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Growth 17Transformation 5Decline 18
Key figures
+10,500new jobs announcedfrom 7 reports · since Jun 2026
72,965affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 9 reports · since Sep 2025
Largest expansions
- Aragon grants final approval for €4.1bn battery gigafactory in Figueruelas+4,000 New jobs ·
- Tesla plans 3,500 new jobs at Grünheide plant+3,500 New jobs ·
- SAIC to build its first European car plant in Galicia+1,000 New jobs ·
Largest job cuts
- VW supervisory board approves cutting 50,000 more jobs by 203050,000 Affected staff ·
- BMW launches voluntary programme to cut 8,000 jobs worldwide8,000 Affected staff ·
- Porsche agrees with works council to cut 5,000 jobs by 20355,000 Affected staff ·
Countries
| Country | Entries | New jobs | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 16 | +3,500 | 66,350 |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 4 | +5,000 | — |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 4 | +1,000 | 4,000 |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | 3 | — | — |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 3 | — | — |
Follow-up
Followed up: 3 of 3 announcements older than six months.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- Tata Motors launches tender offer for Iveco at €14.10 per shareNext milestone: 6 Nov 2026
- Volvo Cars starts first shift at Valaliky EV plant, adding 300 jobsNext milestone: 31 Jan 2027
- Report: VW management plans to close four German plantsNext milestone: 30 Jun 2027
- BMW launches voluntary programme to cut 8,000 jobs worldwide
- Ford and Geely to form joint venture at Almussafes plant
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Volvo Cars to cut about 2,500 jobs, 2,000 of them in Sweden · Layoffs · 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Dumarey Group to acquire Alpine Racing site in Viry-Châtillon · Mergers · 🇧🇪 Belgium / France
- Scania opens SEK 975m R&D test facility in Södertälje · Expansions · 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Dacia launches new voluntary departure scheme · Layoffs · 🇷🇴 Romania
- VW software unit Cariad to cut around 1,000 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Renault to invest €600m in Valladolid and Palencia plants · Expansions · 🇪🇸 Spain
- Volvo Cars starts first shift at Valaliky EV plant, adding 300 jobs · Expansions · 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- Nissan invests £170m to build Kicks SUV in Sunderland · Expansions · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Report: McLaren to invest £450m in Woking technology centre · Expansions · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- HOF Capital consortium completes purchase of Porsche's Bugatti Rimac stakes · Mergers · 🇭🇷 Croatia
- Revoz starts Dacia Spring and adds a second shift · Expansions · 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Bolloré to close Bluebus plant in Ergué-Gabéric, 115 jobs · Closures · 🇫🇷 France
- Tata Motors launches tender offer for Iveco at €14.10 per share · Mergers · 🇮🇳 India / Italy
- Jaguar Land Rover to cut up to 4,000 jobs over two years · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- VW supervisory board approves cutting 50,000 more jobs by 2030 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Moto Guzzi reopens revamped €50m-plus plant in Mandello del Lario · Expansions · 🇮🇹 Italy
- Jaguar Land Rover announces cuts of several hundred jobs · Layoffs · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- BMW launches voluntary programme to cut 8,000 jobs worldwide · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Aragon grants final approval for €4.1bn battery gigafactory in Figueruelas · Expansions · 🇪🇸 Spain
- Porsche agrees with works council to cut 5,000 jobs by 2035 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Suzuki to expand Esztergom plant for EV output, worth €190m · Expansions · 🇭🇺 Hungary
- Ford and Geely to form joint venture at Almussafes plant · Mergers · 🇪🇸 Spain / USA / China
- Report: Porsche CEO plans to double job cuts to up to 6,000 · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Tesla plans 3,500 new jobs at Grünheide plant · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Volvo Cars secures up to €119m support package for Ghent plant · Expansions · 🇧🇪 Belgium
- MAN to invest €350m in Niepołomice truck plant, adding 400 jobs · Expansions · 🇵🇱 Poland
- Stellantis confirms €1bn for Atessa van plant · Expansions · 🇮🇹 Italy
- Mercedes-Benz inaugurates €1bn Kecskemét plant expansion · Expansions · 🇭🇺 Hungary
- VW supervisory board blocks closure of four German plants · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: Porsche puts up to 4,000 more jobs at risk · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: VW board weighs cutting up to 100,000 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Report: VW management plans to close four German plants · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SAIC to build its first European car plant in Galicia · Expansions · 🇪🇸 Spain
- Schmitz Cargobull to take full ownership of Berger Fahrzeugtechnik · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany / Austria
- Stellantis cuts 650 jobs at Opel's Rüsselsheim development centre · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- BYD begins test production at first European plant in Szeged · Expansions · 🇭🇺 Hungary
- Tesla's Grünheide plant loses around 1,700 jobs · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
2025
- Layoffs at Bosch, Porsche and Daimler weigh on Stuttgart's property market · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Northvolt builds €4.5bn battery gigafactory in Heide, 3,000 jobs · Expansions · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Ford to cut up to 1,000 jobs at its Cologne e-car plant · Layoffs · 🇩🇪 Germany