OPEN DATA

The automotive industry is shedding 150,000+ jobs

A tracker of every announced layoff, plant closure, insolvency, and consolidation event across OEMs and suppliers since 2024. Materialized vs projected. Best case vs worst case.

155K+
Jobs Announced
24
Companies
5
Insolvencies
5
Plant Closures

THE NUMBERS

Announced vs materialized

Companies announce big numbers. Not all of them happen. We track what was promised, what materialized, and the projected range.

155,941
Jobs Announced
28,761
Jobs Materialized
33
Events Tracked
10
Countries

Top 10 by jobs announced

Coral = announced. Blue overlay = materialized so far.
Announced
Materialized

QUARTERLY TREND

Job cuts by quarter

When did the cuts accelerate? Tracking the trajectory from 2024 through early 2026.


WHO IS CUTTING

OEMs vs suppliers

By company type

OEMs cut for strategy. Suppliers cut to survive.

By event type

Layoffs dominate, but insolvencies are the real signal.

COMPANY BREAKDOWN

Every company, every cut

Ranked by total jobs announced. Click column headers to sort.

# Company Type Country Jobs Announced Events

PROJECTIONS

Best case vs worst case

Most layoffs are announced as ranges or timelines. Here's the spread for the biggest programs.

Best Case
Announced
Worst Case

INSOLVENCIES & BANKRUPTCIES

The ones that didn't make it

Automotive suppliers filing for insolvency surged 31% YoY in 2024. Industry analysts predict a "wave of bankruptcies" in 2026.


FULL TIMELINE

Every event, chronologically

Scroll through every layoff, closure, and insolvency event from 2024 to today.


METHODOLOGY

How we track this

Data scraped from Reuters, Bloomberg, Automotive News, Business Insider, Forbes, WardsAuto, Euronews, WSWS, and official company press releases using Firecrawl. Each event is verified against at least one primary source.

"Announced" = total jobs the company said it would cut.
"Materialized" = cuts confirmed as executed (people actually lost their jobs).
"Best case" = minimum if restructuring goes well.
"Worst case" = maximum if conditions worsen.

Aggregate figures (e.g., "60,000+ supplier jobs") are tracked separately and not double-counted with individual events. Last updated: March 4, 2026.