist with 400 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Amrumbank West wind farm off Heligoland with 302 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DanTysk wind farm west of Sylt with 288 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Trianel Windpark Borkum phase 1 connects 200 MW to the grid · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm with 312 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Nordsee Ost wind farm off Heligoland with 295 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2014
- Meerwind Süd/Ost wind farm off Heligoland with 288 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Riffgat wind farm off Borkum with 113 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2013
- BARD Offshore 1 wind farm off Borkum with 400 MW is operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2010
- Alpha Ventus becomes Germany's first offshore wind farm · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany