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Growth 1Transformation 12Decline 12
Key figures
+250new jobs announcedfrom 1 report · since May 2026
1,170affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 6 reports · since Oct 2025
Largest job cuts
- Theresienkrankenhaus Mannheim to close, cutting up to 350 jobs350 Affected staff ·
- Hartmann-Rico to close Chvalkovice plant at end of November 2027288 Affected staff ·
- St Elisabeth Hospital in Salzgitter to close, 250 jobs affected250 Affected staff ·
Countries
| Country | Entries | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 12 | 718 |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 3 | 50 |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | 2 | — |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 2 | — |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2 | — |
Follow-up
Followed up: 5 of 5 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 4, averted: 1.
All outcomes and relocations →
Open cases
- Viant to cut 114 jobs at its Chaumont site
- Amplifon to acquire GN Hearing for €2.3bn
- St Joseph Hospital in Prüm files for self-administered insolvency
- Ambea bids SEK 20 per share plus Ambea shares for Humana
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Stratec to sell diagnostics unit Diatron to Indian investors · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Vivanta closes all dental clinics in Spain · Closures · 🇪🇸 Spain
- Miura Partners takes majority stake in Farmadosis · Mergers · 🇪🇸 Spain
- EQT to acquire Qiagen for €46.50 per share in cash · Mergers · 🇸🇪 Sweden / Netherlands
- Hartmann-Rico to close Chvalkovice plant at end of November 2027 · Closures · 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- St Elisabeth Hospital in Salzgitter to close, 250 jobs affected · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- SBB to take 49% stake in Helsana unit HMS · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Viant to cut 114 jobs at its Chaumont site · Layoffs · 🇫🇷 France
- P&F Products & Features acquires Vienna's AVVie GmbH · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Klinikum Leverkusen explores taking over Alexianer hospital · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- EQT to acquire TachoSil biosurgery business from Corza Medical · Mergers · 🇦🇹 Austria
- Ambea bids SEK 20 per share plus Ambea shares for Humana · Mergers · 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Vantive invests €150m in medtech plant in Malta · Expansions · 🇲🇹 Malta
- Amplifon to acquire GN Hearing for €2.3bn · Mergers · 🇮🇹 Italy / Denmark
- Spital Oberengadin to dismiss 50 staff to avert closure · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Spital Oberengadin risks full closure amid insolvency threat · Closures · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2025
- Maria Stern hospital in Remagen closes, cutting 118 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- St Joseph Hospital in Prüm files for self-administered insolvency · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Cartel office clears Demant's takeover of hearing-aid chain Kind · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Mayen-Koblenz council seeks closure plan for Boppard hospital · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Greifswald university hospital to acquire Klinikum Karlsburg for €25m · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Theresienkrankenhaus Mannheim to close, cutting up to 350 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Helios clinic in Breisach to close, affecting 232 jobs · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Archdiocese of Hamburg closes Groß Sand hospital in Wilhelmsburg · Closures · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Demant to acquire hearing-care chain Kind for €700m · Mergers · 🇩🇪 Germany