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Growth 28Transformation 25Decline 22
Key figures
+1,200new jobs announcedfrom 1 report · since Sep 2026
23,710affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 18 reports · since Mar 2025
Largest job cuts
- DHL to cut 8,000 jobs at Post & Parcel Germany8,000 Affected staff ·
- Schaeffler to cut 3,460 jobs in Europe and give up sites3,460 Affected staff ·
- Evonik to cut 3,200 more jobs under its Tailor Made programme3,200 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | New jobs | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | 10 | — | 2,310 |
| Chemicals | 6 | — | 3,750 |
| Banking | 4 | — | — |
| Energy | 4 | — | — |
| IT / Software | 4 | +1,200 | 550 |
Follow-up
Followed up: 7 of 7 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 1.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- Wahl Gruppe files for insolvency, risking 1,000 jobsNext milestone: 30 Nov 2026
- RWE to increase stake in Amprion holding company M31Next milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- Grünenthal to acquire Bayer's cancer drug Stivarga for up to €375mNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- Deutz to acquire defence maker FFG for €1.6bnNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
- RTL Germany to cut around 500 jobs after Sky takeoverNext milestone: 31 Dec 2026
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Schaeffler to cut 3,460 jobs in Europe and give up sites · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Westfalen commissions refrigerant propane plant in Münster · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Generali Deutschland to cut 800 jobs and give up three sites · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Synbiotic files for insolvency proceedings at Münster court · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Mutares completes purchase of Steinmüller Engineering from IHI · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Japan
- Swiss Steel announces further job cuts in Germany · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: BASF weighs takeover of Evonik · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- thyssenkrupp Bilstein to cut up to 180 jobs in Ennepetal and Essen · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Grünenthal to acquire Bayer's cancer drug Stivarga for up to €375m · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RTL Germany to cut around 500 jobs after Sky takeover · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RWE to increase stake in Amprion holding company M31 · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Prinz-Mayweg group gets protective shield, hitting 310 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Düsseldorf opens U81 light-rail airport link on 4 September 2026 · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Wahl Gruppe files for insolvency, risking 1,000 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Rheinmetall plans Neuss tech centre with 1,200 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Railpool merges KTG workshop in Duisburg with Lokservice in Hamburg · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- JOST Group to acquire freight forwarder CTJ Janssen in Grevenbroich · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Belgium
- Adenauer & Co. files for insolvency, hitting 200 jobs at 59 sites · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Dalli group files takeover of Farmol with Dutch regulator ACM · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Italy / Netherlands
- Apax to acquire Gerresheimer's plastic packaging business and Centor · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / United Kingdom / Vereinigte Staaten
- ACCUREC doubles Krefeld recycling site for €5.5m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RWE completes increase to 55% stake in Amprion · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kitchen maker Menke files for insolvency in Rödinghausen · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- dormakaba opens new training centre in Ennepetal for over €10m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Klinikum Leverkusen explores taking over Alexianer hospital · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Cartel office clears RWE's stake increase in grid operator Amprion · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BASF starts up new emollients plant in Düsseldorf · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kontron starts 5G module production in Düsseldorf · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EU approves €659m state aid for four German chip plants · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn completes renovation of the Cologne–Wuppertal–Hagen line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutz to acquire defence maker FFG for €1.6bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Salzgitter takes over HKM, cutting workforce to 1,000 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Volksbank Krefeld and Düsseldorf Neuss to merge · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kreissparkasse Steinfurt and Sparkasse Rheine to merge · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Evonik to cut 3,200 more jobs under its Tailor Made programme · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Evonik to close Witten plant as it exits polyester · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- euregiobahn reopens line to Stolberg-Altstadt after 2021 flood · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RTL Group completes acquisition of Sky Germany · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn completes general renovation of the Emmerich–Oberhausen line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lieken to close its Essen-Borbeck plant, affecting 120 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DeepL cuts 250 jobs in shift to an AI-native organisation · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- HGK starts building new depot in Brühl-Vochem for about €7m · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Sparda-Bank West and PSD Bank Rhein-Ruhr explore merger · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BP to sell Ruhr region refineries to Klesch Group · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Lanxess cuts 550 jobs worldwide, mainly in Cologne and Leverkusen · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Siemens Mobility to get new assembly hall at logport I in Duisburg · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- CAF starts building rail maintenance depot in Neubeckum · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Transdev and HCR set up cable-car company for Herne · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ergo to cut around 1,000 jobs by the end of 2030 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Kiepe Electric hands trolleybus business to Carrosserie Hess · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Switzerland
- Aldi Süd cuts several hundred jobs at its German head office · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
2025
- Aldi DX cuts triple-digit number of jobs in its IT unit · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Olavion to acquire 60% of Siegburg rail company RBP · Mergers · 🇵🇱 Poland / Germany
- DB opens Herten-Westerholt S-Bahn station and expands Buer Nord · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB reopens Erft Valley line after flood destruction · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB to build automated-driving innovation lab in Minden by 2027 · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- VR-Bank Nordeifel and Raiffeisenbank Westeifel to merge · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DS Smith plans to close five German plants, affecting 500 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DB opens modernised Wanne-Eickel main station after €25m upgrade · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- METRANS plans to take 27% of Hamm freight agency EANG · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Holcim to acquire wall-systems maker Xella for €1.85bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ford to cut up to 1,000 jobs at its Cologne e-car plant · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- JD.com to acquire Ceconomy for €2.2bn · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- RTL to acquire Sky Germany from Comcast · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Eifel Railway fully reopens after 2021 flood damage · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- DHL to cut 8,000 jobs at Post & Parcel Germany · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Dortmund completes central station modernisation · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2022
- Düsseldorf-Bilk upgraded into a regional rail stop · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Deutsche Bahn electrifies Wesel–Bocholt railway line · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2021
- New Duisburg–Essen interlocking now fully operational · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2020
- Bonn completes renovation of station hall roof · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2019
- A33 motorway gap closure to Borgholzhausen completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- New Hamm interlocking controls Altenbeken rail section · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
2017
- New Dortmund signalling box commissions approach line I · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Renovation of Münster central station completed · Infrastructure · 🇩🇪 Germany